This article appeared in the Kentucky Herald-Leader on September 1, 2017.
By Linda Blackford
For much of her life, April Osborne has struggled with the illness of addiction, an inexorable pull that dragged her across state lines, and in and out of courtrooms, custody hearings and jail cells, always heeding the siren call of alcohol, pills or, in the end, heroin. She wasn’t sure she’d ever get clean or live with her children again.
“I didn’t see a way out,” Osborne said.