What is Peer Recovery Support?

Peer Recovery Support connects people who have lived experience with others who are facing similar challenges. It’s a way of building community and strength through shared experiences and mutual understanding. Our trained peer support specialists offer:

  • Emotional Support: Providing a compassionate space for sharing, understanding, and encouragement. We focus on nurturing personal growth, healing from codependency, fostering healthy relationships, and cultivating healthy coping skills. Through mindful support, we help you develop interpersonal skills that create a foundation of emotional resilience and connection.

  • Guidance: Offering thoughtful and practical advice to navigate life’s challenges. Our guidance includes building independent living skills, managing financial and budgeting skills, and fostering physical wellness, all of which contribute to a balanced and purposeful recovery journey.

  • Resources: Connecting you with essential services, treatment options, sober living programs, and support groups. We provide access to detox and treatment resources, guide you toward suitable sober living options, and offer 12-step recovery resources and DUI education & therapy resources to support your continuous growth.

  • Advocacy: Empowering you to find your voice and access the care you deserve. We advocate for your success by helping you achieve your goals, ensuring you have the tools and resources to create a fulfilling and supported recovery path.

  • Rachel Johnson

    Owner

    I started using at 14, and by 15, I was deep in my addiction as an IV heroin user. My life became a blur of felony charges, jails, institutions, and homelessness. I felt completely lost. By 19, I was living on the streets, and by 22, I was facing more felony charges. I couldn’t see a way out. I didn’t know how to stop, but I knew I couldn’t keep living like this. I was at a crossroads—I either wanted to get sober or die. I just didn’t know how to make sobriety happen.

    Then, at 23, when I was a few months pregnant with my daughter, something inside me shifted. I had to make a choice. I chose life. I chose sobriety. I entered sober living, and during my pregnancy, I finally began to find my way. The rooms of NA were where I found my first taste of hope. It was here that I saw others who had walked the same painful path and found peace and purpose. I got a sponsor, I worked the steps, and little by little, I started to heal.

    But the journey wasn’t without pain. In 2020, I lost my best friend to suicide, and just months later, my mom passed away from cancer. The grief was overwhelming, and at times, I didn’t know how to keep going. But in those moments, I clung to my recovery. The community I had built in sobriety became my anchor, and I learned to surrender my pain to something bigger than myself.

    At five years sober, I found my purpose in a way I never could have imagined. I became a recovery coach, and suddenly, my story of struggle became a story of service. Helping others gave me a sense of purpose I never thought I could have. I was able to turn my pain into purpose, and that made everything worth it.

    Through recovery, I’ve learned that no matter what challenges life brings, we are always supported. We are always given the strength to rise above. Today, I know there is nothing I can’t overcome because I’ve been given the tools, the love, and the community to thrive.

  • Karis Shockley

    Owner

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.