NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND
Jennifer Yates
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, USA
Choosing Authenticity Over Addiction
J
ennifer Yates walked out of the resistance, but she also knew there “I am really transparent about the
doctor’s office, prescription in was something hopeful about circumstances that led to me becoming
hand. She had a choice to make. becoming a Wellness Advocate. She a builder,” Jennifer says. “I am a recov
For the better part of eight years, clung to that hope. Looking at the ering drug addict and my drug of
Jennifer silently battled a secret prescription and the price tag of choice was prescription medication.
addiction to prescription drugs. recurrent use, she knew she couldn’t When people go toward an addiction,
Then 18 months sober, she was afford to fund the addiction and pay it’s usually because they’re just trying
excited about a new dōTERRA for an enrollment kit. A simple truth to cover the pain of something. For
business opportunity; however, dawned on Jennifer. “I have to choose me it was childhood sexual abuse, my
draining emotions were creeping in. one or the other,” she told herself. Lyme disease diagnosis, postpartum
Her addiction was the path of least She never filled that prescription. depression, a divorce, and the death
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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2019
Images by Rachel Serb Photography