HOW IT STARTED

Victoria founded the organization in mid 2019 and became a 501c3 nonprofit in late 2020. The Inn's original demographic was 14-19 year old girls who worked at her then job Cafe Momentum in Downtown Dallas. At one point during Covid she took in 6 girls and a baby that were homeless as a result of failed adoptions, parental surrender and/or aging out of foster care.

WHAT HAPPENED

After housing this demographic for 2.5 years Victoria became heavily depressed, drinking and using drugs to cope with her own unresolved trauma. After growing the organization to 2 homes in 2022, newly married with a baby on the way she thought she couldn't live anymore and almost ended her and her babies life in March 2022. After an intervention at Baylor Hospital and an emergency C-Section, she completely checked out of life. She was drinking and using drugs daily, left her child to be taken care of by her husband and in-laws, while her mom (3 years sober) ran The Inn. After 4 months of chaos she finally decided to check herself into a treatment center to get real help. That decision saved her life and while in the in-patient facility she noticed many women were going to be homeless after they were discharged, so only a few weeks sober she invited 5 of them to live in one of her homes. That day, The Inn Addiction Recovery was born!

WHAT IT’S LIKE NOW

Since September 15, 2022 the organization has grown from two homes housing 10 women a year to three homes, a duplex, a triplex and a 4 plex housing around 120 women, children and families a year. With a relapse rate of only 5.5% in 2023 (national average is 70%) the numbers don't lie!

Something magical happens at The Inn, and as a result many lives are forever changed!