SHERONDA My name is Sheronda Krug in 2020 I went to Joshua treatment cen- ter where they helped me to get clean I mean I've been trying for 40 years to no avail but now I'm 3 years clean I have an apartment I'm doing so well and if you want recovery go to umadaop.org to umadaop and try to get yourself clean if you want recovery they will help you thank you!
INDIA My name is India Nicole Carter, I am a 41 year old Alcoholic Addict with 4 children, Shatarra (18) Nyara (12) DeVaun (07) MiLynn (05). I came to Joshua Treatment Center in 2021 and completed 30 days of Residential treatment. I took it as a joke and celebrated my comple- tion by going straight to the liquor. Everything was fun and games for a very short time until Lucas County Children’s services came and removed my children from my care. This is when my life got a lot worse. I fell into a deep depression and began drinking more and began to give up on myself. I just stopped caring about anything. Then my babies started getting mistreated in the foster care home they were placed in, I found myself deeper in the bottle. That is when I realized that I was tired mentally, physically and emotionally. I sur- rendered, I called Joshua Treatment Center and re-entered 30 days of Residential Treatment. I made a different decision this time, upon my completion, I went straight to Lima UMADAOP. I had to get out of my comfort zone. After being there a couple of weeks, I was ready to give up and come back to Toledo, I thought I was not ready. Then I realized, not only did I need treatment and structure, I needed my babies. I stayed and after a short time I did not want to even see Toledo again. I started wanting to get better, think better, feel better and see things from a sober side, a feeling I hadn’t felt in a very long time. I must admit, for a while I was “Just in the program,” then I started “Working the program”. 10/04/2021 I entered the recovery house in Lima. I got my babies back in November of 2023. I got a job at Speedway gas station, as of 09/19/2023, I am a licensed driver. To- day, I am no-longer called Nikki, that is a name I called myself in my active addiction. I love to be called India today because India is who I was trying all those years to find. Today please call me India Carter.
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