A special anniversary occurs in Northbrook
Providence Farm founder Stephanie Zwilling is shown with the addiction treatment center s first client, Nick Pappas, now four years sober. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Providence Farm founder Stephanie Zwilling is shown with the addiction treatment center s first client, Nick Pappas, now four years sober. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Updated 4/14/2021 6:46 PM
When Nick Pappas woke up on Feb. 28, 2017, he discovered he was at Highland Park Hospital with no idea how he d gotten there.
But he did have a plan.
I told everyone that I wanted to get sober, he said.
Now 22, Pappas has remained on that path. He celebrated four years of sobriety on March 2 at Providence Farm in Northbrook, an extended care home for 18- to 30-year-old men who have completed treatment for substance use disorders. He was its first resident.