Support Chris's journey to sobriety

I have a dear friend, Tiffany, who has devoted her career to caring for and helping children develop into amazing little humans - mine included. On a personal level, she has been keeping her own family unit as healthy, loved and supported as possible as a single mother. This has included co-parenting with her kids' father, Chris. They've worked through many challenges as co-parents, but this latest challenge needs help from others - likely strangers like yourself. Please consider supporting this beautiful family as Chris works towards sobriety, and ultimately creating a stronger and healthier family unit.

Here's their story:

Chris left for rehab today. When Chris’s addiction isn’t running his life, he is a genuine person who will give anyone the shirt off his back. He brings so much laughter and love to his friends and family. He brings the most joy to our kids who adore him like no other.

After just recently hitting his 1 year clean and sober milestone, his relapse came as a bit of a surprise. I found out Friday evening, as did our kids. Chris has worked his ass off the last year and had not only accomplished a long stint of sobriety but he went from homeless, to sober housing to eventually renting a home alone in Mukilteo. Not many can pick themselves up like that or that quickly. He chose Mukilteo so he could live close to our kids and be a part of their lives on a regular basis. Chris had been such an active Dad and coparent since he moved into our neighborhood. The kids are heartbroken to realize that having him whenever they wanted and needed has to wait so Daddy can get better.

Chris didn’t want to lose everything he has worked so hard to rebuild. He wanted rehab, something we were never able to get him before. He realized the component he was missing was the therapy and help from a facility. Thanks to his awesome job and insurance he had already booked his stay at a treatment facility when he broke the news to us. Although he has great insurance he is still responsible for 4k out of pocket; something he doesn’t have. He worked out a payment plan for when he gets out. There is nothing that was going to stop him from going. I’m so proud of this step he took. I’m so proud that he took a moment to realize everything that he could lose. He doesn’t like to ask for help and he rarely does. He likes to be independent and self sufficient.

I’m so happy for what the future has in store for his life and how he was able to seek help before he completely hit rock bottom again. I know his driving force is being here for our babies.

My goal while he is gone is to not only hold up the fort with the kids but to some how raise money for him to come out of rehab a better version of himself and be able to ease the burden of his portion of treatment. Chris has such high expenses and being out of work for a month will get him even further behind. I know it would mean the absolute world to have his rehab bill taken care of while he focuses on his sobriety. I’m starting here by asking friends and family if they can donate a dollar towards him getting better.

So many people have been affected by addiction and I’m just so thankful that he wants to get better.

If you are able to donate even a small amount, thank you. If not, sharing this post and happy thoughts and prayers are sooo appreciated. It’s not easy to ask for help but I would love for us to make his day when he completes his treatment. Thank you for taking the time to read. ♥️