CLEVELAND — A northeast Ohio woman is channeling the pain of losing loved ones as a result of addictions to help others.

Toka Watson knows the pain of addiction all too well.

"My dad, he suffered from addiction and sadly he passed away of an overdose," said Watson, owner of DDD Sober Living Home.

The death of her dad and the loss of her three grandsons who were stillborn, drove Watson to find a way to help others.

"And after that, I just started doing research, research and just saying like how can I be of help to this community, how can I be help to someone else that's in the same situation? So that's where the DDD Sober Living Home came in," said Watson.

The "DDD" stands for Dakari, Dakori and Dokorian in honor of her late grandsons. She plans to open the home in October. For now, she's working to gather resources for the women who will live there and she's already getting help from the community.

"I've been a nurse for over 30 years and I worked at a nursing home with behaviors, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, patients like that," said Karen Singleton the owner of Karen's EMS Safety. "I currently work with them as well, but when I saw what she was trying to do it was the thing for me to do."

Singleton is a childhood friend of Watsons. When she saw on Facebook that Watson was opening a sober living home and needed donations, she jumped into action. She organized a community day with vendors where people could drop off toiletries and non-perishable food items.

"Next month is Sober Awareness Month as well in October, so I think this is perfect," said Singleton. "This is something that we need and I'm hoping that once she gets this up and going, this home up and going, there will be more to come."