The Lost & Found club is my local Recovery club here in Ocala, Florida. I came to Ocala from New Mexico in 2017 for treatment in a rehabilitation facility, Mending Fences. In New Mexico, I was homeless and suffering from more than one self-defeating behavior including addiction, and then I got pregnant.
8 months pregnant, I was found and busted by a police officer, Ryan Holets who ten minutes into questioning me offered to adopt my unborn child. This was after I explained that I was looking for someone to adopt the baby. That was just the beginning.
I had the baby 3 weeks later and the adoption went smoothly. Our story reached the newsrooms of CNN and quickly became my 15 minutes of shameful fame and also saved my life. After CNN interviewed Ryan, his wife Rebecca, and myself our media presence helped pave the way for my recovery. I was offered a scholarship to treatment while Ryan and Rebecca were honored at the White House.
Long story short my recovery was only made possible by my creator and a handful of people and their service. Now that I am in recovery, I work in recovery and am on the Board of The Lost & Found club because in my heart of hearts I believe this is a worthy cause to serve my community here in Ocala Florida, and give back what has been given to me, my freedom.
If you know of anyone suffering from the disease of addiction or any other self-defeating behavior, it's places like the Lost & Found non-profit that keep the doors open for the next sick and suffering human to find safety, hope, and a home filled with like-minded individuals.
I am just 1 of multitudes of stories, and my continued success is largely in part because of a solution found at my local non-profit recovery club and my continued belief in doing my part for the sake of service to others.
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