From addiction to recovery, one man shares how Springs Recovery Connection changed his life

In a world where social interaction can mean the difference between staying off alcohol and drugs or going back to addiction, Pikes Peak region recovery groups are working to balance the need to keep people apart and keeping them sober.

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The country’s opioid epidemic, a plague since the 1990s, has awakened the public to a new understanding about substance use: who it impacts and how prevalent it truly is in society. However, though the problem is well-publicized, the stigma of drug and alcohol use still leaves many people feeling alone in the struggle to overcome addiction. Springs Recovery Connection (SRC) is a nonprofit community organization working to address that stigma …

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“She began drinking alcohol at age 11 and didn’t stop until 20 years later, when her liver and kidneys began failing to the point that doctors told her she had just a few weeks to live….one physician told Lemuel’s mother to start making her funeral arrangements.”