I was 34 years old when I entered the doors of Healing Transitions. I was broken and desperate for a dramatic and much-needed change in my life. My childhood dreams of becoming a nurse like my mother and grandmother had vanished due to my addiction. I was incapable of being a mother to my two…
I grew up in New York before moving to North Carolina when I was in my early teens. Not too long after moving here, I had my first experience with drugs and alcohol. I was probably about 14 or 15 years old at the time. It wasn’t really something that I had the desire to…
by Catherine Currin | photography by Bob Karp – Walter Magazine Matt Elliott and Justin Garrity love to run—and not just for fitness. They found that spending time outside, exercising, with like-minded friends, was proving to be a way to work through their struggles and successes in recovery from addiction. That realization led the two…
A lot of my drinking was based on my childhood. My real parents were divorced when I was an infant. My mom remarried and I was abused physically and mentally. When I turned six, my mom was just going to give me up for foster care and get rid of me, so my aunt and…
For the last five months before I made it to Healing Transitions, I disconnected from my family and my first child, Brody. At the time he was four years old. I was couch surfing and in a very abusive relationship for part of those five months, finally ending up sleeping under bridges or in my…
My name is Dorothy Matteson Pierce and I am silver chip number 84! I came to The Healing Place, now Healing Transitions, at the age of 25 and was completely broken emotionally. I grew up in Raleigh and had a wonderful life up through high school. Because I played select soccer for CASL and for…
RALEIGH (WTVD) — As the sun rose early Christmas morning. a group of women worked as hard as Santa’s elves. But instead of toys, they made a hot breakfast. “We are serving eggs, we are serving hash browns, sausage gravy and biscuits, bacon and sausage,” Mary Bolick said. Bolick organized the meal. It was served…
December 24, 2018 By Taylor Knopf Everyone knows holidays can be stressful. And if you’re in recovery from addiction, that just adds to the stress. Here are some ways to make your holidays – and those of folks you love – a little smoother. Terri Edwards’ first Christmas home after entering an addiction recovery program…
By Richard Adkins, WRAL Photojournalist Raleigh, N.C. — The new year is approaching, a time when many people resolve to get in shape, to better connect with friends, or just vow to be a better person. There is a group in Raleigh who can help with all that. It’s a free program they call F3.…
I came through the doors of Healing Transitions on January 9, 2012. I was a 33-year-old high school dropout, and I had spent the better part of my adult life incarcerated as a direct result of my addiction. I started out smoking pot and drinking in high school and then eventually graduated to harder drugs.…