Crime & Safety
Drug Court Grad from Frankfort Describes the Journey to Kick the Habit
Michelle DeFrank, 30, Frankfort, was arrested for robbing a liquor store in 2010 in New Lenox. That's best thing that could have happened to her.
A recent Will County Drug Court graduate, 30-year-old Michelle DeFrank, of Frankfort, reflects on her addiction and the life-threatening journey she took to kick the habit.
What started out as occasionally smoking marijuana in high school grew into snorting cocaine and then injecting heroin, the Sun-Times Media reports. With an out-of-control habit that led her to stealing from family and friends to pay for a fix came to in 2010 when she was arrested for robbing liquor store by New Lenox Police.
With the news that her drug-addicted boyfriend had died, DeFrank said she learned to recognize that she was on a downward spiral.
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Read more about her hardcore commitment to staying sober and helping others in the Sun-Times Media.
Readers might like this six-part series on heroin that came out of a September forum at Lincoln-Way Central High School. More than 450 community members from the Lincoln-Way communities packed the event.
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- Will County HELPS Symposium on Heroin Scores Big with Parents
- Part II: Will County HELPS Symposium on Heroin Use Addresses Education and Awareness
- Part III: Will County Circuit Judge Ray Nash Battles the Heroin Epidemic with Grit and Commitment
- Part V: Heroin Addiction can be Avoided and Overcome; Will County Drug Court Proves its Case.
- Part VI: Heroin Becomes a Way of Life
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