People are who they are because of the way they think; change thinking, change a person, change a family, change a community, change the world one person at a time. Fresh Start is about impacting the lives of men so change can take place.
The Metropolitan Fresh Start House is a faith-based non-profit 501(c)(3) 24-hour live-in drug & alcohol recovery/restoration treatment facility for men in need of life-changing experiences. We service men who have addictions, substance abuse problems, and men who are homeless as well as those in need of a fresh start in life. Our main focus is treating our clients with the utmost respect to let them know that they are important and valuable as we work to restore them back to men of dignity.
One client "Mr. Keeper" who came to us while in custody through a State funded program, had only 90 days to make his re-entry transition back into society. He had been in his addiction for more than 25 years going in and out of prison and just did not care. His parole officer said that he had a habit of putting on his NIKE's and walking away from any program he was assigned to. When Mr. Keeper arrived at Fresh Start, he immediately saw something different and decided on his own to stay.
When Mr. Keeper's 90 days were up, he needed more time to work on his recovery, but no more funding was available. Fresh Start requested and received authorization for an additional 90 days for Mr. Keeper, but the contracting agency re-nigged. Any other program would have put Mr. Keeper out in the streets, but Fresh Start kept him because of his value as a person, and he had become part of a family who cared about him. Mr. Keeper started working with a roofer, continued doing odd jobs and worked his way up to a union position where he is now making a good salary.
Fresh Start gave Mr. Keeper an opportunity to continue working on his recovery and re-entry into society as a productive citizen. This is the work we do and we need support to continue to help people like Mr. Keeper. He is one less parolee who is in the community committing crimes to get what he needed by "any means necessary." Mr. Keeper has now moved from tax burden to tax payer, a transition that we hope all our clients who come through Fresh Start will eventually make.
Here's a website you may find useful. http://www.addicted.com is a site for friends, families, and those who suffer from various addictions.
Posted by: recovery | June 28, 2007 at 04:12 PM
Here's a website you may find useful. http://www.addicted.com is a site for friends, families, and those who suffer from various addictions.
Posted by: recovery | June 28, 2007 at 04:46 PM