Success Stories

Milestones saved my life. I have no words to explain the impact this place has on me. This is the most genuine and caring treatment center with the most amazing professional team of such KINDHEARTED individuals who sincerely understand you and want to be there for you in your journey. The nutritionist, therapists, etc are all passionate about providing you the tools that you deserve in order to heal. They prove that getting help for an eating disorder doesn’t have to be a dark and scary process. This is honestly just such a special place.. the second you walk in, you become a part of the fam. I am forever grateful to be connected with Milestones. I know I am never alone. 💜

Going to Milestones was the BEST thing I ever did in my life! I was killing myself with bulimia, compulsive eating and obesity. Milestones grounded me when I was falling apart and gave me EVERYTHING I needed to kick start an amazing journey of recovery. Today, many years later, I am at a healthy weight, have 15 years of freedom from bulimia, peace around food and an amazing life I never would have had if not for Milestones.

I went to Milestones back in 2001 after college when my life was falling apart (and had a couple of other experiences to go back for a re-charge when needed over the years), at the time having been struggling with an eating disorder for at least 10 years with no intention of getting a full recovery and here I am 21 years later having freedom from this challenge. I know that if it wasn’t for the kindness, compassion and deeply talented individuals that met me there in my time of need that there is no way that would have been possible. My life today is nothing short of a miracle and I truly own a great debt of gratitude to those who gave their all and were present for me during that time that enabled me to re-route my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

A truly wonderful and caring staff.

Milestones completely changed my life. I came here with the intention to simply lose weight, and instead I got so much more – not only did I get a sustainable, balanced food plan (and cooking lessons!), but I also got emotional tools to help me live my best life. As they say, come for the vanity, stay for the sanity!

I am so grateful for the M, T, Th, and Sunday online zoom meetings that are provided for the alumni of Milestones in Recovery. I began attending these meetings at the start of the pandemic, and I have felt very connected with other alumni. The attendees have become my friends – each and every one of them “gets it” – knows what it’s like to have an eating disorder, and we all recognize what we must do to stay well. It’s comforting to know that I’m not doing this alone. Recently, an additional alumni, Bonnie, joined our meetings, and she organizes inspiring topics, offers speaker meetings, and adds creativity to what had become an occasional “gripe fest.” She has made a huge difference in making recovery enjoyable! I look forward to these meetings where my friends gather, we onnect, we share our highs and lows, and on the bright side, for me, I am not isolating – a recipe for relapse. The staff at Milestones cares about each and every one of us. They keep track of us after we leave their treatment center, and they encourage our continuation of recovery. Three cheers for Milestones in Recovery – an extraordinary place to get well from eating disorders!

Milestones saved my life. I have a life today, my experience at Milestones opened my eyes, healed me in a profound way, and gave me connection like nothing else ever has. If you need support, if you feel hopeless, Milestones will help you find a solution. Words alone cannot express my gratitude. I am and always will be FOREVER grateful.

Milestones is amazing… they truly saved my life! I have come in contact with MANY nutritionists and I have never met anyone that I TRUST as much as Nikki Glantz. She understands eating disorders and food! The ENTIRE team is amazing and know WTH they are talking about. I credit them for equipping me with the tools to maintain 9 years in recovery from my eating disorder.

I first got connected with Milestones in 2012. Was at a very low point in my life in many ways and had always struggled with not being able to stick to a diet( and I tried them all), and extreme morbid obesity. I had no idea what to do.

I reached out to Milestones after being referred by a friend and after a free consultation joined their program. the lifestyle oriented changes that I learned and obtained there have truly led to some of the best and and most significant changes that I have ever experienced in my life and that is not an exaggeration.

After I adopted their plan and got used to it, I stopped the diet roller coaster, lost the weight natutally( down 180 lbs) and maintaining it for years and am so much healthier then I used to be. Mentally as well as physically . Perhaps even more amazing then that is I no longer struggle with my relationship with food and weight probably 95 pct of the time. For the first time in my life at 50 years old (as I write this) I have a mostly peaceful and neutral relationship with food for a number of years now which is still amazing to me.

