Addiction Recovery

Skate Straight for Those Battling Addiction

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Sept. 23, 2021 – At first, he didn’t think anyone would show up, but before long people came from everywhere. A chapter of Skate Straight recently opened in England and he hopes to start more chapters throughout the United States.

The group originally meant for skateboarders now includes chefs, business owners, and all sorts of people on the road to recovery.

“It’s basically what I would say is the misfits lunch table of recovery,” Eichelberger said.

Eric Wilson joined the group shortly after Eichelberger started it. Wilson said he couldn’t go a day without alcohol and had looked all over for help, before finally finding a group he could relate to. 

“Recovery is like skateboarding,” Wilson said. “You’re not going to go out the first day and just be great at it and learn how to do it.”

“The fact is you got up, dusted yourself off and you went again,” Eichelberger said. “And you get up and you do it again.”

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Leonard Buschel

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