EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 34 MIN
The story of Stacy: Service in Recovery
from Voices of Recovery · host The Works of Wisdom
Continuing our February “Service in Recovery” series is the story of Stacy—a woman whose life was saved by the power of a 24/7 virtual meeting and who now devotes herself to serving others on that very platform.Stacy began using at 14, and within a year was using heroin. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 16 but denied proper treatment, placed in programs for “problem teens,” and introduced to opiates at 17 after kidney stones, she would go on to use for 27 years. By 2016, she was trapped in a 26-year marriage that had turned physically abusive, raising two children while cycling through medication-assisted treatment and struggling to get off replacement therapy. When outpatient programs threatened to send her back to inpatient care and her husband’s violence escalated—culminating in a night where he choked her to the floor—Stacy reached a breaking point. After surviving a suicide attempt, she made a different choice: she logged onto a brand-new 24/7 Zoom meeting during the height of the COVID lockdown.On that platform, she heard hope for the first time. A woman stayed on the phone with her for eight hours while she detoxed, and for five straight days Stacy kept her camera on as she withdrew, knowing that turning it off might mean losing her life. She took every suggestion—got a sponsor, found a home group, and accepted a key tag commitment on the virtual meeting. Though she relapsed after two years clean following another explosive fight, her recovery network rallied around her, guiding her back to treatment and helping her leave her abusive marriage for good. With the support of a new sponsor, domestic violence resources, trauma therapy, and her renewed commitment to service, she rebuilt her life from the ground up.Today, Stacy serves as a host and co-host on the same 24/7 platform that once held her together, has returned to school to become a recovery peer, and is on her way to earning a master’s degree in social work. She credits the fellowship—and the sponsors who modeled strength and freedom—with saving her life. What began as a desperate click into a Zoom room became the doorway to safety, dignity, service, and a future she once believed she would never live to see.
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Continuing our February “Service in Recovery” series is the story of Stacy—a woman whose life was saved by the power of a 24/7 virtual meeting and who now devotes herself to serving others on that very platform.Stacy began using at 14, and within a year was using heroin. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 16 but denied proper treatment, placed in programs for “problem teens,” and introduced to opiates at 17 after kidney stones, she would go on to use for 27 years. By 2016, she was trapped in a 26-year marriage that had turned physically abusive, raising two children while cycling through medication-assisted treatment and struggling to get off replacement therapy. When outpatient programs threatened to send her back to inpatient care and her husband’s violence escalated—culminating in a night where he choked her to the floor—Stacy reached a breaking point. After surviving a suicide attempt, she made a different choice: she logged onto a brand-new 24/7 Zoom meeting during the height of the COVID lockdown.On that platform, she heard hope for the first time. A woman stayed on the phone with her for eight hours while she detoxed, and for five straight days Stacy kept her camera on as she withdrew, knowing that turning it off might mean losing her life. She took every suggestion—got a sponsor, found a home group, and accepted a key tag commitment on the virtual meeting. Though she relapsed after two years clean following another explosive fight, her recovery network rallied around her, guiding her back to treatment and helping her leave her abusive marriage for good. With the support of a new sponsor, domestic violence resources, trauma therapy, and her renewed commitment to service, she rebuilt her life from the ground up.Today, Stacy serves as a host and co-host on the same 24/7 platform that once held her together, has returned to school to become a recovery peer, and is on her way to earning a master’s degree in social work. She credits the fellowship—and the sponsors who modeled strength and freedom—with saving her life. What began as a desperate click into a Zoom room became the doorway to safety, dignity, service, and a future she once believed she would never live to see.
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