Before Robin left the Chillicothe Correctional Center, she needed a home plan. She was relieved when her application to Healing House was accepted.

“I had a good family,” Robin recalls. “I spent summers with my grandparents and my mom and aunt were good role models.” Still, Robin became addicted to alcohol and drugs and eventually was arrested and sentenced to prison time. “If I hadn’t been drinking, I’d never have gotten in trouble,” she notes.

Robin was nervous when she arrived at Healing House after prison. “But everyone was kind, and within a week, I felt good; Healing House brought God back into my life,” she says. “At 54, I never thought I could live without drinking or using drugs!”

While she looks forward to having her own place, Robin knows it’s essential to maintain her relationships at Healing House. “I need the support of people that understand how hard it is,” she notes.

Robin credits God, her community, and her 12-Step work for her recovery and her new job. “I thought it would never happen,” she remembers. “I prayed, ‘God, I’m older and don’t have much work history, so please help me.’ And he did!”

Despite her fears about her new job, Robin discovered she could handle the challenges. She says, “I can do anything I set my mind to!”

Robin wants donors to know what they’re doing is important because it changes people’s lives. “I didn’t have much hope, but now I have faith that it will be all right. I don’t know how it will happen, but it will be all right,” she says with a smile.