Corey Story

Corey is an alcoholic, but his story doesn’t end there. In fact, that’s just where it begins.

He says the difference between someone like him and a “normal” drinker is this: normal drinkers don’t lie awake wondering if they have a problem. They’re not comparing themselves to people worse off to justify their habits. They’re not counting down the hours until they can drink again. But Corey was. Every day.

He drank when life got hard. He drank when life was good. He drank to feel better, and sometimes just to feel anything at all. It became the solution to everything and the problem behind everything.

At 18, Corey found himself in jail. At 21, he had an alcohol-induced seizure and truly believed he was going to die. At 22, he checked himself into rehab, scared, broken, and unsure if things could ever get better. He remembers teachers telling him he’d never be more than a drug addict.

But something inside him refused to believe that.

After rehab, Corey didn’t have much. He worked two minimum-wage jobs just to keep a roof over his head. But he had a dream: to help others like him. And he refused to let go of that dream.

By 25, he opened his first recovery house. By 27, it had grown into the largest recovery program in the state of Michigan. Today, at 35, he owns multiple successful businesses. He’s married to his best friend, and together they’re raising two beautiful children.

Corey says alcohol took almost everything. His freedom, his health, his hope. He talks about how society normalizes drinking: if you bring twelve Cokes to a party, people think it’s weird. Bring a twelve-pack of beer? You’re just having a good time. But he knows better now. He didn’t realize how deeply alcohol had a hold on him until he got sober. Only then did things start to make sense.

He rebuilt his life by changing everything. His habits, his environment, the people he surrounded himself with. Because if you want to live a healthy life, you have to create a healthy environment.

“If you want to live your best life,” Corey says, “put the alcohol down. If you want to stop, hit me up. I’ll do it with you.”

Your past doesn’t define you. What you do with it. That’s what matters.

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