AUDIO – COMEBACK TO LIFE –
April 18, 2025 – She lost two children, cycled through jail and survived breast cancer — now, 13 years sober, this woman is turning her pain into purpose.
“I kept going down that negative path, looking for validation in other people and chasing acceptance wherever I could find it,” Judy Berrocal told St. George News. “And using made that easy.” Berrocal recalled her battle with addiction, which started at 10 years old when she began drinking and using marijuana. By 13, meth had entered her life. She then faced a series of traumatic experiences while growing up in Utah County, she said, including sexual abuse, that shaped the path she would one day fight to overcome.
