BendDeschutes County Family Drug Court graduate Nicole Glover, 22, joins in a grateful applause with Judge Alta J. Brady, back left, and attendants during the program graduation ceremony Monday afternoon at the Deschutes County Courthouse. (Rob Kerr/The Bulletin)

Rob Kerr / The Bulletin

Deschutes County Family Drug Court graduate Nicole Glover, 22, joins in applause with Judge Alta Brady and attendants during the graduation ceremony Monday afternoon at the Deschutes County Courthouse. Glover shared her story of battling addiction and the challenge of recovering custody of her daughter. She told the crowded courtroom that the program kept her on task, but that it took her own dedication because “nobody else can help me until I wanted to change.” Drug Court is an internationally recognized court strategy that is designed to use the authority of the court to keep addicted individuals in treatment long enough for it to work.