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A girl named lori had an average life,family and friends but, she got into a phase where drugs were a necessity to her and she started taking heroin and all of her realtionships were being ruined by this addiction and her life was crumbling. she was robbing her famliy not only with money but the lack of carelessness that she knew she wasn not getting any better. She attened Jude thaddeus program but she refused to do anything about it so, she went to St. Jude retreat house. She recoverd by staying in the facility and she kept away from drugs and started making hobbies instead of taking the drugs she worked full time at her fathers hardware store. Then she volunteered to tell her story and it has been inspriational to some recovering clients with drug addictions.

lori is now drug-free and has benn since 2004. She has a husband and two kids and lives in san diego. lori works in a tailor shop with her friend and they opened it themselves. Lori is proud of her acheivement and she does not regret it.