New recovery home in N.L. aims to keep moms and babies together – CBC

Moms with lived experience with addictions are helping Roots of Resilience launch new facility

Apr 23, 2026

When Brittany Stockley was incarcerated, she told guards she was pregnant so she could get extra food and sweets to help ease withdrawal symptoms from her drug addiction.

She didn’t think she was actually pregnant.

But when she was taken from prison to a hospital for prenatal care, an ultrasound revealed she was pregnant with twins.

“When you’re sitting in jail, it’s like, something happened here … We can either make a change or we can stay here. And I [have] seen a little light at the end of the tunnel,” said Stockley.

Stockley’s twins were born three months after her release. Her sister cared for them for the first three months until Stockley was able to take them home and care for them herself.

With support from family and advocate Jeannie Piercey, Stockley stopped using substances and eventually got parental rights.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-recovery-home-cbs-9.7172323