by digitalAOC | Nov 15, 2020 | Resident Story
I will begin with my name, Devon Thomas Hill…aka “Tom”. I am 33 years old and began abusing drugs at age 15. My sobriety date is October 24th, 2018. I grew up in Greensboro, NC, but came to Raleigh from the New Hanover County Detention Center in Wilmington, NC. I...
by digitalAOC | Oct 5, 2020 | Resident Story
Michael “Emmaus House has given me the opportunity to lay a foundation for the rest of my life. I am building credit and establishing a rental history. I am financially stable enough to balance work and full-time school, contributing to an independent future....
by digitalAOC | Sep 8, 2020 | Resident Story
“When we have reached the depths of despair, only then can we look up and see the light of hope.” ― Stephen Richards JASON My name is Jason, and I am an alcoholic. I was born in western North Carolina in the city of Gastonia, being raised by my mother and my maternal...
by digitalAOC | Aug 3, 2020 | Resident Story
“I knew I was an alcoholic by the way I felt sober.” Joe B., Alcoholics Anonymous ZACH I was born and raised in Nashville, TN. I had a fairly well-to-do family, which not only provided for me but was loving and very present in my life. They tried to instill in me...
by digitalAOC | Jul 1, 2020 | Resident Story
“It is never to late to be who you might have been.” -George Elliot BEN I grew up in Rolesville, a small town outside of Raleigh, N.C. I had an amazingly supportive and loving family. My siblings and I always got what we needed, and some of what we wanted. To my...
