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Rob Murdock is an Asheboro native who had his first taste of beer when he was just a kid, 13 or 14, and later developed an addiction to alcohol that ebbed and flowed throughout college and several decades after he graduated. He never seriously considered his drinking as a problem until he lost his job. And then, his mother asked him if he would go to treatment if she paid for it. Murdock marked his fifth year of sobriety in April 2026.

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Paul Sanders carried his years-old addictions with him to college, where they blossomed. He got the boot from school but when granted a second chance, he earned a degree. Unfortunately, his substance use continued through it all. Eventually, drugs robbed him of his wife, family, and a six-figure career. He has lived under a bridge, in a homeless shelter, and in prison, when he spent 18 1/2 years for crimes committed to support his drug use. He found sobriety via a 12-step program.

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John Kelly will mark 13 years in recovery in December 2025. At the age of 16, in an effort to fit in with his peers, he smoked marijuana for the first time. A year later, he was in prison. Until he was 53, using drugs to escape reality seemed like the solution to his problems. Then, he checked into rehab. Now, he credits his higher power, his sponsor in a 12-step program, and his focus on giving back to others suffering from the disease of addiction bringing him a better life than he ever could have imagined.