Sponsor a Recovery

Our connection began with a family member calling on 'Bob's' behalf while he was incarcerated in a county jail. After phone calls sharing his need and want to change his life upon release, we faced hard realities: drug addictions, mental health conditions, violent criminal background, and physical limitations that seemed more than most recovery centers could handle.

After several months of counseling calls and meetings with program connections, Bridges of Hope accepted 'Bob' into their care with resources and skills to help him do the hard work of recovery.

When he called HOPELinc from a hotel room, he admitted he felt "lost, without purpose or direction, didn't know his self-value or worth, lost social skills, and needed help; his drinking and life were out of control."

'Bob' quickly went to a local Alcohol Group Meeting and spoke with HOPELinc's Christian Addiction Counselor/Resource Manager, David, who connected with and sponsored him into Vision Warriors Recovery Center where he was warmly welcomed.

Like many, this 'Bob' was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder earlier in life, stopped taking his prescribed meds, and was self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, starting an addiction in his late teens. Now in his late 20's, after an in-patient stay at a Detox medical facility, he reached out for longer term care.

Dual Diagnosis is complex when mental illness meets addiction. HOPELinc.org funded and sponsored 'Bob' at First Serenity where he is stabilized, learning steps and tools for his new start, and working at a job while in the program.

Young 'Jane', 21, was making great progress in her Intensive Outpatient Program for drug/alcohol addiction after physical, mental, and sexual traumas. She was working full-time, consistently participating in meetings and counseling, and connections with her adoptive family were being reconciled.

However, she recently relapsed and landed in jail where she was offered release to an approved sober living program. HOPELinc.org was there to assist and sponsor her at Living Proof Recovery in Duluth.