Recovery Month 2025: ‘I don’t think anybody’s hopeless’

Recovery Month 2025: ‘I don’t think anybody’s hopeless’

BRAINERD — You don’t have to see the whole staircase; you just have to take the first step. That’s the message Alyssia Fearing recalls hearing from her sponsor — a message that speaks to the journey that is recovery. “And that’s for all walks of life,” Fearing said during an interview on Wednesday, Sept. 10. That first step is all it takes to reclaim one’s life. For Fearing, that step was Crow Wing County Drug Court. “That’s what saved me,” she …