The McShin Foundation’s Marker Project is a mobile movement to honor these lives and bring awareness to the devastation caused by this disease.
Jesse Wysocki is the Chief Operating Officer of The McShin Foundation. Born in Suffolk, VA, his childhood was spent following his Dad’s Navy career until settling in Chesterfield.
Because I’m not in recovery, I’m constantly questioned about why I work here or why I want to work with people with Substance Use Disorders. This question has started to frustrate me – why wouldn’t I want to work here?
Being a face and voice of recovery has been an important part of my process and helped me accept myself for who I am and where I am in life.
For nearly two decades, he continued to use substances uncontrollably until The McShin Foundation began a substance abuse program in Pamunkey Regional Jail, where he was incarcerated at the time.
She has battled on and off with the disease of addiction since her late teens.
Marshall is a person in long term recovery from a Substance Use Disorder, which means he has not found it necessary to use any mood or mind altering substances since September 1, 1988.
His “clean date” is January 4th, 1982 and he currently provides Board Approved clinical supervision to those seeking certificates as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor Assistant (CSAC-A) and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC).
Shortly after graduating from Deep Run High School in 2012, his life took a major turn after being hospitalized as a result of appendicitis.
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