Both genders are remarkable in their own ways for many reasons. This post and the next will focus on each individually. With the old addage of “ladies first”, this one will be about women.

From soccer moms to single mothers, from teens to older women, addiction does not discriminate against age or lifestyles. Whatever the reason that a woman has turned to drugs or alcohol, however hopeless she may feel, it is imperative for her to understand that she is worth saving and there is a way out.

Here in Texas there are many rehab programs to help women to overcome addiction. One of them is the Genesis recovery program. This is a year long recovery process, ensuring that someone has the time needed in many cases to become thoroughly detoxed and build the tools necessary to keep a relapse at bay.

The Genesis program in Wichita Falls is led by a woman who has herself traveled the road that many addicts travel. She lost everything and became homeless because of addiction and then one day back in 2001, sought help through divine faith and began her journey back to sobriety and getting clean.

Because of her own battle, she has become the perfect combat buddy for other women who find themselves trapped in an addiction. She knows what these other women are going through. She knows what it is like to be homeless, to be addicted, to feel hopeless.

The Genesis program gives women a safe haven. Many of them also have to get away from significant others who are either using, making them use or being abusive. Most addicts do have a dual diagnosis of some sort, whether it be depression or a physical ailment on top of the drug or alcohol addiction. This year long recovery program allows them to focus on what is important, their health, their hope, their victory.

Genesis means beginning. For these women, it truly is. The beginning of a new life free of drugs and alcohol. The beginning of new friendships and support. The beginning of realizing the strength one has within herself. The beginning of the realization that she always deserved this help, that she is redeemable, that she is worthy, that she does have something to offer the world.

For more information, call 940-723-5663. This call will be the beginning of working your way back to being the wonderful person you were, you are and that you were meant to be.