Real People, Real Change | Tori’s Story

When Guiding Light was preparing to open two sober-living homes for women, Tori learned about an opportunity to manage one of them. The idea made her nervous. But things were different now. She had achieved years of sobriety after finally breaking free from cycles of recovery and relapse into heroin addiction. And she liked what she saw when a staff member invited her to Thanksgiving dinner at Guiding Light.

‘I Don’t Think I Could Have Done This Anywhere Else.”

Jon is a veteran of treatment programs. By his calculation, he has been through as many as 15. Starting with his first, after a car crash at age 25, each one has followed pretty much the same sequence. Stop drinking for a while. Relapse. Start drinking again. “I wasn’t doing anything to maintain my sobriety … Read more

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