Downward Spiral

Recently we’ve been receiving reports about a Hard Six client who left our Roosevelt property because he didn't want to comply with rules.

Someone brought in copies of mug shots of him - taken when he was booked into Maricopa County Jail for drug related charges.

Another client saw him sleeping on a bus bench on Van Buren Street in Phoenix. He reportedly had been beaten and one side of his face was grotesquely swollen.

While it’s sad to witness his downward spiral, it provides living evidence to the rest of us in recovery that life never gets better when we relapse.

No one’s returned to tell us how good their life became after they started using again.  None show back up with a job, a car, or money. Sometimes they have only the clothes on their backs.

Our wish for this former client is that he'll finally connect the dots and realize his issues in life are related to his substance abuse.

Hopefully he’ll survive to make another run at recovery.