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BRIGHTER FUTURE A phone call leads to a life change LOOKING TO A

O ne night in January, 2013, Cleveland resident Darryl Suttles decided to call his cousin’s wife in Atlanta to wish her happy birthday. It was fairly late at night and Suttles was intoxicated. “My cousin answered the phone, and my life changed at that point.” “He asked me if I was ready to make a change.” Two days later, Suttles was on a Greyhound bus to Atlanta, his sister having paid his rst month's rent to stay at DeKalb Addiction Clinic's transitional housing facility. Suttles underwent treatment for the alcoholism and addiction to cocaine that had derailed his life. Over the next 12 weeks, he learned that addiction is a disease that changes the chemistry of the brain, and that it runs in families – but that he still had a choice to use or not use.

He became a regular participant in weekly Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and also participated in aftercare groups at Men and Women For Human Excellence (MWFHE).

In 2014, Suttles was hired as a (volunteer) resident manager of a recovery housing facility operated by MWFHE. In 2015, he became o ce manager at MWFHE. “HE ASKED ME IF I WAS READY TO MAKE A CHANGE.”

office manager, Men and Women For Human Excellence -Darryl Suttles

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