One Student's Mission to Build Personable Recovery Centers
Qiana McClelland, 43, recently established a non-profit called "The Passover." It's the first step in her plan to open an addiction treatment center and, eventually, recovery homes. "I've been in plenty (of recovery homes). That's why I want to make a difference," McClelland said. McClelland was formerly drug-dependent and first started taking drugs at just 15 years old. McClelland, a native of Indianapolis' south side, was on drugs for 20 years.
Today, McClelland celebrates over 18 years of sobriety. She stopped taking drugs the same day she gave birth to her now 18-year-old son. "So every day he grows, I grow also," she said. McClelland now has four children, who inspire her daily to stay clean. One of the biggest lessons McClelland has learned in her life thus far is never to take anything for granted. "You can be gone like right now," she said. "Never take the people you love for granted or those that love you.
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