Laura’s Story: Finding Safety, Stability, and Hope at Grace Centers of Hope Laura’s journey to Grace Centers of Hope is a powerful story of survival, healing, and restoration.She grew up in a home marked by alcohol and abuse. From a young age, Laura learned how to...
“Before coming to Grace Centers of Hope, I had lost my license, my home, and my car. My friend Samuel and I lived in his car for two weeks while the summer heat wore me down. He got his life together as I fell back into addiction, spending my last money and...
“I wrestled with alcohol and drugs for decades. My first residential treatment was in 1987, and over the next thirty years I cycled through some of the top programs, including Hazelden and Betty Ford, never finding lasting sobriety. My turning point came in Pontiac,...
“Before coming to Grace Centers of Hope, my life was unraveling. As a single mother facing postpartum depression, I relapsed after years of sobriety, and everything spiraled. My child and I drifted from couch to couch, wrapped in shame, exhaustion, and fear,...
I had a wonderful childhood with a loving, caring, and supportive family. I first decided to try alcohol at 14 years old, and that was the beginning of my demise… I quickly began to rely on alcohol because it eased all of my worries. My complete obsession with...
