Under the Underpass: The Story of Brie Enterline

Under the Underpass: The Story of Brie Enterline

“I was just really reaching for absolutely anything to change the way that I felt. So, I tried finding it in men. I tried finding it in alcohol. I tried finding it in various different kinds of drugs. Then I found fentanyl. It's like my whole entire life I was driving in the middle of a thunderstorm, and I was finally under an underpass for just a second, and all the noise stopped.” —Brie Enterline

Those words capture the struggles of countless women everywhere. Women who don’t feel worthy of love. Women who don’t feel important. Women who think everything is their fault. Women who feel alone. Women like Brie, who just need a little hope.

When Brie first came to Hope is Alive, she didn’t really want to be there. She was guarded, unsure, and just wanted to figure out how to stay sober. Little did she know that learning to stay sober would lead her to so much more.

Through the life-changing curriculum at Hope is Alive, Brie discovered healthy ways to face her pain — to process both the grief of her past and the challenges of her present. She found strength in her sobriety.

And through the Hope is Alive community, Brie realized that she didn’t have to walk this journey alone. For the first time, she was surrounded by people who truly understood what she’d been through — people who had felt the same pain, the same shame, and the same desperate search for something to make it all stop. 

Sometimes all it takes is one story to remind us that we’re not alone. Watch Brie’s story below to see how hope brought her back to life.