GREENFIELD, Ohio—Far from the pomp and grandeur of sharing the stage with her son, Vice President JD Vance, at President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, Beverly Aikins was standing alone on a modest wooden platform in this rural southern Ohio village in the Appalachian foothills.
Mic in hand, she was sharing her story of recovering from addiction at an Aug. 30 event where people from all walks of life spoke about overcoming similar battles.
Aikins, who celebrated her 10th year of sobriety this year and turned 64 on Trump’s inauguration day, recalled the first time she got high on drugs.
“I was working as a registered nurse at a hospital. I had a headache, and one of my coworkers suggested that I take a Vicodin,” she told a crowd of around 50….