Testimonials | | "I was really a good person. But then when I started doing drugs, it took all the good away from me," she says. Sadie lost jobs, lost family, was stealing and streetwalking.
"I was walking the streets and flagging down cars so I could prostitute. The last car I flagged down turned out to be my son." She pauses to let the shock to sink in. "He pulled over and said, 'you've got to get some help, Mama. You can't keep going like this.' I got in treatment the next morning."
"Thank God for the program at Nexus!" she exclaims. "I had tried other treatment, but Nexus got down to me. The counselor (whom she still keeps in touch with) met me eye-to-eye and said, 'I know who you are, and we're going to get to you.' And when she hugged me, I knew everything was going to be all right."
"It worked!" she declares. "And my husband - he had seen what recovery had done for me and wanted it - also cleaned up. And it's been good ever since!"
Today Sadie runs a halfway house for formerly addicted women. "We help them get jobs, go to court with them, if necessary. Whatever we need to do, we're there."
Not surprisingly, she is also in demand as a public speaker. "I go all around the world speaking and there's never been a time that I've left Nexus out. Because if it hadn't been for Nexus, I would not be able to stand and speak."
Now on good terms with four of her five children (one remains estranged), her goal is to provide service for other women with children. "Because of what I learned at Nexus, I know that things I think can't happen can really happen. I see women who have lost their kids to CPS and I see them get back together. I treasure the day that I came into Nexus. March 10th, I'll have 10 years clean!" | |
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| | If you or someone you know needs treatment please call the Nexus Admissions Department at (214) 321-0156 x3118 or email us at help@nexusrecovery.org. |
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