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Beacon House is home to a wide variety of individuals. We receive
referrals from many city, county and state agencies as well as treatment centers, mental health centers and community outreach
facilities.
During the time Beacon House has been open there have been over 2500 persons who have benefited from the
program.
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Marsha, age 38, started drinking at the age
of 17. She discovered that if she drank, she wasn't as shy around her friends. After a while she found some new friends,
and through them she found crack cocaine. By this time, her family did not want her around anymore. Her money had run out,
and she was having trouble supporting her drug addiction. So, Marsha and her boyfriend began a state-wide robbery spree.
When Marsha was caught, she went to prison. And when she was released, she came to Beacon House. At Beacon House, she began
to work a program of recovery. However, after a few months, she relapsed. The relapse scared Marsha, and she recommitted
herself fully to her recovery program. Today, Marsha has been clean and sober for a year. She recently moved out of Beacon
House into her own apartment, and is attending college.
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Ted, age 35, started using alcohol and marijuana
at the age of 15 after his father committed suicide. He wanted to cover-up his pain and grief, and the drugs seemed to help.
Ted graduated from high school, but his drug use was escalating. Over the next few years, he began experimenting with cocaine
and acid. To finance his drug use, he spent the inheritance his father had left him. And when that was gone, he went to
his family and friends for more. Ultimately, he began stealing to support his drug use. During this time, Ted had several
run-ins with the law. To escape his problems, he moved across the country hoping for that geographical fix. But, it didn't
work. While driving in a blackout, he was stopped and arrested. In jail, Ted made the decision to change his life. Thirteen
years of drug use was enough. Ted came to Beacon House in 1999, after a year in jail. He lived at Beacon House for two years,
which was ordered through the Court. He worked a program of recovery, built a new support system, and started a new life.
Today, Ted has been clean and sober for 6 years, has a full-time permanent job, has successfully completed all of his legal
obligations, and has a wonderful family. He continues to practice his program every day.
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Jim, age 48, began using alcohol and marijuana
at the age of 13. After all, all of his friends were doing it. But his friends stopped using, and Jim couldn't. For the
next 32 years Jim used drugs, and his drug of choice became heroin-sometimes cocaine, but mostly heroin. Along the way, he
lost his wife, his home, several jobs, and ended up estranged from his son. His severe level of depression put him in a state
mental hospital, and when he was released, he came to Beacon House. At Beacon House, Jim worked his recovery program, developed
a relationship with his higher power, and continued to receive mental health services. Today, Jim has been clean and sober
for 3 years, has a wonderful support network, and has been reunited with his son.
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