So much of these benefits that I’ve obtained are as a direct result of my engagement and convection to Milestones and their truly excellent program.

If your struggling with food and are not sure what to do, please reach out to them. Perhaps they can help you as they helped me

I had great experience at this treatment center! I had been sick in disease for over 30 years and the treatment team were able to help me understand my disease, learn about food (proper nutrition and how to each and make 3 meals and snacks a day) and how to take care of myself in a healthy manner.

The staff is truly caring and were always willing to listen and provide support. Milestones really made it feel like a community and members supporting each other.

I still work with my therapist and nutritionist from Milestones today and they are truly amazing people. I am forever grateful to the staff and help I received!!

This program says your last day of treatment should look like your first day home. I had the pleasure of living in a “regular” apartment setting and quickly established relationships with staff and other community members. The community always felt like my “adopted” family.

I continue to talk to many of them still even though we live many miles apart. Since I used to isolate these friendships have made my life fuller. Staff also stay current on the current techniques on eating disorders and the programs well rounded approach is revolutionary. They also speak at several symposiums and other professional events. The program is also highly regarded by interns. I can not possibly list all the positives Milestones have provided me in this short review. 5hank you Milestones.

I first went to Milestones over 20 years ago, a few years after they opened their initial location. I have returned twice to their current facilities for recharges. I remain connected very much to Milestones, and without the tools I have been given and the tremendous support that exists throughout the program, but more importantly once you leave, I would not be alive. I am a severe food addict, bulimic and laxative addict with an explosive relationship to food. Some of the most renowned ED treatment centers in the US that follow the traditional tray method for food and a restricted living environment had me feeling hopeless on the day I was discharged. Milestones provides a real world living environment, where truly your last day there is as close to what your first day back at home will be like. These people Get It, they get food addiction, they get rock bottom. I would recommend anyone who feels hopeless with this disease to give Milestones a shot. I was introduced to the 12 steps, an abstinent food plan that was skillyfully crafted for me by Nikki (which I still have on paper from her and use as a base today), preparing and prepping sugar free food, how cross addiction to alcohol was presenting in my life, and learned to live ‘constructively’ following a few simple principles that their program is modeled after by its founder. Mostly, because of Milestones embracement of the addiction model, I was able to see my bulimia as a disease, not a moral problem. I was without judgement supported to release the shame and Do certain things to live a different kind of life. When the road has gotten rocky again, Milestones has held out a loving hand always offering me re-education of the simple and effective tools I learned in the beginning, guidance to get back on the course, and the support only a recovering community from addiction can give assuring me that I am not alone, a life in recovery IS possible and that very real hope that life can and will get better once the substances and behaviors are put down. Milestones is an amazing, very special place, run by dedicated staff who made me feel like I wasn’t a food freak, and 20 years later Milestones is at the top of my gratitude list every day. If you need help – Go, go, go…if you are debating, go. You may just get a new life!

I received treatment from Milestones in Recovery back in 2014. I had struggled with eating disorders for years and was in such a horrifically ugly spot in my life that I was digging myself an early grave. When I say the staff and model used at Milestones saved my life, that is not in any way a dramatization or over-exaggeration. I would probably not be writing this today if not for Milestones. All of the staff was amazing and they treat the person as a whole and teach you the skills to have a healthy relationship with food and your body, while addressing the factors that contribute to eating disorders. The group therapy aspect was immensely helpful, as were attending meetings and individual therapy. My therapist was Bobbi, and I don’t know if she works here anymore but she was so amazing! Nikki was awesome as well, as was of course Marty, and honestly all of the staff. I can’t say enough good about this place and the work they do. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder and nothing seems to be working, give Milestones a try. And it’s okay to stay beyond the 30 days, I wish I’d stayed a bit longer just to really cement in certain things I’d learned. But I still learned so much that it changed my life for the better! I have so much love for Milestones in Recovery to this day and thank you again!

Milestones literally saved my life…I’m not sure how much more praise I can give, but this is an amazing place and an amazing program. Can’t say enough good things!

