3:55 You meet so many different people from so many walks of life in recovery, but her and I just related a lot, we had daughters the same age, and we were both really serious about recovery, Baugh says.
Even after leaving the treatment program, Baugh and her friend, whose name WOSU is not sharing at the request of her family, stayed in touch. They would go to meetings together, and talk about their progress while their daughters played.
Then the pandemic hit, and opportunities for in person support came to a halt. In addiction, we are so isolated. And in recovery, we need to not be isolated, Baugh said. And the pandemic really makes that difficult.