Recovery House assists local homeless, alcoholics
Non-profit house helps residents through recovery, job hunt using 6-month program
Casey Cheney
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: News
"I tried living in my own world," she said, going back to the same environment with the same temptations. "There was always an excuse to drink, to relax."
Friends and family would invite her to have a couple beers with them, not realizing she was different from them. She was an alcoholic.
"I wanted to drink," she said. "I wanted to stay sober. I wanted to die."
Nothing she did helped until she came to New Way. She needed a "controlled, structured, sober environment."
"Nothing has been able to stop an alcoholic from drinking except for interaction with another alcoholic," she said.
This interaction with the other alcoholics at New Way has changed her life. When she came to New Way, she thought she would spend the rest of her life as an alcoholic. Yet in two months, she will be promoted to a staff member.
"[It] makes you feel useful," she said. "Makes you feel like you've got a purpose."
Mason refuses credit for the house's success.
"God's in charge, not us," he said. "We're just following directions."
Friends and family would invite her to have a couple beers with them, not realizing she was different from them. She was an alcoholic.
"I wanted to drink," she said. "I wanted to stay sober. I wanted to die."
Nothing she did helped until she came to New Way. She needed a "controlled, structured, sober environment."
"Nothing has been able to stop an alcoholic from drinking except for interaction with another alcoholic," she said.
This interaction with the other alcoholics at New Way has changed her life. When she came to New Way, she thought she would spend the rest of her life as an alcoholic. Yet in two months, she will be promoted to a staff member.
"[It] makes you feel useful," she said. "Makes you feel like you've got a purpose."
Mason refuses credit for the house's success.
"God's in charge, not us," he said. "We're just following directions."
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Gary E. Kemp
posted 6/05/09 @ 3:15 PM EST
This is a good story BUT New way is not a non profit.
The New Way Recovery House is a very good place to learn to live life on lifes terms. Clean & sober. (Continued…)
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