"These virtual meetings are really helping them to sustain and to grow in their recovery,” said Thayer. The online meetings allow them to stay on track.
There are currently 350 men and women in the center’s six-to-nine-month intensive, residential recovery program. Small groups meet, while keeping their distance, and have a virtual Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meeting in place of the usual off-site session. They are spread out among the center’s different facilities. Seven laptops were donated by Quantrell Auto Group and Voices of Hope. They can’t go off on leave on the weekends and reconnect.” “They don’t have the support of their families. "Our recovery clients have been on lockdown and isolation within our building for several weeks now and although they’re doing well, this is a challenge for them,” Development Director Carrie Thayer said. Having the proper support is life-changing for those in recovery, so it’s been a challenge for people in need at the Hope Center.
(LEX 18) - This stressful and uncertain time can be difficult for people battling an addiction, especially when in-person contact is limited or banned.
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