At the time she quit using she was homeless. No job. No money. Living in an urban park. Subsisting off of handouts from family and strangers. Hustling drugs and alcohol to numb the pain of her circumstances.
But one day she decided to accept help and went to a short term treatment program. She's been clean now for nearly a year. She attends church. She has a place to live. She's putting a wardrobe back together. She's seeking employment.
There are painful times because her children still shun her for the hell she put them through while she was using. But she endures it because she knows that she earned their anger and mistrust.
And today she participates in a program that goes to the same parks she used to live in and passes out food to homeless addicts.
Her story is inspiring because for more than half her life she was addicted to some kind of drug. But like many of us, the pain became too intense and she decided to change.
