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Jackson’s story is filled with many trials and hardships, and he thanks God for His divine intervention in his life. 

When Jackson graduated high school, he enlisted in the military and remained there 5 years. He came back home, worked a desk job, yet had an increase of time unoccupied and alone, and began to experiment with powerful drugs. Soon, he became attached to meth, and it became a once a week, to a weekend, to an everyday need. He became a fully functioning addict; he continued to work and have a “normal” life but was consumed by the need to use constantly. After 4-5 years, he recognized it as a problem and began seeking help and going in and out of programs. During a veteran only rehab program in San Diego in 2013, a certain speaker described sobriety in a way entirely new to Jackson. He explained that addicts know how to stop, and do so all the time, but the problem is staying stopped. The phrase lit up in his mind; he knew it was important but didn’t know how to apply it. After a month home, he lacked the support he had during rehab, allowed himself “just a little bit”, and soon he was back in the thick of it and living a double life. Then in 2015, his life took a serious turn; he was arrested for the battering and child endangerment of his own family. He was in shock to the point of speechlessness - the drugs had now taken everything from him. Due to his inability to verbally respond, he was sent to a psych ward. 

Unusual for a psych ward, the facility had a visit by Hospitals & Institutions, a group carrying information on AA. They gave Jackson a book, and he didn’t think much of it until he randomly leafed through it and opened up to a page titled “AA taught him how to handle sobriety - God willing we will never have to drink again but we will have to deal with sobriety every day” which caught his interest. Further down the page, it read the familiar phrase he’d heard years ago, “..it’s no great trick to stop drinking, the trick is to stay stopped.” In that moment, he knew God had intervened to save his life and truly desired to know how to stay sober. He continued reading the book and began following the steps on how to do just that. The same year, he entered into veterans' treatment court as a justice involved veteran. He graduated from the program in 2018, and now serves as a veteran mentor for the same program.

Since that year in 2015, he has remained clean and determined. While the road was not easy for Jackson, he no longer tried to make it on his own but was interested in being connected with the recovery community. Inspired by the power of brands and the bond they can create, he began his brand Stay Stopped in 2019 as a way to bond together those who are in recovery, break the stigma of the recovery process, and share his testimony.

Text/Direct: (949) 309-0570

Email: StayStoppedUnited@gmail.com

          Born and raised in South Louisiana, Nick grew up in a chaotic household of addicts and alcoholics. By 12 years old, he sought relief from his emptiness and anxieties in the form of drinking and smoking weed. He began experimenting and soothing himself with more serious drugs, until it began to consume his life by 18. A year later, he began his first rehab program and got arrested soon after while attending. He held onto hope for a different life watching his mom remain sober. He soon moved to a program in California and found work doing junk hauling. But he didn’t hold the job for too long, as his new money was spent on more drugs, and he spiraled down to rock bottom. 

         While it’s difficult to define a turning point, Nick describes the moment as “incomprehensible demoralization”. Something clicked in him, and he began seeking true recovery; returning to a recovery program, remaining sober, regaining his health, and remembering how far to the bottom he’d been (and never wanting to return). He has proudly remained clean for three years.

After working in attic insulation, and a moving business, he realized he had everything he needed to start his own business in moving and hauling. He had a truck, himself, and sober friends who were eager for work. Looking back at the one and a half years he’s been running his company, he remains grateful and aware of his past, and approaches each day with a zeal for hard work.

If you need moving or hauling services, reach out to Nick today: (337) 303-5833

Nick personally thanks Josh, his former case manager, for all his help and always treating him with respect.