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How a vigil remembers those lost to addiction and offers a message of hope

J's Place Recovery holds a Hall Recovers event Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, at the American Legion Post 7's historic Chattahoochee Pavilion. The event features speakers, awareness and a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the loved ones lost due to substance abuse. - photo by Scott Rogers

09012020 RECOVERS 1.jpg — J's Place Recovery holds a Hall Recovers event Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, at the American Legion Post 7's historic Chattahoochee Pavilion. The event features speakers, awareness and a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the loved ones lost due to substance abuse. - photo by Scott Rogers

In October 2016, Will Allison said he felt he had spent the last dozen years destroying his life.