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Success Stories
Stories like the one below are the reason we exist.
S. K.’s Story ![]() I am a 28-year-old schizophrenic gay retired prostitute whose drug of choice was more, and whatever.
The Alamo Center has revolutionized my view of recovery by being the most welcoming environment I’ve ever had the pleasure of calling my home! I have multiple different hurdles I needed to get past (crippling generalized anxiety, a desire to be under the influence around the clock, separation issues, childhood trauma and anxiety). These have been assessed and addressed during weekly groups conducted by the staff where I have learned new ways to reduce or even eliminate these issues. At Alamo the structure is in place so that we all benefit from the various support groups we attend each week. Since coming to Alamo I have been given an opportunity to shine in my recovery by being allowed a position of senior house member. In this role I am reaching and supporting others while continuing to make progress on my own recovery journey. Darrell’s Story ![]() 9-10-11. Those are my numbers. That’s the day I realized what was wrong with me. I came to live at Alamo, and stepped onto a new path for my life. Many years earlier I had been at Alamo for a short time in order to save my job. People told me to stay longer, but I thought I had everything I needed to be OK – money, a girlfriend, apartment, job. Turns out I was wrong: Who I appeared to be on the outside was not who I really was on the inside.
This time I stayed for 2 years and four months until I was really ready to stay on the new path. My Alamo sponsor made all the difference, teaching me so many valuable lessons. I also learned from the staff, the many meetings I attended, and the CSB programs. Alamo is a true recovery home, not a boarding house. Everyone here is on the same journey so we connect with each other and encourage each other every single day. I have been clean and sober since September 10, 2011. I have a CDL license, took college classes, got a warehouse job. I am a CSAC-A and working toward my Associate degree. I am a sponsor for two others and I still visit Alamo frequently. 9-10-11, my sobriety date, that’s who I really am today. L.J.’s Story ![]() I was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine for 25 years. The disease of addiction caused me to lose my marriage, my home, my job and my dignity. Recovery taught me how to regain my soul.
I have been clean since June 16, 2009. A God of my understanding, ALAMO, twelve steps and treatment gave me the tools I needed to stay clean and sober. The ALAMO put structure back in my life and it helped me in so many different ways. I was able to take a self inventory and I established a relationship with myself giving me the ability to experience self love. I have worked on taking my expectations off of others and loving people for who they are and accepting that people do the very best they can with what they have today. Through these experiences I became unselfish and selfless. The ALAMO gives the hopeless man hope -- today I have hope and a sense of purpose. I was given another chance at life when I walked through these doors and for this I am truly grateful. |
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