Drug rehab helps woman go from crack to college
With our media outlets focused on celebrities and public figures who slip into trouble due to drug addiction, it isn’t often that we get a chance to hear about a real-life drug rehab success story from an ordinary person just like you and me.
In this case, a big thank you should go out to ABC, who reported this week on the story of Delora Evans, a former crack cocaine addict who recently completed her long journey to sobriety and success by receiving her college degree.
It is hard to imagine anyone standing on stage with Delora at the University of North Texas graduation ceremony who traveled further in their lives to get there.
In the 1990′s Delora went from habitual marijuana smoker to full-on crack addict in as much time as her took her to take one puff on the crack pipe.
Problems with family and the law soon followed, and although she was mother to three children, she was evenutally sent to jail for drug-related crimes. While under arrest, she gave birth to her fourth child, and became a drug counselor to other inmates struggling with addiction.
She entered drug rehab upon her release and learned the skills she needed to do something truly positive with her life.
Through drug counseling, Delora saw an opportunity to turn her life around. Upon release from jail, she began her life a new, devoting everything to her education and her family.
Now, Delora has a degree in rehabilitation counseling, and is the mother of four happy children. A drug rehab program worked for her, just as it can for anyone you know who is struggling with addiction or substance abuse.
