Pathways MI/CD, 613 2nd St. SW., Rochester, MN 55902

A little more on Pathways and then I'm gonna let it go. After the first 72 hour hold they put on you then you are no longer allowed to stay in the house after 9am. You have to leave and "go look for a job". I guess that's OK if you're looking for a job but in my case I was looking for help with my addiction problem, if I wanted a job I'd have one. Part of the whole problem with my stay there was my social worker from Dakota county. This guy knew I was looking for help in overcoming my addiction problem, I wasn't looking for a homeless shelter which is what Pathways is. Let me say that one more time, Pathways in Rochester is nothing more than a homeless shelter. They claim to be an MI / CD treatment facility but after they misled me on that, reality sets in after you've committed yourself to the program. If you're actually looking for help don't look for it there. I have a hard time believing my social worker from Dakota County didn't know what a dump Pathways is since he's been in the business a long time. His name was Duane and he sure is good at pretending to have your best interests in mind as he manages your case. He'll claim he has no idea the place is what it is and act just as surprised as you are. If you are from Dakota county and you end up with a guy named Duane as a case manager just make sure you do your homework and be careful. I'll never forget this experience, it was a nightmare. So, anyway, you have to be out of the house by 9am every morning during the week. If you go to downtown Rochester and see a bunch of homeless people wandering around with nowhere to go, chances are they are MI/CD residents of Pathways. It's probably not so bad in the summer but I was there in mid winter and it wasn't any fun getting booted out on the street every morning regardless of the weather conditions. Most of the guys living there end up hanging out at the public library just to stay warm. You can start wandering back to the house around 3pm. This place is charging the county big money for your stay there and they're supposed to provide you with three meals, so when you leave in the morning you get to take a bagged peanut butter and jelly sandwich with you for your lunch, while the staff cooks themselves up a good hot lunch at the counties expense and take most of the food home with them; part of the reason no residents are allowed to eat lunch at the house. It's all food provided by the counties for you and I. Just one of their many scams or perks. The community of Rochester is under the impression that Pathways is providing a good humanitarian service for the community. I just wanna say that I'd much rather be in Jail than Pathways. The one thing that's particularly hard to accept about the place is that once you've committed yourself to their program and end up dependent on the system, Pathways keeps you in line by constantly threatening to discharge you if you don't pretend to love the place and a word to the wise....never say anything negative about the way they run the program (if you can even call it a program). I'm willing to provide more info if anyone is interested just post a question but that's all I'm going to volunteer for now. Everyone have a good day and read up on Zen.