SUD , and she is wholeheartedly convinced that harm reduction measures such as overdose reversal medication give many people with SUD a fighting chance to find success in recovery . “ As our collective understanding of recovery continues to progress , we have become more and more aware of the fact that recovery is not always a linear journey ,” notes Bradish-Hoyt . “ There is still a persistent stigma that remains around the use of overdose-reversal medications like Narcan , but every single person who is revived by those medications gets another chance to turn their life around and help someone else . Here at Turning Point , we want to use every resource at our disposal to help people rediscover their sense of hope and extend it to other people down the line . The most amazing thing about recovery is that we can only keep what we have through giving it away and helping others . I see that healing potential in every single person that walks through the doors of our center .”
One of the Bennington Turning Point Center ’ s newest employees , Anisa Kennedy , serves as a living testament to Turning Point ’ s commitment to helping people with SUD reclaim their lives in recovery . Kennedy is in the early phase of her recovery , and she works as an intern at the Turning Point Center in Bennington . Kennedy is incredibly grateful to be working at the Turning Point Center , and she is also thankful for everything that Julea Larsen and Ralph Bennett have done to help her move forward with her life one day at a time .
“ Julea Larsen came to visit me in the emergency room at a point when I needed help getting into treatment ,” says Kennedy . “ Ralph Bennett has served as my recovery coach ever since , and he keeps me in check on a day-to-day basis . They got me the internship here so I can work towards becoming a recovery coach myself . I have told Ralph and Julea that they have saved my life over 100 times now . When I was still actively using , I had
no idea about what the Turning Point Center could do for me . My life is completely different today . I ’ m sober , I have a great relationship with my daughter , and I have every kind of resource to help me in my recovery that I could ever dream of . If there ’ s anyone out there who is still struggling with SUD who feels like they have nowhere to turn , please reach out to Turning Point . Even if it ’ s just a five-minute phone call , it will give you the chance to get your life back in ways you never thought possible .”
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