Recovering drug addicts trust Rudy Carey when he talks about change. He has experience that gives him credibility. But after four years as a substance abuse counselor in northern Virginia, his employer called him to the office and told him he could no longer work there.

“I felt like my life was just sucked out of me,” said Carey, who lives in Stafford County, Virginia.

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