{"id":13731,"date":"2019-01-24T12:03:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/pease\/?p=13731"},"modified":"2019-01-24T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:03:35","slug":"sobering-stories-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/pease\/sobering-stories-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobering Stories: Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Abbey \u2013 2017 P.E.A.S.E. Academy Graduate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abbey\u2019s parents took turns sleeping at the bottom the stairs\u00a0to prevent their\u00a0daughter from leaving their house\u00a0and using again. Abbey\u2019s addiction started with alcohol and marijuana and eventually progressed to cocaine and a point where she couldn\u2019t stop. Abbey says, \u201cFor me, it eliminated my pain. I believed there was no other option and I couldn\u2019t live without it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbey\u2019s parents wanted a different solution. Desperate to protect their daughter, they resorted to breathalyzing and drug testing, leading her to several treatment programs and a sober house in Illinois. It was difficult for Abbey to leave Minnesota and her family, but there are no sober homes for adolescents in Minnesota. \u201cTreatment for me was coming to terms with the fact that I had a problem,\u201d says Abbey. \u201cI learned that not everything is bad, and I learned to cope, among other people who lived sober.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After treatment, Abbey was faced with the reality of returning to her junior year in a high school where she knew she would be compelled to return to drugs. \u201cIt would have been hard for me to make friends with people who don\u2019t do drugs because as addicts, we seek out people like us. I need a fresh start, so I went to P.E.A.S.E. Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbey says P.E.A.S.E. Academy was an opportunity to see people her own age being sober and having fun. \u201cIn the beginning, sobriety isn\u2019t fun, but the fun you have sober is a lot more enjoyable and worthwhile.\u201d At P.E.A.S.E., Abbey found a community of students and teachers who supported her recovery and allowed her to continue her education. She grew close to teachers and counselors in recovery who cared deeply and provided support. Abbey says, \u201cThis recovery community is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbey graduated from P.E.A.S.E. Academy in 2017 and now attends\u00a0Augsburg University, where she is majoring in psychology. She is enrolled in the Step-Up Program, where she lives in a sober community. \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is dealing with real life here,\u201d says Abbey. \u201cAnd, P.E.A.S.E. prepared me for that. It was a big part of my sobriety and I don\u2019t know where I would be without it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sobering-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sobering Stories: Abbey &#060; P.E.A.S.E. 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