“Our New Journey” is not just a name…
Jen K. - Success Story
I moved into in an Our New Journey sober home after my last inpatient drug/alcohol rehab. I had been to other sober homes before, and was not expecting to have a new experience.
I had lived my lonely life as an active alcoholic and addict for many years. I didn’t know the first thing about how to live, or cope, without the drink or the drug.
At Our New Journey, I got to know other women who were like me. We were all learning how to take life a day at a time, and become grateful, recovering alcoholics and addicts.
I was introduced to a 12-step fellowship, and attended meetings regularly. I learned that there was a solution! I got a sponsor, and began working the steps. Being at Our New Journey allowed me the time to focus on myself and my recovery. The owners were supportive, kind, and encouraging throughout the entire experience.
“Our New Journey” is not just a name, in my opinion. It is the truth for women like me who lived there. Myself and the other ladies started down the unfamiliar path of self-discovery, growth, and recovery there. What is that, if not a new journey that we took together?
Today, I have over 2 years sober, and every day, I continue to do the things I learned to do at Our New Journey. My journey took me back to my family and my children. Today, I have goals, something I never had before. I have earned back the trust of my family. I live with my children again, and can be the mother they always deserved. I can actually say that I am a woman of grace and dignity. Most of all, I am happy, joyous, and Free!
The experience I had at Our New Journey is incomparable to any other. The owners have my eternal gratitude and appreciation for providing a safe, loving environment to build an unshakable foundation of recovery.
Jen K.
"Today, I Have Hope"
Success Story - Ronnie K.
I first came to live in a Our New Journey recovery home at the beginning of the pandemic. It was uncharted territory for all involved. Readjusting my maladjusted life to a the “new norm” was a big task. Through personal struggles that I learned to cope with while being in the house, sobriety became a way of life for me.
I came from living on the street for the better part of 6 years and associating with only people as sick (if not more so) as myself. I got to the point in my drinking where I accepted, I was destined to live life as a drunken alcoholic, and I would die that way. I was comfortable that way. Until I wasn’t. I came in answering the question of my relationship with my family as, “none”. I felt completely alone.
Inside I was dying. I knew about 12 step programs for many years, tried to do things my way for so long. After countless rehabs and “I know what to do’s”, I had to admit I didn’t know what I was doing.
Living in a Our New Journey recovery home gave me the opportunity to not have to think about what to do next. With the guidance of the owners and the women inside, I began to keep things in the day; and put one foot in front of the other.
I learned a lot about myself, living with others, working with others, and putting the steps of recovery into my life. I learned I never had to do things alone. I had the structure and safety of the house, the wisdom of the owners, a 12 step program, and all the healthy relationships I learned to accept and be a part of.
Today, I have hope. I am a daughter to my mother, a sister to my brother, and an aunt to my nephew and niece. I am employable and have dreams and goals today. I can see beyond settling for ‘whatever’. I can say, I know what I’m doing to maintain my recovery today. I learned to become teachable. I am taking what I learned in the house into my outside world. At work, school, and with family. I learned a new way to live. The freedom the life of the drunken bum could never give me.
I started the journey when I was 40. All I wanted was to be a woman with integrity. Now I can say that “I do what I say and say what I do”. I’ll be forever grateful I chose to live in a Our New Journey recovery home and for the solid foundation I’ve built.
Ronnie K.