Hi! I am not sure if you remember me, although back then I was hard to forget.

I was a Jersey girl traveling to Florida for treatment.

I just wanted to say thank you.

I graduated several years ago with my masters in MFT, and today I currently work as a therapist at an addiction treatment center. Plenty with eating disorders as a primary, once we remove the drugs or alcohol.

I am married with a beautiful daughter. My month with Milestones was one of the most life changing experiences. There are not many eating disorder clinics that use the OA model, I am a big proponent of it.

You guys have it right. I work with my clients using the OA model and I owe it all to
your treatment facility. Thank you!

Hi Marty,

I’m guessing you are in the mountains at this time. My family and I just got off a cruise and gratefully I’m still abstinent and chugging along. I have this little story about last night that I shared with my sponsor, but I feel like I would like to share with you, too. If you think it’s worthwhile, please share with Nikki, too. Thank you>

Here’s my email to my sponsor…

“We were invited to a birthday dinner for one of my husband’s friends. I really like all his friends and their wives.

Anyway, it was a dinner. There were 8 of us. It was lovely. I had asked permission to bring my weighed and measured food and put it on their dinner plate when I got there. They had no problem allowing me to do whatever I needed to do, and that was very kind of them. I did exactly that. I had plenty of my food. I finished my plate at the same time that everyone else finished their food. I passed up dessert and I
feel great this morning.

Being abstinent takes guts and discomfort at times. However, the God of my understanding got me through and comforts me…especially this morning as I feel physically, emotionally and spiritually well. It’s all part of the recovery process. Thank you, God.

If this recovery business was easy – everyone would be doing this. I put my hand in yours and together we can do what I could never do alone. I really needed to share this particular event with you as it feels very important to me. Like I climbed a mountain and crowned it with a flag of recovery!

I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO DO THIS HAD I NOT GONE TO THE MILESTONES TREATMENT CENTER A WHILE BACK. I AM SO GRATEFUL I HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT ME AND ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE ME AND TO STAY WELL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.”

Have a great day! Stay well

It’s been five years since I was a patient at Milestones. I have been abstinent ever since. I know I still have a ways to go, but having lost 100 lbs has been a big step for me. I haven’t done things as you taught and wanted, but I have made it work for me my way.

I am off all antidepressants for a couple of years now and I am now doing and feeling good. I don’t go to meetings. I have never felt comfortable at the groups and have chosen not to go. I still meditate.

I still weigh and measure my food. It took a while for me, but I realize now that I will need to continue doing this probably forever since I seem to be incapable of knowing when to stop. I seem to lack that key body function.

I just returned from a 10 day trip to Italy. It was a scary experience, but I am proud to say I did really good. It was very difficult with all the pasta, but I managed to eat in control, although I had small portions of pasta, I was very careful not to be triggered by this.

Exercise is still a struggle for me, but I am more mobile and it’s getting easier for me to exercise. I will be retiring from my work at the end of October and am hoping to make the time to exercise regularly. I have learned to know what happens to my body when I miss a meal or don’t eat what I should as per my food plan. I have learned that something I don’t eat today will make me feel hungry one or two days later. My analytical brain is able to discern why I feel hungry and not give in to the urge to eat.

I have learned never to let the thought of food get to my salivary glands, since when this happens it is very difficult to stop. I do this by saying Nooooooooooooooooo nonstop until the thought is out of my mind. Like short circuiting my brain.

I want to thank all of you who helped me get to this point in my life. Starting with Theresa who finally managed to convince me to get my body to Milestones. Everyone at Milestones I thank you all.

I hope you get a lot of emails thanking you for the work and advocacy you do. After I left Milestones, something clicked. It was time to open my eyes and take charge of my own life. Yes, this meant doing\ things that were very uncomfortable. Taking a good look at myself and distancing myself from family for some time, but it forced me to see things more clearly. It taught me to take care of myself. I look back at the person I was when I came to Milestones. I was afraid, terrified to try (or fail), immature, self-centered…self awareness was not my strongest asset!

