Support Carrie's Journey to Overcome Addiction

Hi. I'm Carrie.

I've struggled with my mental health for most of my adult life. It morphed into a severe drug and alcohol addiction in the mid 2010's and a suicide attempt in 2021.

After seeking outpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation I enjoyed a long period of sobriety. That changed and the end of 2024 beginning of 2025 found me deep in the throws of a severe cocaine addiction.

I sought outpatient treatment and quickly learned that I was far too deep to be adequately treated outpatient.

In March 2025 I resigned fromy position and entered a 28 day inpatient treatment program 5 hours away from home. I left that program after 2 weeks AMA, filing a report with the NYS Justice Center for abuse, neglect and maltreatment. I left traumatized in a whole different way than I went in.

I am now in a new program several states away that offers a much more comprehensive program including CBT, DBT, equine, EMDR, individual and group therapy, fitness instructor, creative writing. There's a max of 8 ladies living in a residential house on a regular street.

I am where I am supposed to be. I have a bigger purpose and a story to tell, you're going to be shocked to hear it. I'm going to tell it loudly and hopefully speak for those who also receive treatment in the same manner as I did.

This is where it's uncomfortable. I quit my job and planned my resources for being out of work for 1 month. I need to pay for cobra and expenses until I get back to work.

This is life or death for me. In November I weighed 123 pounds (5'10) I am not healthy, mentally, physically or spiritually. This is my chance but I need help.

I plan to use funds to pay for 3 months of cobra benefits (program is a min of another 60 days), prescription expenses, toiletries and community experience expenses and if there is any additional to help someone fromy support network at home travel to visit on a visitation day while I'm out of state.

Reading this far is all the support I can really ask for. Anything more is greatly appreciated. I want to live and I want to live well, better that I did before with what I was given to work with. You may have known me before, just imagine what I'm capable of if I'm actually firing a well tuned engine!

My profile pic was from the day I entered outpatient treatment on March 2025

The pink sweater is today 4/29/25. I already look and feel a lot better.