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Here's my story.

Some recovery stories change us, change the way we see the world.

Every Avenues alumnus has a story: one of heartache, healing, and hope. Here are their recovery stories — honest, unfiltered,  human and raw. Each of these addiction stories tells of a different journey: from rock bottom to recovery and life, from midnight darkness to a new dawn. Here you'll find testimonies about addiction that speak of struggle, strength, pain and  renewal.

These are not just addiction  stories. They’re real-life pictures of heroic courage and the constant fight to stay sober, one day at a time.

There are thousands upon thousands of recovery stories. Here are just a few.

 

SUCCESS STORIES
Kristen’s Recovery Story

Kristen’s Recovery Story

Kristen shares her recovery journey from entering Avenues Recovery on jail furlough to building a life of purpose, stability, and service...
Brian's Story

Brian's Story

Brian shares his journey through addiction, incarceration, loss, and Drug Court—and how recovery gave him a real life, stability, and hope...
Nick’s Story

Nick’s Story

Nick shares his journey from addiction, incarceration, and relapse to lasting sobriety, purpose, and recovery through treatment and service.
Jacie’s Story

Jacie’s Story

After years of addiction, trauma, and loss, Jacie found recovery through Avenues Recovery. Read her powerful story of surrender, healing,...
Kristy's Story

Kristy's Story

Kristy shares her powerful recovery story—from addiction and homelessness to 14 years clean and sober. A story of hope, healing, and second...
Nicolette’s Story

Nicolette’s Story

Read Nicolette’s inspiring recovery journey from heroin addiction, relapse, and overdose to sobriety and hope. Discover how treatment and...
Tara’s Story

Tara’s Story

Read Tara’s powerful recovery story from childhood trauma and addiction to nine years sober. A journey of faith, courage, and rebuilding a...
Jennifer’s Story

Jennifer’s Story

Read Jennifer’s inspiring story of addiction, relapse, and recovery. From painkillers to heroin, jail to hope—see how she rebuilt her life...
Brittany's Story

Brittany's Story

Read Brittany’s powerful story of losing her stepmother to overdose and transforming grief into a career helping others. Addiction recovery...
Tabatha's Story

Tabatha's Story

Read Tabatha’s inspiring recovery journey from fentanyl and meth addiction to nearly 2 years sober. Learn how she found healing, community,...
Julia's Story

Julia's Story

Read Julia’s inspiring recovery story. After battling addiction, trauma, and relapse, she found lasting recovery and now helps others...
Kristine's Story

Kristine's Story

Read Kristine’s powerful story of addiction, prison, relapse, and redemption. Clean and sober since March 2023, she now lives with hope and...
Ryan's Story

Ryan's Story

Read Ryan Followell’s inspiring recovery story. After years of addiction and a nine-day coma, he found healing through rehab and now helps...
Samantha's Story

Samantha's Story

Read Samantha’s inspiring recovery journey. After years of addiction, loss, and relapse, she found healing at Avenues Recovery and now...
Erik's Story

Erik's Story

Erik shares his inspiring journey through alcoholism, loss, and recovery. Discover how support, sobriety, and purpose transformed his life.
Tracy’s Story

Tracy’s Story

Tracy’s addiction recovery journey shows the power of resilience, faith, and community. Read her inspiring story of hope with Avenues...
Aimee's Story

Aimee's Story

Witness Aimee’s extraordinary journey from the depths of addiction to the triumph of recovery. In this candid and powerful story, she...
Avery's Story

Avery's Story

Bullied, addicted, and lost, Avery found hope through treatment and recovery at Avenues Dublin. Read his powerful story of resilience and...
Joe's Story

Joe's Story

Joe tried to outrun addiction, but it followed him. After a suicide attempt and five relapses, he finally found clarity and committed to...
Austin's Story

Austin's Story

By 21, Austin was drinking vodka alone in his room every day. He flunked out of rehab after rehab, planning to drink the moment he got out....
Liam's Story

Liam's Story

Liam grew up in chaos: taken by CPS, bounced through foster care, numbing the pain with drugs by 13. He just wanted to feel normal—or feel...
Adam's Story

Adam's Story

Adam did every drug he could get his hands on, until he got sober, laced up his boots, and hiked 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. Now...
KP's Story

