William started out using painkillers and then graduated to heroin use. He tried treatment for 30 days in his home state of Florida, but then just a couple hours after getting out, he was using again. He went through the worst week of his life before he decided to fly to Houston and go to the PaRC. The PaRC changed his life. He says, you don't just get your life back, but rather you get a better life. He now has real friends, a great job, his own apartment and an amazing relationship with his family. He wakes up every morning grateful for the life he was given.
Watch his story below.