Intersection Between Mental Health and Addiction – Angel
Intersection Between Mental Health and Addiction After maintaining sobriety for several years, Angel moved from her Houston home base to Galveston, away from her recovery support. Knowing she needed mental [...]
A Two Generation Approach – Laura and Bella
A Two Generation Approach Laura entered Santa Maria on July 4, pregnant, making a decision that she would break her addiction and bring a healthy baby into this world. Drug […]
Family Healing and Reunification – Kerri and Beaux
Family Healing and Reunification Kerri was born in Marble Falls, Texas. Although she lived in this beautiful small town, her childhood was anything but idyllic. Her father lost custody of […]
Recovery Roots – Ashlynn
RECOVERY ROOTS Ashlynn knew that night it was time to go for help. Somehow, she made it home after a night of binging, but did not remember how. It had been […]
To Rise Up – Recovery as a badge of honor
LaNisha’s story starts with trauma. When she was just two years old, her father was murdered; later her mother whom for years suffered from addiction to substances was incarcerated. Once moved to live […]
Actively Breaking the Cycle
Nicole followed in her mother’s footsteps, she learned to close her feelings off working long hours and withdrawing from her family. This was not the first time she had lived […]
Coach Karen’s Story of Redemption
A young woman sits in the lobby awaiting her appointment to enter the Santa Maria detox program. A tear silently rolls down her face. Coach Karen Gaddis gently makes her […]
April Dawn, The Face of RecovHery
April Dawn was born in a small town in the hills of southeastern Kentucky, given a name that illuminated the light, beauty, and joy of a newborn’s arrival to the […]
Mother of Three Breaks Cycle of Addiction
“Loving and forgiving yourself is necessary to change your life”, states Courtney Mendoza, a 29 year old Santa Maria Alumna. Growing up with parents who struggled with addiction, Courtney witnessed the […]
From Prison to Recovery Advocate at State Capitol
The year 2012 marked the fourteenth time of incarceration in a period of 10 years for Sharon, as a result of her substance use disorder. She recalls sitting in her jail cell […]
Coach Deborah’s Story
“She’s a real coach, with natural ability to lead,” says Amelia Murphy, Director of Recovery Support Services (RSS) of Deborah Uselton. Deborah has joined the Peer Recovery Coach team here […]
Kristina’s New Life In Recovery
Kristina began to “lose her grip” when her husband, the father of her small daughter, lost his life. She turned to Santa Maria in 2012 for the first time to […]
Grace And The Creative Spirit
Tifini has been a teacher, a social worker and a professional hair and make up artist, well-known and successful. She had a blog and with a partner founded a life-style […]
The Face of RecovHERy
“Recovery does work. It works.” says Paterra Warren, a Peer Recovery Coach on staff at Santa Maria. “Everything that I have done is because of my drug addiction, but also […]
Danielle’s Story
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker When you first meet Danielle, you see a smart, strong, disciplined and spiritual young woman who […]
A Mother’s Story of Addiction and Recovery
Meet Joni Jobeths, 27 years old, a mother of three children who is now in recovery. She tells us how she has greatly benefited from participating in the MOMMIES Pregnant and Postpartum […]
Sonja’s New Life
At a very young age Sonja found herself drinking alcohol as a way to suppress the trauma she had gone through in her childhood. Later on she found in cocaine […]
Journeys of Recovery
Messages by Santa Maria Alumni I want to thank my supporters and superheroes in my recovery including my sponsor, and loving boyfriend, who have been backing up my each and […]
Recovery… Now and Forever
Amber’s new tattoo – the Santa Maria logo. “I call it my recovery tattoo; you see nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. Representing my recovery, how it happened, where […]
Happy Anniversary Sarah!
Sarah-Chastity’s story…in her own words I AM ONE YEAR CLEAN AND SOBER. On this day, January 17th, last year, I made a decision that would forever change my life, I […]
A Champion for the Cause
A person is not born a champion – they are made through hard work, dedication and a commitment. Many, like Santa Maria Recovery Coach Michele, have had to overcome many […]
Santa Maria is Because of You
Today I am someone new Santa Maria it’s because of you You take the time out of your lives To make me feel like I am someone real I’ve never […]
Don’t Stop Believing
Imagine life behind bars. Now imagine serving time in prison while you are carrying a child. Although many of us could not imagine this situation let alone know how we […]
From the Heart…
Not wanting to drink again is in my heart. That is how I am able to abstain now. I am self-controlled in that matter. Before I went to Santa Maria […]
Brandy’s Story of Recovery
“Hi, my name Brandy and I am a graduate of Santa Maria Hostel. I was introduced to Santa Maria on August 6, 2012 through their Path to Recovery/Recovery Support Services […]
