Recovery

Carl Pomfret was born at Kensington Episcopal Hospital and grew up bouncing between the Juniata, Kensington, and Frankford neighborhoods of Philadelphia. His childhood was filled...

Director of Behavioral Health Denise Botcheos wrote the piece below for PPP's third annual Recover & Thrive event in honor of National Recovery Month, held on Thursday, September...

To mark Overdose Awareness Day 2026, former PPP participant Theo Fountain wrote the below update on his friend Devin, who once used substances alongside him in Kensington. Both are...

Patty Kline used to be against the idea of “meeting people where they are.” Behavior like illicit drug use had to have consequences, she thought. If something was given to her, she...

Jessica learned about Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) in 2020 when someone else living on the Kensington streets told her about its HIV prevention services. She and her friend...

As she approaches the one-year anniversary of her sobriety in March, Meghan marvels at how much her life has changed. She’d been consistently using addictive substances, including...

Molly came from “a good family,” she says, and has a supportive lifelong relationship with her loving mother. Yet, she had a lot of anger issues when she was growing up, a problem...

In one of Ricky Austin’s earliest memories, he wakes up in his family’s Baltimore home and sees the adults in his life using illegal narcotics, “shooting drugs in their neck.” “I...

At Prevention Point's Recover & Thrive event on September 25th, we presented Prevention Point's second annual zine! All the content—which includes artwork, poetry, and essays—was...

In the darkest days of Vincent LeCompte’s addiction, when family and friends distanced themselves, Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) provided him with food, clothing, medical...