AppleCore — Local services in Olathe

Sorry Clay but you literally tried to make my situation more stressful and degrading than it needed to be.

I was there to take my FENTANYL addiction seriously and seek help. All you wanted to do was summarize my tenure with your “program” as I wasn’t taking it seriously.

You might wonder exactly why wasn’t this fentanyl addict taking the program seriously? Bc failed test for THC. Yes ladies and gentlemen. THC.

I gave this man somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500 in program fees. When initially it was 1200.

Oh wait I forgot to mention how much of a sweetheart Clay is bc he discounted the rates past 1200 bc those fees were owed because of failure to complete the treatment. Technically the fent shooting addict seeking and participating in the groups wasn’t enough to get him to think about the logic of this.

Now this whole process repeated itself about 3 times and never did he communicate with me about what I need to do to not have to end up owing him money. Not once. I attended this joke of a counselor for around 4 months and gave him 2,500$ I received absolutely NOTHING from. All he cared about was payment. He is like a used car sells man but in the court appointed counseling game.

He literally is the only person running this business. No staff no accountability. He literally can do whatever. And he took 2,500$ from me and I couldn’t be more outraged he hasn’t been investigated by BBB.

Either way I’m at a REAL counseling facility now. Polite staff and they truly seem to care.

Best decision I ever made.

Can’t trust an ex addict to run a business solo and not rip of current addicts. I’m telling you I saw right thru...

As a physician for whom addiction recovery was a part of my almost half century career in medicine, I was honored and felt comfortable with being asked by Clay Johnson, the director and rehabilitation counselor at Apple Core, to sit in on one of his group sessions, to observe and and new to recovery, and possibly share my addiction medicine expertise. This proved to be both interesting and educational, as I saw once again both sides, addict and counselor, of recovery firsthand. There were approximately 12 alcoholics and drug addicts present in various stages of their path, some brand new to recovery and a few with more experience. The expertise demonstrated by Clay as group leader was neither surprising nor unusual, except insomuch as that he demonstrated a new perfect balance of obviously heartfelt compassion for his clients while providing clear and understandable guidance in the principles of recovery, including and especially the requirements for honesty and commitment to those principles; he included each struggling addict in the group process, and allowed participants to help themselves and each other by doing so. I would highly recommend anyone in the area with similar difficulties to contact Clay if they wish to start or return to a recovery path that leads away from the ravages of this common human ailment, and towards a better life, one that is free of drugs...

Apple Core saved my life. I was about to get an invitation from the judge to go to treatment so I decided to go get it started soon as I could . I was very desperate to make a change in my life. I was coming off a really bad car accident flipping my wife’s car while under the influence. I was so relieved to have found a place close to home and it turned out to be the best decision I have ever made . Clay has a ton of knowledge in addiction and I was for the the first time able to be Honest about my addiction with someone . That part is where the healing started for me and I knew this would/was going to work . I completed the classes and started 12 step meetings as well with direction and help/rides to meetings from Clay. I continued to go to the group for at least a year or more just because I needed it and it was a safe place for me .. staying connected to recovery was and still is how stay clean and sober. I continue to meet with Clay a couple times a week in various ways and consider him a mentor in my recovery. I recommend AppleCore for anyone wanting to recover from substance abuse and get...