*Names of current Rainbow Warriors have been changed to protect their privacy and anonymity. Two years after founding member Timmy F. was featured in a Story of Healing highlighting Healing Transitions’ LGBTQ+ recovery meeting, The Rainbow Warriors, the group has continued to grow in both size and impact. What began as a dedicated space…
For many parents, their instinct is to fix things. When something goes wrong, you step in, find the solution, and make it better. One father, Rick, spent much of his life doing exactly that. With a career built on solving complex problems, he was used to finding answers. But when his son began struggling with…
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…
Meet Joey K. (SC #1067), who knows all too well that a car isn’t just a vehicle–it’s the symbol of how perseverance and accountability are essential to unlocking independence and freedom in recovery. A driver’s license isn’t just a form of identification, it’s a ticket to freedom and independence. Driver’s permits aren’t exciting because…
Meet Brian T. (SC #841). Before coming to Healing Transitions, Brian T. says he was “living the long and depressing journey of jails and failed rehabs for the better part of a decade.” Now married, an Account Manager for an exterior property maintenance company, and having just adopted his second dog, he attributes it all to…
Meet Michelle C. (SC #325), one of the toughest women you will ever meet. After escaping an abusive relationship with the father of her two children, Michelle found herself in another marriage with someone she instantly connected with, Kenny. Throughout their marriage, they both struggled with substance use. Michelle’s addiction came to a head when,…
Meet Amanda D. (Silver Chip #267), whose story is one of resilience and healing. Born and raised in Raleigh, Amanda experienced trauma during her childhood but it was ultimately the disease of addiction that drove her to the use of illicit drugs and alcohol. A brief stay in a wilderness camp during her mid-teens provided…
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……