Addiction Recovery Stories
Celebrating Successful Recovery
Turning Point Recovery Center has helped treat thousands of
individuals who suffered from substance use disorders. Each one has their own unique story, all with addiction in common, and TPRC has seen each one through their toughest moments in recovery.
We love to celebrate your stories and encourage you to share them with others who might benefit from listening to your shared lived experiences in addiction. We believe in the power of connection these shared stories create and the relief they bring to those still struggling to find their best path forward in recovery. Listen to some of the recent stories told by our friends in recovery and experience the profound healing connection we all share in the journey through recovery.
“The most important moments at TPRC that shifted my mindset toward wanting to achieve long-term recovery were certain things said to me at the right time by the therapist I saw. The support from the staff and the camaraderie of my peers at TPRC really helped me achieve this goal. I am fairly certain that I would no longer be on this earth today without going to TPRC.”
Ava Otway
My life before TPRC had reached a point of desperation and hopelessness. The drugs only made me feel worse, but I also couldn’t handle being without them, so I was in a constant state of unhappiness. I hated my life and did not want to continue with it the way it was. I struggled with an addiction to snorting oxycodone. Prior to that I also struggled with cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs for almost 20 years. I was placed at TPRC through a program at my job at the time. The most important moments at TPRC that shifted my mindset toward wanting to achieve long-term recovery were certain things said to me at the right time by the therapist I saw at the time. The support from the staff and the camaraderie of my peers at TPRC really helped me achieve this goal. I am fairly certain that I would no longer be on this earth today without going to TPRC. My life today is authentic. I have the capacity to truly feel joy, and with that comes the capacity to be able to survive any hardships in my life with strength and awareness. Being sober does not mean life is always wonderful, but it means that I can embrace the wonderful and the hard with the same openness. I welcome all my many feelings equally, without needing to numb them. I celebrated ten years sober on February 14 of this year. If I were to recommend TPRC to anyone, I would tell them that this place saved my life. TPRC has helped the community with it’s many programs it has available such as outpatient, sober living, therapy, psychiatry, and its wellness center. The most important thing being the community, I truly believe a community is necessary for long-term recovery from addiction. None of us can do this alone. I most appreciate having become a person I love. I love myself and who I am today. I am a wonderful mother and have evolved into someone I would never want to lose again. Self-love is key.
“If I never came to Turning Point Recovery Center, I think I would probably have never made it to age 30 and if I did it would be the same depressing and hopeless life I was living before. My life today is beautiful and a life that I would have never thought I could have.”
Justin Gallegos
My life before finding TPRC was depressing and had no substance to it. I chased one goal every day, which was finding benzos and anything else I could use not to have to deal with my mental issues. My mom had been looking into Turning Point Recovery Center for years before I decided to seek treatment. When my stepdad died, I felt responsible for taking care of my mom, and I wasn’t going to be around much longer if I continued what I was doing. But another big reason I was thinking about treatment was the withdrawal seizures I was having when I didn’t have enough benzos. And then, add the exhausting depression and hopelessness; all this combined forced me to find a way out of it. Everything I did at TPRC had a very important role in my treatment and how I continued my sobriety, but the thing that helped me achieve long-term sobriety was in my one-on-one counseling sessions. The work I did in those sessions, but most importantly, the work I did outside of those sessions in my daily life, changed how I handled emotions and perceived my life. If I never came to Turning Point Recovery Center, I think I would probably have never made it to age 30, and if I did, it would be the same depressing and hopeless life I was living before. My life today is beautiful and a life that I would have never thought I could have. I have two great children that I am fully there for, mentally and physically. The change in my mindset is like night and day from what it used to be. My life is full of struggle still, but it’s not a hopeless struggle like it was before getting treatment. My life is full of hope these days. I always tell people if you’re ever looking for a treatment center that cares about their clients, go to Turning Point Recovery Center. TPRC has given me more resources than I could have asked for and more. They offer a holistic approach to substance abuse treatment that focuses more on the person, not just the substance abuse. TPRC has helped our communities by giving people who struggle with substance use disorder tools to change their substance use and life skills to help them build a new, rewarding life. The freedom that I now have, I am no longer confined to needing to find drugs or find money for drugs. I can go hang out with my kids and not be constantly thinking of getting high. I have the freedom to live my life the way I want to live it.
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