Derwin (known as DJ) was admitted into the Houston Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center’s program in October of 1985, seeking assistance for his cocaine and alcohol addictions. This was early in my substance abuse career, as I had only been the Centers Program Director a few months. The first weekend he was a resident of…
One morning in the fall of 1985, at the Houston Adult Rehabilitation Center, sitting at his desk in full Salvation Army uniform, was our Chaplain; Francis D. He was a very stocky man with white hair and dark rimmed glasses and a strong New England accent. He told me that he was from New England,…
My husband Gene & I purchased our home in the north Georgia Mountains on Monday December 12, 1994. By Saturday morning, we were all moved in and about to get ready for our first Christmas in our new home. Gene had to go into town to an auto parts store and asked if I’d like…
In the mid 90’s I received a call at work at the Atlanta ARC from a counselor at a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania. He was attempting to relocate a long term prisoner, Jimmy T., who was due to be released after 28 years of incarceration. The prison system wanted to release him in Atlanta and…
Dennis M., another favorite in my long list of F.H.B.s, came to the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Houston, in about 1986. Dennis was tall, lanky, had dark hair and a prosthetic eye due to a gunshot wound. Dennis didn’t know how he had gotten to Houston and could not even remember ever holding…
In looking over the past 29 years I have been truly blessed and enriched by all the F.H.B.s in my life. I began this journey in 1985, the year I became a substance abuse professional with The Salvation Army and continue to this day as owner and instructor of two Driving Schools. From the now…
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