Addictions Therapist

Janice Haskins, the creator of Stepping Stone – Substance Abuse Recovery cards,
Has been writing for over thirty years. She attended Indiana University Northwest and in the spring of 1989, she placed third in the George N. Thomas Essay writing Contest. She is the author of several poems that, for the past ten years, have been published by the National Library of Poetry. Her poetry has been published into the following Anthologies “Into the Unknown, Days Gone By, In Dappled Sunlight, and Recollections of Yesterday.” She was awarded the “Editor’s Choice” award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry in 1996.

The Sparrowgrass Poetry Society published several of her poems in their 1997 summer edition of “Poetic Voices of America.” The Famous Poet’s Society honored her as a “Famous Poet” for 1998. In August of 1999, her poem “Self Love”, was chosen by the Executive Committee of the Famous Poets Society, Board of Directors, to be presented at
their Fifth Annual Poetry Convention. This same Poet’s Society honored her a “Famous Poet” in 2002. They honored her Famous Poet again for her poem “Undetected” and several of her poems have been published in their anthology, “Famous Poems of The Twentieth Century.” She received both the “Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence and the 2003 Poet of The Year medallion.” The International Society of Poets nominated her “Poet of the Year” in 2004. The International Library of Poetry named her one of the best Poet’s of the year for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006. She is currently a member of (Eugene B. Redmond’s) EBR’S Writer’s Group in East Saint Louis, Illinois.

Janice is also a recovering substance abuser, who has been substance free for the past twelve years. She abused drugs and alcohol for twenty-four years of her life. It is only by the Grace of GOD, that she has overcome her addictions. She knows that this is a day-by-day, step-by-step process. She also knows that it is by her faith and by the favor of the Lord that she is alive today. She was led to create these cards for any and every single person who has been affected in any way, by any kind of abusive substance. She knows first hand how great it feels to receive encouragement and hope in the form of a card given by someone who truly cares. As these cards have helped her, she knows that they will be of help to others. Today she spends her time writing, speaking and sharing with others, the dangers of substance abuse.