Stories of Hope
Morgan Jones
Hi, my name is Morgan, and I’m an alcoholic, addict, and ACA (adult child of an alcoholic). For as long as I can remember, I was always searching for a place to belong, to feel safe and comforted in. My parents are both alcoholic.I vaguely remember my childhood, but I...
Dominic Carton
My name is Dominic Carton, and I am a recovering addict. By the grace of a merciful loving God, February 19 marked five years of continuous sobriety for me. I don’t use the term “recovered” because I haven’t fully recovered from anything other than mind, body, and...
Billy Newsome
As a teenager, I never gave much focus or attention to drugs. It was nothing I had ever been faced with or been subjected to in my life. The summer I graduated high school, I was involved in a car accident with my brother, Ricky, which killed him and left me in a...
Lisa Floyd
Lisa Floyd, a child of rape, was given up by her mom and raised by a relative. She had a fine home and didn’t want for anything.By age 13, she was smoking pot, which she believes was a gateway drug that led to drinking at age 14, dropping out of school at 15, and...
Rachel Johnson
Ten different foster homes before age 10. A mother she barely knew. A father who was an IV drug addict. She was in kinship care for a year, then back with her father, whom she loved and idolized. Rachel Johnson was having sex and doing pot by age 11 and...
William Anderson
Pain and depression led William Anderson to turn to drugs to fill the void. Instead, drugs landed him in jail and made him lose his family. They made him lose everything.The loss and destruction that began in his 20s was making him tired. He was done with life....
Rachel Wheeler
My name is Rachel, and I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism, and I also struggle with codependency. I struggled with chemical dependencies for nine years. It started off the way it did for a lot of people I know -- a...
Austin Florence
Growing up, I came from a great family. My father was a doctor and my mother was on the board of nurses. I have five sisters and three brothers. I am the second to youngest. I was always spoiled.Everything I ever needed or wanted I would usually get. I wish there was...
Aisian Lucas
She lived with her mom, who battled her own addiction, until she was 10 years old. After that, Aisian Lucas lived with her aunt and grandmother in Carter County. She considered her childhood to be a normal one.Aisian did well academically and was a year ahead in...