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Family Treatment Court enters 10th year of giving graduates a fresh start
I didnt want to be that mother that lost her kid,' says graduate Lindsey Elrod
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Lindsey Elrod, a 2013 Family Treatment Court graduate, talks Thursday about the class she now leads for recovering substance abuse patients. The Family Treatment Court is having its 10th anniversary this week. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Losing custody of her 2-year-old son Lincoln is what Lindsey Elrod describes as the “worst thing I had ever experienced.” “That was an all new bottom for me,” said Elrod, who relapsed in 2011. In a 13-year journey of recovery, Elrod said she found herself drinking and using heavier drugs before it “quickly escalated.”