Two Best Friends. One Vision. Hundreds of Women Served.

We didn’t listen when we were advised not to go into business with our best friend. Sometimes being stubborn works in your favor! Okay, a little sarcastic, but true. What an incredibly journey it has been so far and this path was clearly not meant to be walked alone.

Both of us are originally from Northern Virginia and relocated to the Winchester area to embark on our own journey out of addiction. We can both identify with the feeling of total hopelessness and self-loathing after the disease took us both to our own depths of hell. Using against our own will was a terrifying place to be - we would promise ourselves we would stop, it was the last bag, we would put it down after today, and we truly meant it when we said it. Then, we would wake up and do it all again. Completely imprisoned by powerlessness and unmanageability, we came crawling into the rooms of recovery. We were in our own unique realm of pain, but united in desperation.

Together, we have over 30 years of recovery and have been by each other’s side all along the way, through the ups and the downs, the joy and the pain, living this thing called life. The only promise of recovery is the freedom from active addiction. Life is still life, and we have learned that the good times feel better and the bad times feel easier with true friendship in the mix.

The concept of TRC was birthed from a phone call back in early 2018…imagine that! This incredibly special place all began with a phone call, built from the ground up with roots of genuine compassion, determination, and perseverance. Since opening day on September 1st, 2018, our own personal lives were flipped upside down, at different times and in different ways; we truly believe that the resiliency our Higher Power provided us has helped to shape the very foundation on which TRC was built. And as a fun side note, our acronym of “TRC” also stands for our beautiful kiddos: Tyler, Rylee, and Caroline!

We started with one sober living home and have journeyed through many evolutions to find ourselves here today. And just like the rest of life, we continue to change and grow both personally and professionally. It is such an honor to watch the light return in our clients’ eyes as they find a life worth living. We are so grateful to have grown a team of over 20 people whose passion aligns with hope, healing, and compassion.

How can we stay best friends and business partners? We both are locked in and aligned with our philosophy and our mission, vision, and core values. And, we each bring unique gifts and complement one another like puzzle pieces. We can humbly acknowledge where we lack, and be the ultimate hype girl for the other where we are strong! And we know and believe from the bottom of our hearts, that connection is the opposite of addiction.

With lots of blood, sweat, tears, caffeine, grief, pain, celebration, love, and joy…we are living life beyond our wildest dreams. If you are reading this, know that anything is possible in recovery and always dream big! You are worth it.

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