Alcoholism brought her to death’s door at 31. Now she’s helping others recover through hospital peer coach program

“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.”

GUEST COLUMN: Transcending the stigma about addiction recovery

Based on a recent community meeting to address the proposed variance to the property use at 820 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, (currently the First Evangelical Free Church), and the subsequent reaction by some members of the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, we feel compelled to address citizens of Colorado Springs to talk about the importance of…