Education during Substance Abuse Recovery
The Challenge…
At age 11, Andrew started experimenting with drugs and by age 13 was addicted to heroin. After multiple stays in detox and time in a halfway house, he was connected to ABCD’s Ostiguy High School. After another relapse, he was in desperate need of the right support.
The Solution…
The small classes at Ostiguy High School and the incredible staff made the difference. “The people there who actually cared what happened to me. The classmates battling what I was battling.”
Andrew graduated from Ostiguy High and went on to college majoring in criminal justice. He lives at home, works, and coaches his little sister’s 8th grade basketball team. He aims to finish college, be a cop and have a family. He even journeyed to Washington, DC to testify before a Department of Education special committee on the value of recovery schools.
“Without this program, I wouldn’t have made it to my 16th birthday.”