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Donate“If you didn’t drink, you didn’t fit in,” Kevin says. “That was just part of the job in the oil field.” The physical labor can take a toll too, and after 21 years, Kevin’s back went out. Unable to work, he became homeless. He lived in his car for nearly two months, coming to WRM for meals.
When Shelly’s marriage ended and her husband went to prison, her life fell apart. She brought her three young children back to Casper to start over, and they moved in with her mother and brother. Soon she realized the environment wasn’t safe for her little ones because of her brother’s alcohol addiction. But she had nowhere else to go and no job to support herself and her children.
Miriam and her husband struggled to pay the bills, which strained their relationship. Their marriage deteriorated and the two became physically and verbally abusive to one another.
Eileen grew up in a home where marijuana was used openly. “My parents smoked pot and I sat right in between them,” Eileen recalls. She smoked it herself throughout high school and was later introduced to meth and cocaine. As her drug use escalated her life spiraled downhill until she could hardly care for herself, let alone for her little ones.
