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Jessica Dawson

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Jessica Dawson is a mom in recovery with almost two years off non‑prescribed substances, staying on prescribed Suboxone and other meds while actively working on her mental health and boundaries. She has her own apartment and car, holds a steady job she’s kept throughout this stretch of sobriety, and is raising her son with lots of openness about recovery and emotions. She’s also thinking about going back to school to finish what she started in nursing or possibly move into counseling work.

Life After Getting Hooked on Pills at 13, OD’ing on Tylenol, & Conceiving My Son on LSD at Ren Fest
March 7, 2026

Life After Getting Hooked on Pills at 13, OD’ing on Tylenol, & Conceiving My Son on LSD at Ren Fest

Jessica's childhood fractured early. Her alcoholic father went to prison for a DWI, and by the time she was six, her parents had divorced. Her mother remarried, folding the family into a blended household with an adopted step...