I have done things I did not think were possible. First and foremost, kicking the eating disorder, falling in love, trusting another human being, becoming a mother, developing friendships and much more.

Nine years ago I never had enough hope to think I would be able to live a “normal” life. I thought I would always be a prisoner of my eating disorder. I am truly blessed and am so grateful to have met the Milestones staff.

A miracle…that is all I can say. Thank you all for your support, patience. and care of me. It is so wonderful\ to know that I am not alone and that others are there to walk this journey with me. I admire you and what you give to all of us suffering from this disease. I pray that one day I’ll be able to give back.

I have been a part of Milestones for about 12 years and there is no other program like it. Twelve years may sound like a lot of years, but there are not many facilities offering continual care when needed, with yearly recharges, retreats and alumni gatherings.

The current center is the best, with a beautiful lake view. I can never say enough about the Milestones program and yet with all the new changes, they are even better. I will always be grateful to Milestones for giving me back my life once again.

I cannot thank you enough for the improvements I have seen in my daughter. Every day she seems to be getting a better grasp on her issues. Your program has not been “kind” to her …you have seen and heard all the excuses she has told herself and us, and you have called her out on them-but she is healing. I am forever grateful.

It is one month today since I left Milestones in tears! I was taken aback by how emotional I felt when leaving you all – somewhat embarrassed by how the tears seemed endless, yet I was deeply grateful. I have thought about that day so much since and it is clear to me now that it was immense gratitude that I was feeling rather than upset. My time at Milestones has been the most powerfully transformative experience of my life. It was gifted to me at a time when I was in utter despair. Never before had I experienced such hopelessness. I so desperately needed to have someone reach out and do for me what I could not do for myself. I have never been so overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of others. You have given me my life back, of that I am certain. I know the future is bright, yet I am content not to rush into it, but to enjoy each and every day fully. For this I am deeply grateful to each and everyone of you. May life’s bountiful blessing be yours.

I consider Milestones to be my second family and alternate home and appreciate more than words can describe the support I have received there. I don’t know where I would be right now if I didn’t stumble upon the Milestones website for the first time a little over nine years ago. It has felt like a long journey at times, yet is has been so worth it in the bigger picture. It has provided me what I had not received before in my life – the missing piece that somehow turned my life around and helped me recover and get well. For this I will be eternally grateful to all involved.

I think of you all at Milestones often, and not a day goes by that my heart does not give thanks for finding my way to your program. Thank you for the open arms in which you received me. I am forever grateful for the tools I learned there and I have continued my journey every day since.

I just passed one year and nine months of abstinence. There aren’t words for what the program and people in it did for me – you can rest assured you have saved one life, and it is my desire to help save others. I see miracles every day now.

I just passed one year and nine months abstinence. There just aren’t any words for what you, the program and the people at Milestones did for me. You can rest assured you have saved one life, and it is my desire to help save others. I see miracles everyday now…

I cannot express how far my life is now from what is was when we had our first conversation on the phone.

Needless to say, I am just so grateful for finding LIFE through Milestones. Not just a food plan or a “diet” that I was hoping I would get and lose some weight, not just recovery, not just serenity and peace of mind, but LIFE and meaningful relationships. I did not have any of this before I came to Milestones. I am so thankful for what you do and have done for me. I will keep you posted as time goes by, but so far the recovery ride has been great to me!! Thank you for helping me get my life back.

It’s been 11 years since I was in Milestones for treatment, but now I have a great new job and am off of disability. I had a lot of growing up to do while I was in treatment, but I know when I take action, trust in my higher power and follow my food plan amazing things happen in my life!

Just a note to let you know how impressed I was with your facility. I am proud to have been “one of your successes.” Keep up the good work.

One year ago yesterday I did the scariest thing I have done in my entire life. I walked into Milestones. It was also the best thing I have ever done. I never knew I could have the life I have today. I now eat to live, instead of living to eat. The freedom from obsessive thinking is amazing. I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful place you have created. Every person I encountered at Milestones helped teach me something. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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