Of all the guests at Rosie’s Place, those living with addiction have been among the hardest for whom to secure services. These women are in need of much more support in achieving sobriety and getting the pieces of their lives back together. Society has deemed addicts a group who are morally weak and therefore not worthy of assistance. Yet, with treatment, social supports, and de-stigmatization of the disease of addiction, those in recovery are now productive members of society.