By: Elisa Marie Cordova, CPFS, SOR Peer Coach, Serenity Recovery Connection My journey into recovery didn’t begin with substances alone. It began with a growing awareness that something in my life wasn’t working. Long before I ever addressed mysubstance use, I was caught in patterns of toxic thinking, emotional reactivity, and impulsive decisions that quietly…
By: Lisa Pecoraro, Peer Recovery Coach — Family Team, Serenity RecoveryConnection My name is Lisa, and I am a woman in long-term recovery from alcoholism, substance use disorder, and trauma. Today, my recovery means waking up with gratitude. It means showing up—for myself and for others—with a clear mind and an open heart. It means…
By: Victor Trujillo, Warrior/Peer Recovery Coach, Serenity Recovery Connection My name is Victor Trujillo, and I’m a Warrior/Peer Recovery Coach with Serenity Recovery Connection (SRC). I’m also an Army veteran. I served as an Infantryman and deployed to Afghanistan. For a long time, I tried to carry what I went through on my own, like…
