Women’s Stories

This story discusses substance use.   Before starting at WBP, I was just a single mom struggling with stability in many aspects of my life. Although I had a job – it wasn’t stable and a very toxic environment. I didn’t have stable housing and my support was very little. Since starting at the Bean five months ago I have found stability and even gotten into stable transitional housing program for single moms. I have gained a lot of confidence in myself, and I am surrounded by wonderful women who [read more]

Content Warnings: substance use, homelessness, justice involvement Before starting at the Women’s Bean Project I would have to say my life was a mess. I was navigating a life of sobriety that I hadn’t known in almost 9 years, I was on probation in 3 [read more]

Content Warnings: Substance use, domestic violence, sexual assault My name is Denise, and I am the youngest child of three. I have a brother that is 2 years older than me, and my sister is older by 4 years. My parents divorced when I was [read more]

Hello, my name is Tameka. I first started at Women’s Bean Project on March 3,2022 and what I love about the Bean is all of the support and meeting all these kind women and really being able to work on myself. It changed my life [read more]

I grew up in Crested Butte, a super small town where everybody knows everybody, and I ended up getting in a lot of trouble when I was younger. I found out I was pregnant in jail. I went through my jail sentence with him, and [read more]

I was homeless and sleeping on people’s couches, and not very comfortable with where I was at. I was insecure and didn’t really have the right mindset yet. I still don’t…but I’m working on it! In less than two or three months of being here, I got my own place. It’s one of the biggest things that I’ve always wanted since I turned 18, so I wouldn’t have to keep on sleeping on people’s couches, floors, beds. So, I can feel comfortable, have my privacy, and be the adult I’m [read more]

I am the mother of a 7-month-old daughter and sober for 14 months.   I was first arrested in 2017 for drugs and put on probation, twice. Because of violations to my probation, I was sent to a half-way house. I ran from the half-way [read more]