Legal Services

Addiction often leads users to commit desperate acts in order to support a habit that they’re helpless to control. At Vista Bay, we understand this. So in addition to our Rehabilitation Services, Vista Bay routinely assists recovering individuals with their legal issues. When these students graduate from the program, they can present a whole new person the court: one who can be trusted, one who has found effective treatment, and one who simply wants to begin living a new life.

We happily transport students to and from any nearby court appointments. We work with out-of-state students to ease their reporting requirements while in treatment. Plus, we provide all required services for those on parole or probation, including random drug screening.

Addicts looking to be transferred from jail to our facility can also depend on Vista Bay. We’ll coordinate transfer with attorneys and judges to assist with those needs.

Very often, students who completing the Vista Bay program have their legal cases dropped or their sentences are significantly reduced. Courts are usually quick to recognize when someone has really turned their life around. Vista Bay offers that hope.

My name is Aaron R. and I am 22 years old. I arrived at Vista Bay after being out of prison for twelve hours. My drug use always ended me up behind bars as both as a juvenile and as an adult. I started using at the age of twelve. I used meth, pot, alcohol, acid, mushrooms, cocaine, PCP, crank, and anything I could get my hands on. For many years I glorified my drug use and the life that I imagined came with it. At an early age, I started committing crimes to support my habit. I did many things that I could not really understand at that point in my life.

After going to prison twice for forgery and violation of uniformed controlled substance, I was out on the streets again. I had a good job and a good apartment, but I still had the same behavior patterns and perceptions that I had from the streets before. I was out for only 47 days when I committed a burglary landing me three years in prison. I did my time in Washington state. The penitentiary did not assist with my chemical dependency problem at all despite repeatedly asking them for help.

My sister found the Vista Bay program on the internet. I knew that it was my last chance to make things right with myself and my family. I decided to go. I got out of prison and arrived at Vista Bay that same night. The staff here is awesome and gave me a warm welcome. I was very comfortable. It was nothing like the other rehabs I had been to.

Since my arrival I have gained confidence in who I am and have found many of the answers to my questions. I continue to do my studies and I recognize where I am headed in life. I have direction again. My family has my back now too. It feels good to be clean and to be a part of this place. Coming to Vista Bay has been the best decision I've made in my life. I am taking control.

I encourage anyone to find out for themselves. It can change your life. It has already started huge changes in me.

-Aaron R.

Prior to coming to Vista Bay I spent 8 months in jail in Fort Worth Texas. I had been a habitual criminal for most of the past 20 years and the court wanted to give me a sentence of 20 years. Initially, they were not flexible at all. I came to Vista Bay and all that changed.

The staff here at Vista Bay has helped me in so many ways. One of them was with my legal problems. When I first got here I was required to report to bond probation every 60 days. Within days the staff assisted me in getting excused from having to report to the court.

For the first time in quite a while, I have hope that I will not have to spend the next several years in jail. This program is great! I believe in the program so much that I am going to devote the next part of my life to helping people get the same benefits that I have gotten.

- Michael C.