Once dysfunctional Baldwin County family well on its way on 'beautiful road of recovery,' son says - al.

Once dysfunctional Baldwin County family well on its way on 'beautiful road of recovery,' son says | al.com: "BAY MINETTE -- For one Baldwin County family, this year's Christmas season is brimming with hope.

But that's not the way it used to be.

In a family torn to pieces by drugs, alcohol and ruined relationships, Brennan Carroll, 19, stopped caring, he said. By the time he was 16, he dropped out of Robertsdale High. He hadn't tried in school for years, he said, and his focus was drugs and alcohol.

His younger brother Cody followed his every step, Brennan Carroll said, all the way to rock bottom."