April 14th, 2022
On Monday, April 11, a crowd of men and women arrived at the Tiburón Golf Club to compete in the 24th annual Dean Lind Memorial Golf Classic. One of those men was Daniel Smith, a 2019 graduate of our Justin’s Place Recovery Program. After years of struggling with an opioid addiction, being incarcerated and at […]
August 12th, 2020
Former Justin’s Place graduate Nick Matson shares his story with WINK news.
January 14th, 2019
My name is Ashley Dalusio and I’m 26 years old. I was born in West Palm Beach Florida. I lived in Florida until I was twelve years old and then I moved to Tennessee where I grew up. I can remember in the fourth grade, for the first time, I realized like that I […]
October 25th, 2018
I’m from Miami, Florida. My dad was a professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies. I had a great childhood – actually an unbelievable childhood. I grew up in sports: I played football, baseball, and hockey. I went to the Miami Dolphins games every Sunday and the Miami Hurricane games every Saturday. After retiring from […]
August 6th, 2018
“The doctor told me that if I ever used again I would die. I ended up on life support.” My name is Hollie Zak and I was born in Melbourne Florida. Growing up both of my parents suffered from alcoholism. My dad was a functioning alcoholic. My mother not so much. She left my […]
July 17th, 2018
“I have a whole new outlook on life. I have hope.” Jennifer and Chloe share the transformative power of a second chance at our Naples shelter. My name is Jennifer Wellman, I am 46 years old, and I’ve been at the St. Matthew’s House shelter for six weeks. I came to St. Matthews House with […]
July 3rd, 2018
“My name is Gabe Miller. I’m twenty-eight. I’m from Denver, Colorado. I grew up and spent my formative years in Nebraska. I was born in Colorado but moved to Nebraska as a young child. When I was one year old, my parents; who are both from a small town called North Platte, and I […]
June 21st, 2018
A spoken word performance from the alumni of the 25th graduating class of Justin’s Place Recovery Program.
May 24th, 2018
My name is Mary Jeanne and I have been at Justin’s Place for ten months. I am forever grateful for the new life I’ve been given. I’m originally from Cape Coral, Florida. I’m from a really big family of seven kids—I’m number six. I went to private school my whole life and I was given […]
March 27th, 2018
My name is Nick, I’m a grateful Christian in recovery, and this is my story of recovery. Growing up, I was an athlete. I played sports all the way through high school, and I especially enjoyed basketball and football. Towards the end of my high school career, I started experimenting more with drugs and drinking. […]