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Now serving as Manager of New Roads for 3 years, Lee has guided hundreds of men coming through the program.Share New Roads Manager, Lee Sundquist, joined the team 3 years ago. Her talent and compassion as a leader are an integral part of the community’s success. But, her experience with addiction began far before she joined our […]

“I’ve been in treatment nine times, but nothing really worked until New Roads.”Share Even before he was old enough to understand what addiction really was, Ryan felt its effects. “I had a fairly normal childhood,” he says. “But I have a father who’s an alcoholic. So I grew up with alcohol being a strong presence […]

It’s such a cool thing when you get to a place where you’re finally just content with yourself.Share If you attended Our Place’s annual Coldest Night of the Year walkathon in the past two years, you would have heard from an inspiring New Roads graduate. Sean Woodford is a charismatic public speaker and whenever he […]

After losing everything, Cory found connection, purpose and a second chance at Our Place.Share Cory works in shipping and receiving at Our Place. He helps with transporting produce, donations of clothing, equipment and more to the nonprofit’s community centre, recovery centre and six housing sites. Just a few years ago, he was battling addiction and […]

By Roxanne Egan-Elliott, Times Colonist Long-term recovery centre welcomes ‘first ladies’ The women’s program at New Roads Therapeutic Recovery Community, housed separately from the men’s side, opened this month The first residents of Vancouver Island’s only long-term substance-use recovery centre for women moved in this month, and they’re calling themselves “the first ladies.” The facility […]

Dan was your average teenager. His parents divorced when he was around 5, he played high school football, loved music and played in a band. And like a lot of teenagers, he also smoked pot. No big deal for some, but for Dan it was the beginning of a life-long addiction. “Everything snowballed from there,” […]

As a young boy growing up in Shawnigan Lake, Mitchell loved sports. In fact, after first donning skates at the age of two, he became so accomplished that he, along with his skating partner, earned bronze medals in figure skating pairs at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. “I had such an amazing childhood,” he says. […]