For 20 long years, I battled addiction, facing one devastating rock bottom after another—emotionally, physically, and spiritually. My journey was riddled with hardships: run-ins with the law, abusive relationships, near loss of custody of my daughter, job terminations, and numerous trips to the emergency room. I hit what felt like every low point imaginable.

I cycled through detoxes, treatment centers, and 12-step programs, but nothing truly changed until I became ready and willing to transform my life. It was then that I realized drugs and alcohol weren’t my problem—they were my temporary escape, my solution to deeper pain. But this “solution” was destroying me. I reached a point where I knew that if I didn’t stop, I would lose my daughter and, ultimately, my life.