The Long Hard Road

Cassie had been a resident at the Mission before and she knew the people.

She had a history of addiction and had gotten clean there, but after several months away she fell again, hard. This time when she arrived at the Mission, her eyes were blackened from a recent brutal rape by two men. She was also addicted to heroin.

As she dealt with the pain of the assault, she began the mental and physical torment of detox. Her friend at the Mission, who over the years had witnessed the many false starts of her addiction, looked into her eyes and asked a simple question…

“Are you ready now Cassie”?

She replied…

“Please help me”.

A call was made to the drug abuse therapy clinic and within minutes help was on the way. By mid-morning Cassie was taken to the Hospital for medical detox and she began the difficult path of recovery.

After using daily for years it was going to be a hard road, but Cassie knew if she needed help and was willing to change - her friends at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission would be there to help her with the first steps forward.

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