Women’s Stories

Content warning: substance use, violence, justice involvement Hello, I am Brigitte. I first became involved with the Women’s Bean Project in September 2019, while in the halfway house. I never had hope of becoming someone besides a drug addict, because that is all that I had ever been. I started using drugs at 12. I had my first child when I was barely 16. Things were going okay for a couple of years, but then I got a divorce and slid downhill very quickly. I started using again and hanging [read more]

Content warning: substance use, domestic violence, justice involvement My name is Regina. I’m 28 years of age and the mother of one special little girl. Becoming a good role model for my daughter is important to me. I came to the Women’s Bean Project in [read more]

Content warning: justice involvement Hello. I am Dominique. I am a mother of one. My daughter’s name is Destiny. She is ten years old. I am the oldest child out of five and also the only girl. I am originally a native of California. I [read more]

Content warning: substance use, death, justice involvement I’m Corina. I first became involved with the Women’s Bean Project in August 2018. I had made a disaster out of my life and desperately needed some help putting the pieces back together properly. I have been a [read more]

Content warning: substance use, domestic violence I am Felonis. I became involved with Women’s Bean Project in June 2018. At the beginning of my time at Women’s Bean Project, I was at a turning point in my life. I am a recovering addict, and I [read more]

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]