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Crystal's Story of Hope
One afternoon when Crystal was 33, her son stepped off the school bus only to find their driveway blocked by police vehicles. The cops were executing warrants pertaining to the manufacture and sale of heroin.
“My son sat outside watching while the cops tossed our house upside down,” recalls Crystal, now 41 and an Ideal Option patient.
Crystal landed in jail — for the second time. She lost her home and both of her kids. Her family, fed up with her addiction, stopped speaking to her. But she was given another chance: 90 days of inpatient treatment plus 2 years’ probation in exchange for avoiding prison time.