My experience at Parkside was life changing. When I first arrived on September 13, 2009, I was a mess! By the end of the day, I was beginning to realize this was exactly the place I needed to be. I was ready to start the journey that would give me a second chance at my life. I wrote in my journal on the first night, ""Where do I start?"" The easy part for me was to be totally honest and willing to change. The hard part was learning to live in a totally different way and that meant changing almost everything! Talk about overwhelming!
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