Carey grew up in an alcoholic household where she witnessed multiple incidents of domestic violence--brutal beatings that sent her mother to the hospital.  By the age of 18 Carey was drinking and using drugs steadily. She sobered up when she became pregnant but after the birth of her daughter she began to drink again.  She recalls waking one morning to find her daughter missing. Frantic, Carey ran to the police station across the street where her daughter was safely delivered the night before.  She was arrested for neglect and abuse.  Carey was accepted into Maya’s Place following her stay in jail.  She says that “Maya’s helped me to see the good in me.”  She graduated Maya’s Place with honors, re-enrolled in college, and entered Crossroads.  Since then, Carey has regained custody of her little girl, and received an Associates degree in accounting and has been sober for over two years.  In the future, she most looks forward to building a strong family in which she can more easily provide for her daughter’s future.

While living and working in Utah, Theresa experienced a violent assault that turned her into a self-described “zombie.”  Following the assault, the former nurse suffered from many classic symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder including severe night terrors.  In order to cope with her intense anxiety, Theresa began to drink heavily.  Her daughter eventually brought her to Albuquerque where she was admitted into Crossroads for Women.  About this time Theresa says, “Crossroads opened me back up and gave me a grip on life.”  She just recently graduated from Crossroads for Women and is successfully employed and living in an apartment here in Albuquerque.  She wants to thank Crossroads for “teaching me how to live.”