MADISON, Tenn. (WTVF) — If addiction has touched your family, you know the heartbreak it brings.

With International Overdose Awareness Day approaching at the end of this month, the Tennessee Department of Correction Day Reporting and Community Resource Centers are holding some outreach events to connect folks to some services they may need to fight against addiction.

Steven Wienk knows that struggle firsthand, he remembers the moment that changed everything.

"My eye opens up and there's like six people all huddled around me,” said Wienk, recounting the day his life was saved thanks to bystanders and NARCAN.

Leading up to that moment, Wienk’s path in life was difficult. "I've sold drugs, I've done drugs, I've been to prison, I've been homeless," Wienk said.

After that, a new path forwa

See Full Page