In my 29 years of life, I have faced significant challenges. A few goals at the top of her list include staying sober and staying connected to her TFCF family! Melanie thanks Time for Change Foundation for the support and love bestowed unto her in her lowest moments. A tool that she now uses to continuously improve. Establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries has been a major tool in her journey. She spends every other weekend with them and her family. Melanie has also made great improvements in her relationship with her family. She has remained sober, 1 year, 3 months, and 20 days! She's active in her recovery by attending AA/NA meetings regularly. Melanie is now on her way to being 100% self-sufficient and recently transitioned into her own apartment! Melanie pays it forward by volunteering in the Time for Change Foundation office, staying productive and improving her office skills, while also being a testimony to current clients.
Other classes that assisted in her journey include anger management, life skills and Clay Counseling where she's able to discuss and work through past trauma.
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The relapse prevention classes have helped Melanie understand the disease of addiction and how to recognize red flags and triggers. Workforce development taught her how to build a resume, look for jobs, apply for jobs, and prepared her for interviews. Wrap around services like financial literacy classes, taught her how to save money and budget. At TFCF she gained structure, confidence, discipline, and the trust in herself and others that she lost long ago. Melanie says it was by the grace of God that she was able to take part in the TFCF shelter program. After completing the intake screening over the phone she was scheduled for a face to face interview where she was further informed on the program and determined to be a great fit! As an effort to not become homeless yet again, she called 211 and was led to Time for Change Foundation (TFCF). She transitioned to a sober living home for another ninety days to continue in her recovery, however those ninety days were not enough time to allow Melanie to become self-sufficient. Melanie decided to seek residential treatment at Gibson House, where she resided for four months and completed the program. Her life became unmanageable and she grew tired of using and abusing drugs and alcohol.
This caused Melanie to go into a deep depression which lead to an addiction to meth and alcohol. After becoming homeless she began living out of her car in 2021. Due to unforeseen events, Melanie, a mother of three children ages 18, 12, and 9, was separated from her children and husband in 2020.
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