Not long before Tony and April Davis met, he was facing up to 60 years in prison for robbery and drug charges.
April’s young children had been taken from her and placed in foster care. She was also facing jail time for drug use and child neglect.
Neither seemed like good candidates for eHarmony.
Tony recalls his parents fighting constantly and physical violence being commonplace. He felt awkward and out of place, a social misfit. That all changed at age 15 when he began experimenting with alcohol and drugs. He got married and had kids in his early 20s, but the marriage was short-lived due to his increasing drug and alcohol use. As his methamphetamine use began to spiral out of control, Tony often broke the law.
Recently Tony, 50, April, 40, and their two children, Austin Ramsey, 16, and Sara Ramsey, 12, spoke to the JJIE about their past struggles and how ultimately the Pickens County Drug Court played a major role in bringing the family together and setting them on the road to a new life.
[For more of this story go to http://jjie.org/how-pickens-co...davis-family/108290/]
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