My name is Courtney D. and I have resided at Skyline women’s recovery house since February 2023. Being here for the past 7 months has really helped me learn how to live a balanced life. I feel really stable and grounded with my decisions and choices for my life and myself now. I have learned things I feel every 28 year woman should have already known but unfortunately I didn’t before coming here. I didn’t know how to pay my rent on time and would keep ending up homeless. I never wanted to clean up after myself or even do my laundry. Skyline honestly really helped me to learn all of that and take pride in it. I found out I was an expectant mother while I was here and I was terrified. I had no clue where to begin or what my next step was going to be. All I wanted to do was run from it all but after I sat on it and prayed over it for a while I decided running wasn’t going to get me anywhere this time except ultimately back into my addiction, again. I would have thrown 18 months of being clean and sober away and I just couldn’t give up this time. So instead of running I faced my fears and reached out for help. One of the girls at the house helped me get a better paying job with her at a place she was referred to by Skyline. I reached my goal on saving up for a house for myself and my baby because of that job. I also was stressed out extremely bad over how I would furnish it all for us in time. I started talking to the house managers and found out Skyline Recovery has some really good resources for us. I always really struggled to ask for help from anyone but I put my fears of rejection aside and asked Johnny for help. I found out if I’m here for 6 months of self pay that he would personally set me up with a program called “Off The Floor” and they will furnish my house with a successful referral from Skyline. I know 6 or 7 months may seem like a long time when you are first beginning this journey but what’s the rush? Trust me, it has been worth every day of it. I’ve learned that if you trust the process it’s going to be worth it in the end. Being at Skyline does have its ups and downs but what community living place doesn’t?