Executive Director & Founder
Katherine Russell
My name is Katherine Russell, and I am the Executive Director and founder of Foundations To Freedom. I am also a recovering addict.
Opening sober living homes has been a long-time dream of mine as I want to give back and help other addicts get what was so freely given to me.
I slipped into the disease of addiction late in life at the age of 28 by getting into a horrible car accident in August 2008 where I flipped a vehicle 9 times on the highway after a work van lost its ladder.
I woke up in the hospital after spending several months in a coma and undergoing many surgeries, including three brain surgeries, spinal surgery, and foot reconstruction surgery. I broke almost every bone on my right side. I had no idea how much this accident was about to completely change my life.
Before the accident, I didn’t drink or use drugs in any form. I was well-educated and held a high-paying job. After my accident, I was sent home with very strong narcotic pain medicine and quickly became addicted.
Through the course of my addiction, I lost everything: my home, my kids, my freedom, my family, and everything I owned. It took losing my second husband before I finally got clean.
Once I finally managed to stop using, the version of myself that I was left with was so far removed from the successful woman who started. Drug addiction changed every fiber of my being.
Through Narcotics Anonymous meetings, step work, and outside services, I managed to put the pieces of my life back together. I know firsthand how difficult early recovery is and how it feels. There are so many things to repair to get your life back that it seems impossible. I created Foundations To Freedom to make those early months of recovery possible for anyone who wants to stop using and start a life of recovery.
Here at Foundations to Freedom, I have a staff who has also lived with the struggles of addiction and recovery, and together, we provide every service possible to assist addicts in early recovery.
I know firsthand how it feels to be consumed with addiction. And I also know that anyone who wants healing and is willing to work for it can live a drug-free life. Recovery is possible, and the pain that addiction brings to the addict and the families of the addict can be overcome.
“I recover out loud today so that nobody has to die in silence.”
Administrative Offices
339 E New York Avenue
DeLand, FL 32724
(386) 846-7102
Hours
Monday through Friday
8:30 am - 5 pm
ADMISSIONS
Women’s Admission
Call or text: (386) 846-0078
Men’s Admission
Call or text: (386) 717-9325
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