Recovery Speaks
HOPE Sheds Light explores the many pathways to recovery through individuals and families impacted by addiction. How does recovery feel? Learn from those with lived experience as we sit down with the faces of recovery. Break free from the stigma surrounding the disease of addiction and be inspired by new perspectives that can change your life.
Recovery Speaks
“When faith calls you home”
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HOPE Sheds Light offers a new perspective on addiction.
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Season 1
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Episode 13
Diera Mendez, minister and counselor at America’s KESWICK (a faith-based addiction recovery program) shares her recovery journey.
Growing up with a father who struggled with drugs and alcohol misuse, Diera turned to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism as a teenager. In her early twenties, Mendez was invited to church and her life changed. She heard a message of hope and found her calling.
Currently, she ministers at America’s KESWICK, a faith-based addiction recovery program. She works as a one-on-one mentor to women whose partners are struggling with substance abuse and is committed to living her life in faith and sharing a message of hope to others.