I never heard of Hope House. I learned

about it through a couple of friends and

by that time my son was having very

serious issues with alcohol and things

were spiraling out of control and I knew

he needed professional help and he was

falling apart and it was very serious.

So, two friends, a friend in Ireland

actually phoned me from Ireland,

pressuring me to call the other friend

who is a an alum of uh Hope House and

said, "This place will help your son." I

reluctantly left him there, but I knew

that this was the only hope I had at the

moment. I left him and he called me.

That was a Friday. He called me on

Monday. very cheerful. I guess I would

have to say probably sobered up and

said, "Mommy," I thought he was going to

say, "Can you come and get me?" He said,

"I'm staying.

This is great." So, he stayed. He went

through the academy. He did 18 months

plus uh I think almost two years. He

went back to school at Father's

Encouragement, got his bachelor's

degree, went on, got his master's

degree. He's now mentoring and

sponsoring other men. I think that Hope

House

somewhat offered

those base qualities.

Uh, and I I don't know if morals is the

right word, but offered them that sort

of security from those kinds of things,

faith, church. Not not that I forced

them to go to church once they were

teenagers, but they did they did go

sporadically. So I felt that hope house

I learned that Hope House really was

offering the solid ground work and base

that they had had all their lives. And

my son is just he is now the person he

was on track to