Hope is available at Aspire’s Change Center

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If you’re dealing with addiction problems and need support, who better to talk to than people who’ve been where you are?

The staff at Aspire’s Change Center addiction recovery support center — from left, Daniel Fleuren, Kathryn Newcomb, Deneral Campbell and Michele Anduze — have become a “second family.” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Kathryn Newcomb

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Counselors in Aspire’s Change Center — from left, Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell and Daniel Fleuren — offer help from a been-there, done-that perspective: All are in long-term recovery.

Michele Anduze

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Daniel Fleuren

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Aspire in Albany offers mental health services in southwest Georgia.

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Ginger Eady

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

From left, Deneral Campbell, Michele Anduze, Daniel Fleuren and Kathryn Newcomb — the staff of Albany’s Change Center — provide a “safe place that offers hope” to persons going through recovery. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Deneral Campbell

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Whether spending time with the Aspire Change Center’s principles — Kathryn Newcomb, Michele Anduze, Deneral Campbell, Daniel Fleuren — or talking with drop-ins like Ginger Eady, the 500 Pine Avenue recovery center, staffed by individuals in long-term recovery, is a “safe place” where people dealing with addiction can find hope. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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