A Story of Sobriety Telling the Story Sharing the Success:
Since the start of the pandemic, medical professionals have turned to telehealth and other virtual resources to assist their patients and clients. As a recovery support advocate Ozetta Harris has become familiar with video conferencing programs. She co-hosts three daily group recovery sessions.The latest session is called “Chop It Up” and is a platform that facilitates discussions on situations threatening attendees’ sobriety.The conversations are designed to cover all types of addiction, as Harris believes anyone recovering needs to know their concerns and needs are heard. “When these people enter recovery, what they were dependent on got pulled from under their feet, so it could be easy for them to return to what made them comfortable,” she said. “I’m speaking from experience.” Her journey with substance abuse started with a seed of exclusion and loneliness during her childhood. Harris lived with her mother, whose house was often the active nightspot of the neighborhood. Other parents taught their children to avoid the house and everyone who lived there. After dealing with ridicule all throughout her school-aged years, Harris received a job at a local bank. But aiding in credit card fraud with other employees left her jobless and with a one-year prison sentence. “I felt like I was messed up and felt I had really let everyone down.That’s when I started drinking.”
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online