Success Stories
Meet Tony
Life Cycle – A Story of Redemption Tony loved to ride his bike. He rode to and from his job, putting in long hours every day as a custodian at a Pensacola theater. He was careful, but one day, Tony was nearly killed. “I was hit in the morning, and then I was hit again that…
Read MoreOur Summer LifeBuilder Graduation
This August we celebrated the men that graduated from our LifeBuilder Recovery Program. Earlier this year, the 90-day program was restructured to a three-phase program totaling 9 months in duration. Phase 1 – Recovery Readiness, Phase 2- LifeBuilder, and Phase 3 – Career Development. This format was to better ensure that our clients were equipped…
Read MoreDylan’s Story
Meet Dylan. Dylan at the young age of 19 lost his father. He spent years depressed, making bad choices, and struggling with addiction. He finally got to the point where he had enough and knew he needed to make some changes in his life and ended up at Waterfront. Dylan was also a professing Wiccan.…
Read MoreRonnie’s Story
Ronnie spent 26 years of his life addicted to drugs, but in the last five years, Ronnie’s life has completely changed. In the last five years, Ronnie has Graduated from a recovery program. Been married for four years. Received custody of his son. Started his own business. Taught weekly classes to men going through an…
Read MoreDennis’s Story
Meet Dennis. Dennis came to Waterfront in 2012 after spending 15 years abusing every drug imaginable and living on the streets in both Birmingham and Pensacola. While at Waterfront he graduated from our Recovery Program and learned about the importance of accountability in living a sober life. Eight years into his sobriety journey, Dennis found…
Read MoreBobby’s Story
Bobby is another year clean and sober! For twenty years he had struggled with the vicious cycle of drinking and drugs. This led to other destructive habits, job losses, and broken relationships with family. He came to Waterfront for our Recovery Program and prayed to God asking for help. Bobby made the commitment to change…
Read MoreMeet George
Meet LifeBuilder Recovery Program Client George George had a rough childhood growing up and spent nearly twenty years off and on of his adult life battling drug and alcohol addictions. He experienced periods of homelessness, brief months of sobriety followed by relapse, and eventually two heart attacks. He finally realized he needed to leave the…
Read MoreMeet Bobby
Meet Bobby. Bobby was living homeless when he was struck by a car while walking along the roadway. He sustained serious injuries. It ended up being his wake-up call. “After the hospital put my body back together, they sent me to Waterfront,” he said, following a five-day hospital stay. During his weeks-long stay in Waterfront’s…
Read MoreMeet Ronnie
I was in my mid-40s, locked up in a psych ward for the third time in three months. Night and day, I was lost in visions of all the terrible things I’d done in my life – decades of alcohol and drug addiction, abusing women, running with gangs, and preaching white supremacy. I could smell…
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