Before and After

Before coming to Hope is alive I was a broken human who had no purpose to live or pursue life anymore. Here is what before and after looked like!

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Before:

Before getting sober I was in turmoil. I had nowhere to go and no one to turn to. I had spent over 8 years with drugs and alcohol as my higher power. There was not a single person in this world I would trade to get high or drunk. I felt so alone and depressed. I grew up in a wonderful home coming from a place of absolute love. When I was four years old I lost my mom to a battle with cancer and that was my “blackhole” moment. I used this exact moment to fuel every negative action in my life for the next 18 years. I got into extreme amounts of trouble growing up always getting kicked out of school or being suspended for my actions. By high school, I had started drinking and using drugs every day. The only thing I wanted to do was drink and get high with my friends.  I was a selfish individual who only did things that were to my benefit. By the end of 2020, I was without any good relationships in my life. No one wanted to be around me due to my actions and what my interests were. I was so devastated and did not know what to do or where to go. My addiction had completely taken over my life and that was the only thing I looked forward to.

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After:

One call changed my life. I called my mom and dad in the middle of the night crying for help and that was the day my life changed forever. They picked me up and drove me to a rehab facility the very next day. After spending 45 days there I made the decision to go to sober living. The only place that I could find that interested me was Hope is Alive. I was very hesitant to pack up and move a state away without meeting or knowing anyone but I knew I did not want to get high anymore. I had no clue what I was getting into and I was very fearful. Entering the Hope is Alive program was one of the best decisions I have made in my entire life. I was taught what real recovery and real sobriety looked like. I was welcomed with love and shown how to do life in a principled way. Not every day was great but it was always better than looking for my next drug or drink. The men I lived with wanted the same thing I did and that was a better life. I spent the next 3 years working on myself and trying to help others find what I found. Sober living changed my life forever and I’m very grateful.

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For anyone out there who feels hopeless or doesn’t know what to do. Get into a place like Hope is alive and start working on yourself. Sober Living works if you work it.

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