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You would probably call her a troubled youth. Rachel’s problem was something she didn’t talk about. She was in foster care and had problems, emotional problems that manifested themselves in cutting. At 17 she came into the Adolescent Recovery Program at Shiloh house, a long term treatment program. She describes her emotional state as “being unable to work through things. I’d give up, go into my shell and bury it.” Rachel Klobuchar could not develop relationships with others. Because Rachel had trust issues, she could not effectively deal with or communicate her problems. But that was something she learned to deal with at Shiloh House. She found out there was a foster care family willing to take the now 18 year old for as long as she wanted. This news galvanized Rachel into action. She gathered the skills she needed to graduate from the program. She moved in with her new foster family, messed up and moved out on her own. The program “made me grow up and see the value of relationships.” That’s when she started to use what she learned in recovery. “How to reach a goal, to get where you need to go, and not give up.” Her life is summed up in her motto “remember yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow.” Rachel was the last graduate of the Shiloh House program, which ended in 2003.
Rachel’s story appears in 40 Stories of Courage and Hope: Celebrating 40 Years of Project Rehab, which was published in Fall 2008 in recognition of Project Rehab’s 40th anniversary. Click here to read more stories about our courageous clients and the treatment pioneers who helped make recovery possible.
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