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Christina Caputo Fenton: Addiction is Everywhere!
Addiction does not come in a nice neat package.
To Lead by Example is the best cure for addiction for children.
Yoga was the cherry on top.
Meet Tina: a Boston girl who is significantly making a difference in the lives of so many suffering from addiction.
Tina and Paulette don’t believe in accidents.
They met on a terrible day for Tina in the Scituate Harbor parking lot that changed both of their lives for the better. Tina was standing with her brother with her head buried in her brothers arms still grieving the loss of her sister and now her father too
2014 after the death of her dear father “the rock of the family”
Tina found herself at 27 a single mother having to raise a little boy on her own.
She had to grind it out and work long hours to support herself and her young son and quickly grew a loyal clientele. Tina became a master stylist and colorist and grew the confidence to open her own salon and spa that she named Marilexei hairsalan and spa.
Tina found fitness as a way of dealing with her grief and become a Spinning and fitness instructor.
Tina at the age of 27 knew she had developed an alcohol problem
Needed to make a change
Tina joined a 12 step program and changed her life
Tina continued to attend AA meetings and doing the right thing
She then found the courage to open her own the salon
But it wasn’t until the tragic death of her sister in 2011
Began the "Nicola Maria Foundation" in her dedication to create education, awareness and opportunities to combat opioid addiction that significantly shifted her work and living her life purpose.
So many people crave spirituality and enlightenment.
So many people crave feeling accepted loved.
So many people want to experience moving into the conscious mind.
People will often ask me: “How do I get there?” “How do I find peace?”
Sobriety is a Journey
Yoga is a Journey
Yoga made the 12 steps deeper.
The parallels between them are immeasurable.
Yoga and The Four Desires process forced me to ask the questions, the deep questions, the dark questions of who and what I am and made me dig deep, deeper than I had ever wanted to go.
Tina is changing the stigma of addictions so many suffer in silence.
As a resource for the community please Follow the Nicola Maria Foundation August 18th “Comics for a Cause” on Social Media.
To contact Tina you can find her: www.marilexei.com and www.believeinchange.life
Paulette Rigo CDC, CDS
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