Success Stories

Proud of the two kids he gave up during his addiction

December 4, 2017

Jamie Martin couldn’t be prouder of the two kids he gave up during his years of drug addiction, and who he had the good fortune to reconnect with after he… Continue Reading →

Recovering from the Grip of Opioid Addiction

April 26, 2017

“I got myself back,” Kerri says. “I learned how to love and respect myself and properly care for my family.” It’s ten o’clock in the morning of a long weekend,… Continue Reading →

Black Sheep in the family has a full life of love and community

November 3, 2016

“Hopeless, useless, desperate and lost” Darren Petersen, the “black sheep” of his family, was reunited with his long-estranged father near the end of the year he spent in the Calgary… Continue Reading →

Drug Court’s best result: “Getting my Mom back”

May 20, 2015

Mike L. lost his mother a couple of times. The fact that he got her back is a miracle he attributes to a year of working through the Calgary Drug Treatment Court.

And his mom? “Getting my son back is like winning a million dollar lottery,” says Pat. “I am whole again.”…

Getting caught was copper thief’s salvation

May 20, 2015

By all appearances, Pat L. was an ordinary family man. He’d rise each morning, get his kids off to school and go to work as an insulation contractor.

But in the wee hours of the night, he was a copper wire thief, so good he could make $1,000 to $5,000 every three days…