AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA tore the roof off her fifth-floor apartment in Miami, Cora wanted to get as far from Florida as she could. She left her job at a nursing home and caught a bus for Seattle.

During the five-day trip, her money and credit cards were stolen. On arriving, Cora found a bed at a homeless shelter. She found something else there as well — temptation. Once an addict, Cora had kicked her habit years before. But now drugs were all around her. Hurricane and homelessness might have triggered a relapse if Cora hadn’t found her way to Recovery Café. Recovery Café helps fill the inner emptiness