McCleary Recovery

McCleary Recovery McCleary Recovery is a Youngstown-based 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on harm reduction, recovery support, and community outreach.
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This page is a place for real stories, support, and reminders that recovery is possible.

03/17/2026

There are people who will read this page tonight who feel like they’re the only one struggling.

Addiction has a way of making people feel isolated even when they aren’t.

The truth is there are thousands of people walking through the same fight right now.

If someone reading this tonight feels alone in their recovery, what would you want them to know?

03/17/2026

A lot of people think recovery is just about stopping a substance.

In reality it’s about rebuilding an entire life.

Learning how to trust people again.
Learning how to trust yourself again.
Learning how to find joy in things that used to feel meaningless.

What’s something simple in life that you appreciate more now than you used to?

03/17/2026

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03/17/2026

Every person in recovery remembers what the early days felt like.

Uncertainty.
Doubt.
Wondering if things would ever actually get better.

But time has a way of changing things when someone keeps showing up for themselves.

If someone brand new to recovery was reading this post today, what is one piece of advice you would give them?

03/16/2026

Not everyone in recovery had a huge support system when they started.

Some people had to figure things out mostly on their own.
Some people had to distance themselves from people they once spent every day with.

Building a healthier life sometimes means building a completely new circle around you.

What’s one change you made in your life that helped protect your recovery?

03/16/2026

A lot of people have asked what McCleary Recovery actually is and why we started it, so I figured I’d explain it here.

McCleary Recovery was created by people who have lived through addiction and came out the other side. This isn’t a corporate program and it isn’t run by people who have only read about recovery in books. It’s built by people who know what it’s like to lose everything, rebuild, and then want to help the next person do the same.

Our goal is simple. Help people stay alive long enough to find recovery.

We provide harm reduction resources, education, and real conversations about addiction. That includes things like fentanyl test strips, Narcan access, and information that can actually help someone make safer decisions while they’re still struggling. Some people don’t like harm reduction because they think it encourages drug use. The truth is it keeps people alive long enough to have a chance at recovery.

Recovery looks different for everyone. Some people go through treatment. Some go through medication assisted recovery. Some find it through meetings, faith, therapy, or a mix of everything. We support people wherever they are in that process.

We also believe in community. A lot of people fighting addiction feel completely alone. Sometimes all it takes is one person reaching out, one conversation, or one moment of hope to change the direction of someone’s life.

That’s why this page exists.

If you’re in recovery, struggling, supporting someone who is, or just want to learn more, you’re welcome here.

If our posts help you, share them. The more people we reach, the more lives we might be able to help.

And if you’ve got a recovery story of your own, we’d love to hear it.

You never know who might need to hear it today.

03/16/2026

A lot of people think strength means never struggling.

In recovery, strength usually means the opposite.

It means admitting when something is hard.
It means reaching out when you feel like isolating.
It means choosing to keep going even when you’re frustrated with yourself.

What’s something you’ve learned about yourself since starting your recovery journey?

This picture was taken on the west coast when Indivior flew us out to speak to legal teams about addiction, recovery, an...
03/16/2026

This picture was taken on the west coast when Indivior flew us out to speak to legal teams about addiction, recovery, and the reality of what people actually go through.

There was a time in my life where I never imagined I’d be standing in rooms like that telling my story. My life looked very different back then. Addiction had a hold on everything and the future didn’t look very big.

But recovery has a strange way of opening doors you never even knew existed.

That trip wasn’t so much about recognition or being important. But it was about something much bigger than that. It was about showing people in positions of power that the people behind addiction statistics are real human beings. People who struggled. People who fell. People who got back up and decided to build something different.

Moments like this remind me why McCleary Recovery exists in the first place. Because recovery doesn’t just save lives. It gives people a chance to turn their pain into purpose.

If you’re early in recovery or you’re still fighting to get there, just know your story isn’t over yet. You have no idea where life can take you once things start to change.

What’s one thing recovery gave you that you never expected to get back?

03/16/2026

There was a point in my life where everything was headed in the same direction it always had been. I was throwing things away that actually mattered, and convincing myself it wasn’t that bad.

Someone finally cared enough to sit me down and say what I needed to hear, not what I wanted to hear.

Looking back now, that conversation probably saved my life.

Recovery doesn’t always start with some big dramatic moment. Sometimes it starts with one honest conversation and the decision to finally listen.

If you’re in recovery, you probably remember that moment. The one where something inside you finally shifted.

What was yours?

03/15/2026

A lot of people in recovery talk about the people who helped them when they were at their lowest.

Sometimes it was a counselor.
Sometimes it was a family member.
Sometimes it was someone they barely knew who just treated them like a human being.

One conversation can change the direction of someone’s life more than we realize.

Think back for a second.

Who was one person that made a difference for you when you needed it the most?

03/15/2026

Recovery doesn’t always look the way people imagine it.

Sometimes it looks like someone getting up early for work even though they barely slept.
Sometimes it looks like someone sitting in a parking lot trying to convince themselves not to go back to an old habit.
Sometimes it’s someone quietly rebuilding a life one small decision at a time.

A lot of the strongest people in recovery are fighting battles that nobody around them even notices.

What’s one small thing that helped you stay on track when things were difficult?

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