Born from lived experience. Built on compassion.

Meet Steve Turner, Founder

"People are more than their worst moments."

School was a losing battle. Steve had dreamed of wrestling in college, but his grades made that impossible. By nineteen, he felt like he had run out of options. So he did what countless young men before him have done when life narrows to a single path — he joined the United States Marine Corps.

Two years later, Steve received a general discharge for drug use. He found his way into the pile drivers union in Washington, D.C., working apprenticeships and building a career with his hands. Then a severe injury changed everything. The wound never healed properly, leaving him in excruciating pain for years. Doctors prescribed opiates. The pills became a lifeline — and then a trap.

When Steve became a father, he tried to stop. He wanted to be the man his children deserved. But the pills gave way to drinking, and the drinking gave way to harder drugs. Before long, he lost his wife. He lost his kids. He lost his home.

Steve was homeless for years. He was eventually arrested for possessing a single counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. Because he was a known drug user, what might have been a minor charge became a two-year prison sentence followed by two years of parole.

The Turning Point

On April 28, 2023, Steve was sitting in a hotel room in Kansas City. He was alone. He was broken. And for the first time in thirty years of addiction, he made a different choice.

He quit his job. He tried to get into rehab. He found his way to the Haymarket Center in Chicago — a twenty-eight-day treatment program. After completing it, he moved into the Guild House, a recovery residence where he would stay for nearly two years.

For the first time in his adult life, Steve was surrounded by people who understood what he was going through. There were meetings every day. There was structure. There was accountability. And there was something he had never experienced before — a safe place to talk about his pain, his shame, and his fear.

"AA taught me to let go of the way I thought things should be. It taught me to embrace reality as it is. That's where recovery begins."

From Recovery to Purpose

When Steve returned home to Virginia, he carried something new: a sense of purpose. The recovery community had given him his life back — his relationships, his health, his ability to be present for his children. He was determined to give that same opportunity to others.

Today, Steve Turner is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with forensic and crisis endorsements. He has channeled every hard-won lesson from his journey into building Pivot Point Recovery — a comprehensive recovery hub serving the community that raised him.

Steve founded Pivot Point because he knows firsthand that recovery does not happen in isolation. It happens when someone who has been where you've been reaches out a hand. It happens in a room where you are not judged for your past but supported in building your future.