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Member Stories

Member Profile: Janet

Watch the video below to see why our wonderful Member, Janet comes to Recovery Café!

A Letter from Vivian

A letter from Vivian – Winner of the King County Poster Contest For the Recovery Cafe, With Gratitude: For years, on the bus, looking through the window I saw the beautiful building – that solid structure so different from its surroundings: Recovery Cafe. I thought it was an exclusive club; very expensive and difficult to get in.

Member Profile: James

James came to Recovery Café by way of Veteran’s Court. His probation officer told him about the Café, but he avoided visiting for a few weeks. He arrived in September 2016 battling a meth addiction. Although he liked the Café, he struggled in the first few months and relapsed by December. However on January 1st,

Member Profile: Allen

The Healing Power of Art By Ashley Dykstra “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” ~ Claude Monet Seemingly displaced from 16th century England, Queen Elizabeth I saunters through Recovery Café’s front doors on Saturday night with an aristocratic grace

Member’s Profile: Keith

“From Rats to Riches” By Ashley Dykstra Keith was overjoyed. He, a recovering addict with an arrest record, passed the enlistment process to be a culinary specialist with the United States Army. Two days before he was scheduled to leave for basic training, a car struck his bicycle. The driver fled the scene, leaving Keith