Women’s Stories

Content warning: substance use, abuse, violence My name is Keri. I am a mother of two amazing kids – 19 and 16 years old. I’ve struggled with addiction since I was a teenager, and addiction runs in my family. After my kids were born, my father introduced me to a twelve-step program that I did, and I remained sober for ten years. During that time, I worked as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) and eventually graduated from nursing school with honors. In 2014 I started to struggle again. The loss [read more]

Content warning: substance use Hello, I am Linda. I first became involved with the Women’s Bean Project in August 2018. I owned my own barbershop for the last 25 years until I got lost in debt. I also got lost in drugs and got in [read more]

I’m Renee, a recovering woman with low self-esteem. I became involved with the Women’s Bean Project in 2018. At that time, I was in the Miracle’s program for alcohol addiction and a friend told me about Women’s Bean Project, saying it was right up my [read more]

Content warning: substance use, justice involvement I am Stephanie, and I’m a recovering addict. I started at the Bean in September 2018. I heard about Women’s Bean Project when I was in prison and thought it would be a good opportunity to transition into my [read more]

Content warning: substance use Hello, I am Chelsea and I was born and raised in Denver. At twelve years old, I had my first sip of alcohol, and my life hasn’t been the same since. I turned to alcohol because I didn’t know how to [read more]

Content warning: abuse, substance use, death Hello, my name is Barbara. I am the oldest of four siblings, born and raised in Denver in a very abusive home. My father is an alcoholic and my mother was addicted to speed. Their marriage ended in divorce when I was 12. I was supposed to live with my mother, but that didn’t work out so my grandparents raised me. My mom moved to Oklahoma with my infant sister and my brothers lived with our father. I didn’t finish high school, but somehow, [read more]

Content warning: substance use, justice involvement My name is Jazzmine and I grew up in Denver in a loving family, however, drug dealing was a normal day to day existence. I dropped out of high school at 16 and began working two jobs, with one [read more]