SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Better Life in Recovery started as a way for people in recovery to do sober, pro-social things, like float trips and barbecues.
“Go to sporting events, concerts, games, stuff like that so that people can get out in the community, around other sober people, people in recovery, and if there was temptation around, like when you’re on the river or from other people float, and they’d have that support they needed,” said executive director of Better Life David Stoecker.
Stoecker says it’s important to keep people in recovery busy…