“Growing up my momma worked hard to give me and my siblings everything we ever needed or wanted. Looking back I know we were poor, but as a kid, my momma never let us feel like we were. She’d work extra shifts and do whatever she could to make sure
“Growing up my momma worked hard to give me and my siblings everything we ever needed or wanted. Looking back I know we were poor, but as a kid, my momma never let us feel like we were. She’d work extra shifts and do whatever she could to make sure
“She’s dead, give up.” That’s a sentence my uncle once spoke to my aunt about me. I started using drugs when I was 12 years old. By the time I was 16 years old I was abusing pain pills and it just all escalated from there…I did everything else you
“My addiction started in 1987. I grew up in a home with a mom who smoked crack and spent her time at the bars. I guess I just followed in her footsteps and started doing drugs as a teenager, and it just escalated from there. Most of my life I’ve
“When my daughter was nine years old she looked at me with the ‘daddy is my hero’ eyes. Even though we didn’t live under the same roof, I worked hard to be a good father to her and we were essentially best friends. What my daughter didn’t know for a
Nicole’s mother dealt with addiction her entire life—now, by the grace of God and CRM’s LifeBuilders program, she’s fully recovered and active mother and grandmother. Here’s Nicole’s story:
When Alice shared her testimony with us here at CRM, we couldn’t help but think of the worship song “Love Came Down” by Kari Jobe. Kari sings, “Love came down and rescued me, love came down and set me free. I am Yours, I’m forever Yours.” Below, Alice shares how