Salem woman who faced her own struggles with drug addiction now helps other women toward recovery
Melissa Pola (Ardeshir Tabrizian/Salem Reporter)
When Melissa Pola first walked into Her Place in Salem on Nov. 23, 2011, she dropped to her knees and started crying.
After spending seven months in jail and enduring two decades of addiction, she’d found a place where she could start recovery and get back her kids, who were in the state’s custody.
“I had tried so hard to get to that spot and finally be there,” Pola, 45,…
