One women's addictive lifestyle;
"My name is Krystal, I am 29 years old and the mother of two sons, ages 5 and 10. Growing up both of my parents were addicts. They separated when I was 6 months old. At the age of 14 my dad picked me up for the first time in years and when he dropped me off he went and robbed a bank-- his way of saying goodbye for a while. At the age of 24 I became addicted to pain pills and lost my kids, house, business, and went to jail all within a week. When I lost my kids I finally broke and went into a deep depression. Before I knew it, I was in the hospital about to lose my arm from injecting heroin. One day I called my Daddy for help and he handed me a crack pipe and told me to smoke it, that it would help ease my withdrawals. This sent me to the streets to earn the money to support my new habit. I just wanted to die. I cried out to God and told him I can't live with the pain of the hurt I caused my kids and I did not want to be an addict anymore. I was tired. I did not know how to deal with the pain when I was sober. Then God put a family in my path to help me and they did. They sent me to Teen Challenge. I have been there for 9 months and it has been the best thing I have ever done. I have hope now. I believed there was a God but I never knew him. Now I have an intimate relationship with Him. I know He is going to restore my family in His timing. I want to live! I have an unexplainable peace in my heart and soul."
Though we may not know what it is about drugs that leave so many coming back for more, we now know what can make them stop. Being on a God High is like no other and if you are someone or know someone who is struggling check out www.teenchallenge.cc
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