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Addiction Survivor Finds Purpose as Recovery Practitioner
9 Jul
Summary
- Jess Fry, a Gloucester resident, achieved sobriety after years of alcohol dependency.
- She now works as a recovery practitioner at the same clinic that helped her.
- Local councillor highlights challenges in addiction treatment access and funding.
A woman from Gloucester, Jess Fry, is sharing her personal journey of overcoming alcoholism to offer hope to others. After years of struggling with dependency, Fry has been sober for one year and nine months. She credits the addiction clinic, Abbeycare, with helping her find sobriety.
Fry has since become a recovery practitioner at Abbeycare, a role she finds incredibly rewarding as she guides others through their own healing processes. She emphasizes the importance of living a life of recovery and understanding its meaning.
Meanwhile, local officials acknowledge the challenges individuals face in seeking addiction treatment, including feelings of shame and difficulties with funding for private clinics like Abbeycare. Efforts are being made to encourage people to come forward for help, though resources remain a concern.
