Here's a powerful message from the founder of locally based and started Thornfield Coffee who has had an incredible comeback journey:
"I am a person in recovery. My name is Alex. I was placed in a psychiatric unit at the age of 13 when I came out as gay my parents took me to the pediatrician.
The Doctor was religious, I was diagnosed manic depressive. I was being abused at home physically, mentally and eventually sexually. I was given benzodiazepines at this age. I was numbed. I became addicted to drugs and alcohol. Today at the age of 33 I have eight months sober from alcohol, pot, and pharmaceutical and three years from IV drug use.
I love Reno. I first came here in 2022 with a friend and it felt like home. I had been longing for a place to call home. So I moved here. The recovery support here is phenomenal but I do see we have wait times and gaps for mental health and substance use treatment.
I need your help. I’m currently an addiction counselor and working on my MS in mental health counseling. I created a coffee brand called Thornfield Coffee ( Our
coffee comes from Colombia and is roasted here locally at Hub coffee roasters) to raise funds to better our access to mental health.
10% of profits are donated towards mental health initiatives, programs and organizations.
Coffee with a cause. Im using this to raise funds to open a local cafe here in Reno called Thornfield Café. We will have FREE support groups to help the community with mental health, events and community support. If you could simply give me a shout out to support www.thornfieldcoffee.com then maybe I can sell enough coffee to your fan base to raise the funds needed to open the cafe. I would really appreciate your help.”