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When institutions refuse to recognize your transformation

I got clean from heroin and my probation officer treats me like I'm still using, searching my car at every meeting, and I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever escape who I was.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Systems designed to manage your former self can become barriers to inhabiting your new identity, creating doubt about whether change is real or recognized.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Converting — gaining a new identity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.