The controversial Adult Industry Medical (AIM) clinic, which catered to the porn industry just outside of Los Angeles, was shut down late last year after a cease-and-desist was ordered on the clinic for “business-related reasons.”
However, some on the staff have seen this as just a temporary setback, and plan to reopen soon. For the time being, patients will need to use another clinic, but the original story of AIM’s inception starts with an adult industry actress turning her life around.
Ex-porn star Sharon Mitchell was at a low point in her life when a near-fatal incident left her entire life in shambles, causing her to realize that she needed to pick up the pieces and completely rebuild her life.
Mitchell was a drug-addicted porn star in the lucrative adult film industry, located in the valley suburbs of Los Angeles, when her life was going at a brekaneck speed and about to crash into a wall. The star of over 150 adult films and a raging heroin addict, she was completely consumed by sex and drugs when she was brutally raped in 1996.
Her larynx was cracked and her nose was broken during the incident, causing her to cling to life. During recovery, Mitchell realized she needed to make drastic changes to her life — this could simply not happen again.
After her recovery, she got out of the porn industry, entered rehab and even started taking classes at a local community college. There, she earned medical assistance and counseling certificates which helped her realize how many people she could potentially help.
With the help of a local doctor and a generous donation from the adult industry, Mitchell found the Adult Industry Medical clinic.
Located in the San Fernando Valley, AIM was the first clinic of its kind, and the clinic provided an invaluable service to sex workers in the adult entertainment industry, such as drug, alcohol and sexual counseling and STD and HIV testing with next-day results.
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