KP's Story

KP didn’t really want to die – he just couldn’t keep living as is. But a strange dream, a phone call, and a gut decision changed everything.
Jessica's Story

Jessica's Story

Jessica hit the streets, the psych ward, and finally jail, where she felt something worse than fear: comfort. But she fought back, got...
Ashley's Story

Ashley's Story

Ashley used drugs to survive—until her four babies were taken from her arms. 89 pounds and crushed, she entered treatment with nothing left...
Bret's Story

Bret's Story

Bret lost his twin to an overdose and nearly drank himself to death. At 34, he couldn’t walk and was dying in a hospital bed. Now? He’s...
Kelly's Story

Kelly's Story

Kelly got sober at 18—but addiction wasn’t done with her yet. After relapse, treatment, and two halfway houses, she clawed her way back and...
Zach's Story

Zach's Story

After losing his older brother, Zach spiraled into pain he couldn’t face. On his birthday, he looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the...
Brad's Story

Brad's Story

He woke up in the ICU with alcohol poisoning, but went right back to drinking. Heroin came next. Today he’s sober, a husband, a father -...
Dilon's Story

Dilon's Story

Alone in a room with a gun in his mouth, convinced there was no way out – until one ask for help turned everything on its head. Would...
Claire's Story

Claire's Story

Claire lost everything to trauma and addiction - even her sons. Everyone thought she wouldn’t make it, but she fought... And one year...
Travis's Story

Travis's Story

Travis had nothing left, not even the will to live. But one warm welcome at Avenues sparked a glimmer of hope. With people who cared, he...
Monique's Story

Monique's Story

Monique was barely surviving — vodka for fuel, no strength to get out of bed. One desperate Google search changed everything. Now she’s...
Jeremy's Story

Jeremy's Story

Jeremy didn’t want to be here — in treatment, or even in life. But getting vulnerable, with people who cared, changed everything. Now he...
Natilie's Story

Natilie's Story

From sleeping on the street to sitting behind the case manager’s desk, Natilie’s story is one of grit, gratitude, and full-circle...
Mellisa's Story

Mellisa's Story

Melissa came into Avenues highly skeptical, convinced she didn’t belong. But connection, community, and a team who truly saw her made all...
Jess's Story

Jess's Story

Jess’s drinking took over fast, eating up all day, every day. What helped her heal? Real connection with people who get it. Now she’s found...
George's Story

George's Story

George thought quick treatment would fix him—until relapse and a suicide attempt proved otherwise. He returned to Avenues raw, honest, and...
Monk's Story

Monk's Story

Monk came to Avenues with nothing left; no self-love, no direction, and no will to go on. What he found was connection, purpose, and joy he...
Anthony's Story

Anthony's Story

Anthony was ready to end it—no hope, no will, nothing left to lose. But instead of giving up, he walked into treatment and found radical...
Dalton's Story

Dalton's Story

At 23, Dalton was homeless, starving, and wishing to die. He got sober—then went blind—but life has never been better. Because recovery...
Tavon's Story

Tavon's Story

Tavon hit rock bottom, and then its basement - losing love, time with his daughters, and nearly himself. But he entered Avenues, and what...
Shaquita's Story

Shaquita's Story

Shaquita thought she was just a drunk, stuck in a cycle she couldn’t escape. She entered Avenues terrified but found sober sisters who...
Marcus's Story

Marcus's Story

After an injury and a downward spiral, Marcus nearly lost himself — and everything else in his life. One violent moment became his urgent...
Matt's Story

Matt's Story

One single dad. Two little boys. A life of alcoholism. Would Matt find what it takes to pull the reins back on his life? Listen as he...
Kelvin's Story

Kelvin's Story

Kelvin Lane was homeless, hopeless, and sick and tired of being sick and tired. Waking up wrapped in a hospital gown was his turning point....
Nolan's Story

Nolan's Story

Nolan was numb, broken, and nearly died of an overdose, until a moment on his front porch changed everything. At Avenues, he found...
Nick's Story

Nick's Story

Nick thought 30 days would fix everything—but that overconfidence led to a quick relapse. He returned to Avenues, stayed 60 days, and did...
Bobby's Story

Bobby's Story

The life of the party — until the party nearly took his life. A DUI, a psych ward, and a wake-up call he never saw coming... Bobby...

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