Meet Millie (SC #324). Despite growing up in a stable home and with a loving family, Millie found herself unable to create meaningful friendship. As she reflects, “For a long time, I was just really lonely and sad…Nobody ever wanted to be around me.” These feelings of isolation led her to seek solace in…
Meet Myron (SC #490). “I felt like I was drowning.” That’s how Myron felt when he first arrived at Healing Transitions. And then, things slowly started to change. “When I walked through those doors, I thought, ‘I’m safe from the abyss that I had been in.” To understand Myron’s story, it’s helpful to…
Phyllis, affectionately known as “Philly” by those closest to her, never quite felt like she belonged. Adopted into a loving family, she began drinking by the age of 14 to quiet her restless mind. What started as sneaking out and drinking quickly spiraled into decades of chaos. Her life became a blur of jail time,…
Cassandra’s story didn’t begin with addiction; it began with chaos masked as normalcy. She grew up in a home where alcohol flowed freely, where parties were constant, and where dysfunction was prevalent. “We were as dysfunctional as a family could be,” she recalls. “My parents sold alcohol, so the house was constantly full of people……
Tim’s journey to recovery is one marked by deep struggles and a transformative shift in perspective. Before arriving at Healing Transitions, Tim’s life was consumed by alcohol and drugs. “It was a disaster,” he reflects, recalling how he started drinking at 14 and turned to drugs shortly after. He managed to avoid serious consequences for…
Chassity looks back on her life, now as a dental assistant at Spectrum Family Dentistry, and can’t help but marvel at how far she’s come. “I never imagined I’d be here, but I’m here.” Growing up in Comfort, North Carolina, in a family of 9, Chassity faced hidden struggles. After her mother passed away when…
When a loved one battles addiction, the entire family feels the weight of the struggle. But when that person finds recovery and healing, the whole family experiences the transformation as well. Each journey to recovery is unique, and this is the story of Lindsay and Betsy—a mother and daughter whose lives were profoundly shaped by…
Healing Transitions’ Women’s Response Team (WRT) is a group of current participants and alumni at the women’s campus who learn and practice Post-Opioid Overdose Reversal techniques. Not only do they teach these techniques to others on campus and in the community, but they also keep their skills sharp by administering drills on campus. These drills…
Shean W and Tykeim V are currently in the Motivation and Engagement Track (MET I) of the Healing Transitions’ Long Term Recovery Program. Just days before they moved into the new shelter, both were considering leaving. What kept them there? The new shelter. Shean says the new space offers much more room to move around,…
As Shean and Tykeim shared their thoughts about the new shelter, they were also excited to talk about the spaciousness of the new classroom. Tykeim shares that the open layout of the new classroom means that the peer mentors can see everyone more clearly when they’re teaching class and encourage the group more effectively. “In…