<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/descent-into-addiction-ascent-to-sobriety.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>09/17/2024 04:25:05 PM</pubDate><title>Descent into addiction, ascent to sobriety</title><subtitle>3 Butler residents to share stories about overcoming addiction during BC3 Hope Night</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) Hope Charlton at 36 was unaware her children’s get-well notes were piling daily on her hospital nightstand as she lay unresponsive on life support after attempting to kill herself with an overdose of sleeping pills.</description><author/><image-caption>Hope Charlton, 38, is one of three Butler residents scheduled to speak publicly about their descent into addiction and ascent to sobriety at Butler County Community College’s Stories of Hope on Sept. 19. The event is free and open to the public and will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Butler Art Center, 344 S. Main St., Butler. Charlton is shown Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township.</image-caption><tags><tag>Community Initiatives</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2024/charlton-hope.jpg" alt="Hope Charlton portrait"/></image></item>