For years I struggled with addiction, depression, stress among other things. A little over a month ago during one of my last “relapses” I broke down. I had nothing left, my health was failing, I had a blood infection, I was frail and had hives all over my body and my legs ballooned to almost double the size they should be. I tried everything to “get clean” and nothing worked until the only thing I could do was pray. So that’s what I did, and in that moment I remembered all the signs that he is real. From all the times I overdosed and had to get revived in the hospital or on the street corner. Facing years in prison for multiple robberies to feed my addiction, going to rehab a dozen times, hundreds of meetings and fellowships, using harm reduction like methadone, suboxone and sublicade, I still couldn’t stop from getting high, I still didn’t accept Jesus Christ as the only higher power, I believed that my higher power can be of my choosing. That lie kept me sick. Jesus Christ, GOD is the only higher power !! Once I accepted that and put my faith in him with all my heart he relieved me of any craving.

I used to set my alarm at 4 am so I could go get high before work and hopefully by the time works started I would be alright to go. During this time I could see where I was headed, a place my addiction had taken me many times in the past. I began praying, asking GOD for help, I gave up trying to do it on my own, I put my faith in the LORD to do for me what I could not do for myself. One morning while sitting in this house I looked at the table and seen the Bible. I asked if I could have it and they said yes and I have been reading it everyday. Before I knew it my prayers were answered. GOD performed a miracle in my life , he removed any cravings I had, removed the want of materialistic things, not only did he help me to not want to get high but he did something more.

On my way inside Shopers drug Mart I seen a homeless guy he was pretty young so I stopped and talked to him for a minute and let him know that I was in his situation too, and we are it easy to feel hopeless. I believe that's when God really wants us to seek him and pray to him. He never asked me for anything but on my way out I got him a couple gift cards one for McDonald's and another one for Dollarama to get a few things and I reminded him that he's loved and all he has to do is ask GOD for help truthfully and he will make it happen. Not to long ago my best friend was in the same spot Doug the same thing and i wish I would've done more cause unfortunately he passed away. So Often we take for granted or living situations or what's going on our lives. We don't think how we bad some other people have it, so don't be so quick to judge all the people we see on the side of the road cause it could easily be you or a loved one