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...
by digitalAOC | May 31, 2020 | Resident Story
“Sometimes it takes losing everything to realize what you had. And sometimes realizing what you had can actually make you feel thankful for losing everything. It’s a weird paradox, discovering what you thought was everything- what you ran and worked so hard for-...
by digitalAOC | May 8, 2020 | Resident Story
Addiction is all consuming. It takes everything, extinguishing the spark that makes an individual unique. Recovery offers the promise of renewal, the re-ignition of passion. Passion is the force that keeps us active, engaged, and motivated to live an authentic life....