Episode 01: Krissi J.

Krissi began drinking at the age of eleven, in part to cope with the loss of her beloved grandfather. Her substance use continued throughout her teenaged years, even as she flourished in a new high school and developed close, personal friendships. At 24, she met and married her husband Gabe and together, they welcomed their first child.

Even as Krissi truly, deeply loved her family and wanted nothing more than to build a loving home together, she and Gabe began spiraling into increasingly chaotic substance use. Over the next several years, Krissi would repeatedly seek treatment but invariably return to use; Gabe was incarcerated several times on distribution charges. At her lowest point, she lost custody of their two, young children, was evicted from their home and all of her family’s possessions thrown away … all within a week’s time.

Krissi made the heart-wrenching decision to end her marriage and devote herself to becoming well again. For the first time, she discovered her pathway through the pain: meditation and spirituality. Over the next five years, those tenuous first steps would transform her life and revitalize her most treasured relationships, beyond anything she could have possibly imagined.