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We are McShin

The McShin Foundation is Virginia's leading authentic peer-to-peer recovery community organization for those suffering from a substance use disorder.

Testimonials

Most Recent Testimonials

I am very grateful for McShin. When I first arrived, I was pregnant and had nowhere else to go. I was able to get some recovery through my pregnancy. Pregnancy was very difficult for me, but recovery and McShin made it easier. If it wasn't for the community and support I found at McShin, I probably would have returned to a life of active addiction. I am grateful for McShin and recovery every day!

Katherine G.

The staff of McShin showed me how to live a life of recovery. Today, I have two beautiful children, a loving girlfriend, a job, money in the bank, and a purpose in my life. Without McShin and the people I met there, I don't know where I would be today.

Nick S.

My life used to be utterly dismal and depressing. I thought I could not live without my substances. I thought I could never be happy. I was very wrong. My life is full now - full of beautiful people that I have amazing relationships with that make my life worth living.

Melissa S.

Stories

Most Recent Stories

June 5, 2019

The McShin Foundation’s Marker Project

The McShin Foundation’s Marker Project is a mobile movement to honor these lives and bring awareness to the devastation caused by this disease.
April 8, 2017

I Moved Forward

Nearly ten years ago, I stood in a doorway with nothing but a couple trash bags of clothes, a Jeep on a car title loan, and a decision to make.
August 15, 2017

Before I Got Sober, I Couldn’t See Who I Was. Now, I Value Myself In Recovery.

My name is Erin and I am a woman in long term recovery from substance use disorder. What that means to me is that I have not found it necessary to use any mind altering, mood changing substance since November 10, 2014.

Videos

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January 7th, 2020

Hope Dealers: Bringing Hope to the Inside

April 29th, 2019

The McShin Foundation - Promotional

May 1st, 2019

We are McShin

Research & Policy

Most Recent Documents

White Marker Project Brochure
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McShin Rules
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MAT Policy
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Mandatory Meetings
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Dress Code
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News

Most recent news items

November 18, 2019

Former Addict Shares Lesson of Hope: White Marker Project Memorializes Those Lost to Drugs

When Nathan Mitchell was an inmate in the Fauquier County Adult Detention Center on a drug possession charge in 2017, he remembers buying coffee and sweets at the canteen. “For me, it was all about instant gratification. It was February and I didn’t have socks — but I had candy and coffee.”

Mitchell remembers when someone at the jail — who was there working with a drug rehab program — looked at his feet and said, “You look cold.”

After more than two years, Mitchell is still amazed that “He gave me socks. It was amazing. I learned there were people who could love me when I couldn’t love myself.”

January 26, 2018

County will host opioid crisis “retreat” Feb. 16

People gather for a Warrenton vigil in 2016 to remember those who died of drug overdoses.
January 28, 2018

3,500 crosses: Front-yard display aims to raise awareness about addiction

Each cross represents a Virginian lost to substance abuse in 2016.