INDIANAPOLIS (DESIRE)– Rachel Washington, 41, invested years fighting dependency to alcohol and drugs, defending custody of her child and putting her college on hold.
She’s now paying it forward by supplying treatment and assistance to other regional ladies and mother’s dealing with dependency.
Washington is the Executive Director of Landmark Healing in Carmel, however she strolled a dark course prior to landing the position.
She began smoking cigarettes while being a teen in Kentucky and her dependency slowly advanced into more powerful compounds.
Washington left of college and remained in and out of difficulty.
She was apprehended and lost custody of her child Kaylen whom was a teen in 2013.
While in Kentucky, Washington stated she explored rehabilitation and started composing her children Kaylen and step child Daphne a letter as soon as a week.
The mother got custody of Kaylen a number of years later on and has actually been sober because October 10, 2013.
She shares recommend to other moms who are thinking about looking into Landmark Healing.
” You’re not an evildoer and you’re not a bad mother; you’re an ill mother and there is assistance for you. This location is here to guide you, assist you, provide you treatment, comprehend the science of your dependency. You have the chance to be a mother once again and be a truly great mother.”
Washington has now 4 partners degrees and simply finished her Bachelors in Psychology and is getting her Masters at Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in social work.
Washington included that she’s grateful that another Mother’s Day has actually come to support her children and stay sober.