The HopeLine: Flipping the Switch on Addiction Recovery

The HopeLine: Flipping the Switch on Addiction Recovery

Every call to the HopeLine sounds a little different, and some are more memorable than others. For Jade Jolly, one of her most memorable calls came from a mother desperately searching for help for her daughter. 

At the time, the mother on the other end of the line was completely lost. Her daughter was an addict, and nothing was snapping her out of it — not even jail time. She called the HopeLine, searching for something else to try, pleading with Jade to help her save her daughter. 

“She called for help because her daughter was so far gone that she finally realized that what she was doing was not helping her daughter,” Jade shared.

Throughout the course of a year, Jade continuously answered phone call after phone call. With each call, the mother became more desperate as exhaustion and fear took over.

Then, the calls just stopped.

“Her daughter didn’t have motivation and did not really want to be clean. She had no desire to pursue recovery,” Jade explained. “But after four months of silence, something clicked with her daughter, and everything changed.”

During those months of silence, the daughter had returned to jail. Jade spoke with her towards the beginning of this period of incarceration and could tell she simply wasn’t ready. But after a few months in jail, her mindset shifted. She started spending more time in her Bible and having deeper conversations with her mother about faith and what life could look like if things were different.

When the daughter was released from jail, she reached back out to Jade — and this time, she had fully dedicated herself to coming to Hope is Alive. She didn’t want to move from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, but she did it anyway to move into one of the homes.

Since entering Hope is Alive, her journey has not been without setbacks. She entered the program with additional challenges, including a diagnosis that can make maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships more difficult.

The good thing is that she had self-awareness about her diagnosis and an understanding of how it could impact her recovery. She didn't deny the fact that she had this diagnosis, and she was willing to go to therapy and work on coping skills. Because of that, she was allotted the ability to come into the program.

“As far as I know, she is doing great. She’s done everything we’ve asked her to do and is focused on her recovery,” Jade shared. “Watching the switch in her brain flip from not wanting to be sober to fully embracing our program has been incredible. She’s undergone such a drastic change.”

For Jade, this story is a reminder of why the HopeLine exists. Not every call ends with an immediate solution, and not every person is ready the first time they reach out. But every call matters, and every call has the opportunity to change a life.