4 years sober today!

My parents befriended a homeless war vet. They decided to give him one of their work SUV’s, complete with sleeping quarters. They included a bag of goodies and paid for the car to be insured and registered for one year. (They also hired him)

6 years ago I was a homeless junkie with nothing to live for. Now four and a half years sober, just turned 30 last month, and I work at one of the correctional facilities I was locked up at. Recovery is possible.

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Spent the second half of 2020 homeless, NYE in a mental hospital, then caught covid the week I was released. Tonight is my first night in a proper bed in longer than I can remember, and I built it myself.

At the age of 14, my daughter attempted to take her life. But through years of therapy and hard work she found her self worth. Today she graduated a year early, on the Dean’s List, with a double major. You bet your ass I’m smiling.

4 years sober after a life filled with arrests, psych wards, and suicide attempts. Now I’m engaged and a counselor to the homeless. Could not be more grateful for this incredible life. One of my mugshots on the left.

6 years ago I was a homeless junkie with nothing to live for. Now four and a half years sober, just turned 30 last month, and I work at one of the correctional facilities I was locked up at. Recovery is possible.

Just signed the papers to make it official. I am divorced and free from a toxic relationship! My health, physical and mental, have skyrocketed since I left the relationship, and I have almost completely stop drinking. Today, I am starting a second chance. And I cannot wait for what’s to come.

After leaving an abusive relationship, being homeless, unemployed, no family except my 2 yr daughter. I get to hang this on my tree and it means so much

6 days ago my best friend was released from prison after 5 years. We had only saw each other 2 times in those 5 years. Now we’re both recovering and making a difference in the lives of those around us.

When an old girl gets a second chance.

A Kenyan lady found her childhood friend on the streets suffering from drug addiction and took him to rehabilitation.

One year free from alcohol. It’s a good day.

25 years ago today the picture on the left was taken. I was 13, homeless, and about to survive an overdose. Today I’m sober, a father of a special needs teenager, and just celebrated 20 years of marriage. Life can get better.

Despite having abusive parents, having a heroin addiction, being homeless and being in and out of jail more times than I care to mention, I found out that my application for college graduation this semester was approved. Basically how I’m feeling