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My name is Heather Lyon, I am currently the Director, of Tomorrow's Woman Inc. and a
drug and alcohol Consultant; I am also a recovering addict.
I am a very, grateful recovering addict. All my life I felt as if something was missing. I never felt whole.
I never knew what it felt like to be happy within myself. In high school I found myself drinking to the
point of blacking out. In college I started smoking pot and soon I found myself using heavier drugs.
When I was twenty-one I began working at a law firm and my drug use tapered off to a certain degree.
I stopped using cocaine and other heavier drugs but I continued to smoke pot. I gained a certain
degree of material success but on the inside I was still lost. I knew deep down something was horribly
wrong. I was also struggling with mental illness. Soon I found myself spiraling down ever deeper into
depression and the darkness that comes with cocaine addiction. Eventually, I began to
smoke crack cocaine.
I suffered professionally, mentally, financially but most of all spiritually during this period. I lost my
job, my self-respect, my dignity and at the time it seemed as if I had lost all hope. Nothing felt real
and my sense of self identification was shaky at best. I began to contemplate suicide; it seemed
as if it was the only way to make the pain disappear. I started making plans to end my life. Then
one night after coming down from a huge crack binge, I felt as if the Holy Spirit spoke to me and told
me to enter into rehab. I got up the next day and entered into a drug rehab. While I was in the 28
day program, I decided to enter into long term treatment at Tomorrow's Woman, Inc.
Tomorrow's Woman saved my life. I was introduced to Narcotics Anonymous and was guided
through the twelve steps. I also attended shame and codependency classes. The tools I learned
aided me in turning my life around. I now have a renewed relationship with my family. My relationship
with my higher power is growing stronger everyday. I am so appreciative of the honor I now have to be
employed by Tomorrow's Woman. I hope to give back to other troubled women the love and hope that
was so freely given to me.
Tomorrow's Woman is here to help anyone ready for change. We will try our best to assist you
with your drug and/or alcohol dependency. Tomorrow's Woman is here for your future start in life.
Heather Lyon
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