A Tennessee couple who overcame meth addiction together have gone viral after posting inspiring before and after photos, proving that recovery is indeed possible, People reported.
Brent shared the side-by-side comparison photos of himself and his wife, Ashley, on Facebook which quickly went viral.
He told Today that three years later, he was experimenting with harder drugs.
“That is when I went to the hard drugs and tried meth for the first time,” Brent said.
Brent said they frequently fought with each other and were regularly doing meth together.
And although he and Ashley continued to get high, he began to fear that he would fail his urine tests, ultimately leading to him before thrown back in prison.
As Brent explained, “I said to Ashley, ‘I want to build a life,’ and I asked her to come with me and she said, ‘Yeah, I’ll go.’”
They spent their first year as newlyweds simultaneously battling the ups and downs of recovery and marriage, but had each other to lean on.
"We blocked and erased every friend we had who did drugs."
Together they created better, more fulfilling lives for themselves.
Now, as the pair approach the three year anniversary of their sobriety, they are living radically different lives than before.
His wife, Ashley, works as a nurse in their hospital's intensive care unit.
They're also working on bettering their credit in the hopes of one day buying a house together.
The first, he explained in the post, was taken way back in December 2016 when the pair first decided they would get sober together. The second was taken just last month showing a visibly more put-together and happier couple.
"I hope that my transformation can encourage a addict somewhere," Brent wrote. "It is possible to recover!"
People in the comments have not only extended congratulations to the sober couple, but have also expressed how inspiring the pair are for others who might be struggling to overcome their own addiction.
Brent said both he and Ashley are stunned by the incredible response their post has received online.
