NORTH TEXAS — North Texans recovering from addiction said they are getting help staying sober in an unexpected place.
The owner of a Plano fitness center said there’s science linking sobriety and sweat and it’s catching on with those in recovery.
The nightclub lighting, the pulsating music and social atmosphere all appeal to the life Tiffani Jones used to live.
“There’s times where I want to go on a Friday night when I’ve had a tough week, where I want to go and have a glass of wine or two, or have a margarita at a restaurant, and I can’t do that,” said Jones. “But with this, I can kind of let myself loose and enjoy myself.”
Jones is celebrating her ninth year of sobriety this week by doing something that, over the last few months, she credits with helping her stay that way.
“I feel like I’ve been on a good roll right now, and I don’t want to stop,” Jones said.
Inside Body Machine Fitness in Plano there are a growing number of members who are recovering from drug and alcohol abuse.