Resident Stories
These journeys show the power of support, second chances, and a safe place to call home.
"I thought I wouldn't like living with so many guys under one roof, but it turned into a blessing."
"In the summer of 2019 I relapsed on a combination of prescription sedatives while I was taking suboxone. This combination caused acute respiratory distress, I had overdosed, and by some miracle I survived. I spent time in jail, rehab, CCA and drug court over the last year and started to lose hope of being sober and happy, so I made a decision to go to sober living.
I thought I wouldn't like living with so many guys under one roof, but it turned into a blessing. I was able to have a meeting every day amidst COVID-19 and always had someone to talk to through the hard times. I believe Broadway Recovery Services has not only helped me stay clean, alive and happy, but it has also restored my family’s faith in me again. Thank you Broadway for everything you've done for me."
-Jay Jay
“During a particularly dark point in my life, I became very suicidal. I had been putting down liters of vodka like they were Powerades. I'd had enough of my addiction, and when a friend came to ask me for money to score some heroin, I gave him twice as much as he needed and told him to bring some back. Two hours and a half-gallon of vodka later, he came back and we shot up. I made it three steps into the house and collapsed.
The paramedics said that I'd died, and my mother said my lips had turned blue. Narcan brought me back from the brink to a feeling that made my worst hangover look like a walk in the park. My parents, who I was living with at the time, gave me the option of going to rehab or going to the streets. Being mid-December in Ohio, I was slightly reluctant to live in the streets, and even my friend who had brought the smack suggested it as a good idea. So I went and did three weeks of inpatient rehab and stayed sober for over eight months by going to meetings.
It wasn't enough, and I ended up in a cycle of depression and substance abuse for the better part of nine years. Finally, I got to a point a few months before my fortieth birthday where I could no longer take it, and I decided to call rehab myself. I detoxed in one place and did two months of inpatient at another, and the one place that I had to go to was a little house called Broadway.
My time here has given me what was missing the first time I tried to recover. I have been a house manager for nearly seven months and will celebrate a year of sobriety soon. Not only have I been in a safe environment where I could focus on my recovery, but I have been given purpose in the form of helping others who have broken the grasp addiction had on them. I recently got my CDCA certification and am in the process of becoming a certified peer supporter, and while I live one day at a time, I feel, more than ever in my life, that I have a bright future ahead.”
-Anonymous
"My time here has given me what was missing the first time I tried to recover."
"Continue to push toward the solution of recovery no matter how lost or hopeless you feel."
Jeremy stated that Broadway has aided his recovery by, “providing me with an environment of structure and accountability where I could make recovery a priority and grow as a person in recovery. I am surrounded by others in recovery, and we help each other through the highs and lows of early sobriety.”
Getting honest with himself about how devastating his addiction was to those who love and care about him has been the most difficult part of the journey of recovery for Jeremy, but he was able to see through his actions and continue to heal. Jeremy shared words of encouragement to help others in their journey: “Continue to push toward the solution of recovery no matter how lost or hopeless you feel. I once felt exactly that way, and with the help of BRS and the recovery community I have found hope, joy, and purpose in my life. "
-Jeremy
When Jack first started his journey, he mentioned that he was, “only 35 days away from sleeping on a piece of cardboard behind a dumpster,” and couldn’t be more grateful to Broadway for giving him a new lease on life.
While Jack had only been a resident at Broadway for two months, he has remained at a satellite house for the remained of his recovery. Jack said that through his recovery, “I now have a sponsor and I have a working knowledge of the 12 steps. I've been through the steps and continue working on them daily.”
-Jack
Grateful to Broadway for giving him a new lease on life.
"BRS loved me when I didn't know how to love myself."
Darrel tried to get sober for many years and couldn’t do it on his own. The impact that Broadway had on Darrel was evident when he said, “BRS loved me when I didn't know how to love myself. They (BRS) took me in at a point in life where I had no other solution except jails, institutions, or death and they accepted me when society had completely lost all hope that I could recover.
BRS taught me structure, self-respect, dignity, self-worth, and spirituality. BRS also worked with me to obtain the proper medical and mental health care I so desperately needed. They strongly encouraged me to make meetings, find a sponsor, find a home group, and work the 12 steps of recovery. They housed me, fed me, and even clothed me when I had nothing. BRS put me in an environment that has a no-tolerance policy when it comes to drugs and alcohol. Through this, I know have accountability and a safe environment.” Darrel was able to repair relationships with his family and children, and is loving the person he became!
-Darrel
“I will always be grateful for my experience at BRS. When I had nowhere else to go BRS took me in. I remember feeling completely accepted for who I was and having hope for who I could become. Throughout the course of 11 months I was living at BRS I learned how to meet life on life’s terms. I learned simple things like how to get up on time, shop for groceries, communicate respectfully with others, take criticism, and follow- directions.
Without the men in the house showing me the way, teaching me how to live life sober, and holding me accountable, none of this would be possible. BRS showed me a way of life that I’ve never experienced before. Without BRS and the 12 steps, I would not be here today. Since I’ve transitioned into independent- living I’m employed full-time in an amazing career, own my own home, I’m still involved with a 12-step program, and I freely give back what was given to me. Life is awesome!"
-Kacey
"I remember feeling completely accepted for who I was and having hope for who I could become."
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