VIDEO – RECOVERY BY THE MILE –
Sept. 13, 2024 – Michael Seminetta, a recovering heroin addict, is riding his bike from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, to raise awareness and money for drug rehab centers after spending 20 years in and out of prisons.
It’s a ride many thought the now 40-year-old wouldn’t be alive to make. Now clean for two years, Seminetta initially turned to heroin in his late teens and spent decades chasing the drug amid prison stints.
“Going in and out of jail, rehab, and mostly my family being heartbroken was a very big motivator for me to get clean,” Seminetta told WGN-TV. Born in Chicago, the Evergreen Park native’s life was unlike that of most kids. Baseball was Seminetta’s love, but things changed when his parents divorced when he was 9 years old. His mother, Colleen, would soon find herself doing drugs regularly. When Seminetta and his siblings stayed over, parties often went into the early morning hours.
