Recovering from addiction takes dedication, clarity, will and support, among other attributes. Two people participating in the Athens County Prosecutor’s Office’s Community Justice programs also have a powerful asset in their recovery journey: Love.
Troy Gates and Cierra Macy met several years ago and bonded over a love of music. Macy came from the western United States while Gates grew up in Ohio. They got to know each other in short time and connected so well that Gates proclaimed to a friend that he was “going to marry that girl.”