Stories From The Program

	It's so wonderful to have my life back! Patty finally found a program that made everything  make sense: the Transformations program at the St. Helena Center for Health. "Participating in this 11-day residential program, I realized I really didn’t know what it was like to live a healthy lifestyle. I’m an intelligent woman and know the theory about calories in and calories out but had no concept that living a balanced and healthy lifestyle was more than that."
	The Help He Needed to Quit Once and For All At the end of the day, I received a full and comprehensive review of all of the results with Heather Peña, M.D., medical director of the program. We reviewed all of the test results and all of the recommendations. Dr. Peña answered all of my questions, explained everything in detail and helped me formulate a plan to improve my health.
	Making Life-Changing Progress for Her Health I smoked for 37 years and never tried to quit before now, says May Mary Cummings, a resident of Garden City, Kansas. "I always thought I could quit myself, but then I realized I really couldn't."
	My Life is No Longer Controlled by an Addiction Doug Roberts was a two-pack a day smoker for 26 years. Doug tried everything, including hypnosis, to stop smoking. After going through the tobacco dependence program at St. Helena's Center for Health, he not only kicked his habit, he was so grateful he donated $100,000 to the Center to help others stop smoking!
	Her Experience Opened Her Eyes to Better Health Anna Ghandour smoked for 45 years until the birth of her granddaughter. One day when she was playing on the floor with her grandchild, she realized that she was out of breath. She had tried on her own to quit smoking many times, but never managed to last more than three weeks. This time she felt it was important to quit for her granddaughter's sake. Her progress was remarkable. After she quit smoking in the Center for a Smoke-free Life, she spent another 11 days in the Transformations weight and lifestyle management program learning how to prepare and eat nutritious food and how to integrate exercise into her life. She felt that both programs gave her control over her health and her life.
	Since her two-week experience she has lost 80 pounds. Pam O'Brien, a single, 44-year-old, professional, had reached a low point in her life on January 1, 2005, when she climbed on a bathroom scale and realized she weighed 330 pounds. I have been on a diet since the age of six, she said. And I realized that my whole life consisted of work, sleep, eat, work. I wasn't living the life I wanted.