ST. LOUIS — Jordan Hampton looked like he had it all.
He was a standout player on his high school football team in Farmington – the kind of place where high school football is king.
But after high school, when the Friday night lights no longer shined upon him, his demons caught up to him. Unresolved feelings over his parents' divorce. Substance abuse within his family all piled up.
By 24, he was homeless. Alone. And addicted to methamphetamine.
“This one particular night I was in a pretty delusional state and I had sat out on the Main Street all night long and got rained on,” he said.
Ultimately, he found his way to a group meeting, where he met a recovering addict who became his mentor. Meeting him, in person, changed his life forever, he said.
Now, at 29, he’s managing 11 recovery houses for Assisted Recovery Centers of America, and he also works as a certified peer specialist for the ARCHWay Institute and PreventED.
In his new role, he has a front-row seat to the rise in overdose deaths – which saw increases across all categories of abuse in 2020.
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