Stories | Movable: Narratives of Recovery and Place

And that treatment center showed me compassion and love, which in then turn I was able to show compassion and love. And from that point there was peace in my heart.

Drew O'Connell
You get sober to go do things and hang out and . . . to have a life.

Ryan C.
For me to truly understand in my heart and know that recovery is real I think is more of a personal recognition of a difference in myself. And just to be surrounded by guys, their eyes open up, the light comes on, and they’re able to come up out of that same gutter that I was in.

Jason
I’m learning to live life on life’s terms again.

Amy
Recovery has to be real. You can feel it, you can see it, you can experience it. Recovery is my life today and, hopefully, for the rest of my life.

Steven