What I Did Is Not Who I Am: Judy Hehr’s Journey From Surviving to Thriving

Julie Marvel, What’s Your Story? · Oct 7, 2026 · 34m

What happens when you finally get everything you thought would make you feel worthy, successful and secure, and discover that it still isn’t enough?

Judy Hehr’s story is one of extraordinary transformation.

After unexpectedly losing her mother at 18, Judy entered a painful season of grief that eventually led to addiction, homelessness, bankruptcy and a life she barely recognized. She describes those years as a time when she confused what she had done with who she had become.

Then her life began to change.

Judy entered treatment in 1989 and has been clean and sober ever since. A chance…