Tyler Bainbridge was the kind of person you noticed when he walked into a room - spirited, hilarious, always smiling. But for years, he struggled in silence with serious mental health issues. He turned to drugs as a means of self-medication for the darkness he was living in, and went onto battle addiction for 6 years of his life. On January 19, 2018, at 24 years old, Tyler lost his life to a fatal fentanyl overdose. Tyler may not have had his triumph in life, but it's our family's mission to give it to him now by helping others recover and preventing tragedies like ours from occurring.

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Founded in 2021, Tyler's Triumph provides potentially life-saving mental health intervention education, equipping people with the tools and resources to get the holistic help they need before it's too late. The More Than Program is our original programming that provides that education, as well as starts important conversations about stigma and self-worth that we believe can change people's stories. In his life, Tyler said out-loud on a few occasions he felt he was no more than an addict and wasn't worthy of recovery. We knew more people like him had to feel that way, so The More Than Program was born to make sure everyone had someone reminding them that they are worthy, loved, and so much more than their struggle or diagnosis.

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In addition to education, we work to provide financial assistance, scholarships, and other support for people on their journey to recovery from mental health and substance use disorders. Whether it's a scholarship to live in sober-living housing or go back to school, we meet people where they are to ensure they don't just survive,  but thrive in recovery. More stories like that and less of families like ours is what we call Tyler's Triumph.

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