Man finds hope, gratitude and sobriety

WATCH – From way down, to marriage, work and sobriety –

Nov. 26, 2020 – “I got sober right before COVID hit.”

As addiction rates began soaring during the pandemic, he kept moving forward.

“I told myself this is going to be hard, but I can do it,” Lewis said.

Lewis graduated college and started a career. On 10/10/2020, he also married the love of his life. “This will also be our first Thanksgiving as a married couple,” Lewis said.

Lewis says he has a lot to be thankful for.

“I am thankful for my wife, thankful for my parents, I am thankful for my mom, like I said, who gave me the strength to keep going forward,” Lewis said.

Despite the depression, addiction, and an onslaught of new stresses in 2020, Lewis found sobriety, a career, and love. He also found hope. “There is always hope,” Lewis said. “Like I said, as long as you are still standing there is hope. Just keep moving forward.”

Lewis is also leading recovery classes now at Focus on Recovery. He says the positive influences he’s put in his life has kept him on the road to recovery.