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EDITORIA Raymond Jones is from a family of five. His mother, as he describes, raised Raymond and his brothers to be gallant men. She is strong, supportive, and at 84, still believes unvaryingly in her children. But even with a positive upbringing, Raymond found his way off the beaten path at an early age, “I am the only one who went astray.” The Prodigal’s Return Raymond Jones

Raymond was addicted to drugs from age 16 to 61. In and out of rehab centers, and even finding means of using narcotics while in prison, his ability to return to sobriety might have seemed from the outside like a hopeless cause. “Ain’t no reason you can’t recover if you want it – and I wanted it!” A friend knew of Raymond’s yearning to become clean, and recommended that he try UMADAOP. “The first conversation I had, I knew I was in the right place,” Raymond described the love and knowledge that seemed to exude from each staff member at the facility in Cincinnati.The staff joined in Raymond’s belief that he could be clean, and worked with him patiently until now he celebrates full sobriety since August 2016.

“The first conversation I had, I knew I was in the right place.” -Raymond Jones, Client UMADAOP in Cincinnati

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