by The Faith Mission | Sep 3, 2024 | Client Stories
Until he was taken into foster care at age 7, Austin suffered horrific physical and emotional abuse at home. “When I was a kid, if I was bad when my dad wasn’t in jail, he would take my toys and smash them with a hammer. Or if I got something for my birthday or...
by The Faith Mission | May 1, 2024 | Client Stories
When he was in his early teens, Guy was introduced to drugs. “My dad was into drugs really bad,” he says. “I used to see him do drugs all the time, and that’s how I got introduced. Every once in a while, he would smoke with me a little bit. He was a hard man to be...
by The Faith Mission | Nov 1, 2023 | Client Stories
Tracy grew up surrounded by addiction. “My family were all drug addicts. My father was an alcoholic. My mother was a drug addict. It’s the only thing I ever knew.” Before she came here five years ago, Tracy tried a rehab program in Michigan, but it wasn’t a good fit....
by The Faith Mission | Aug 26, 2023 | Client Stories
Curt got started down the wrong path early in life. His mother was an alcoholic and drug addict who shared her addictions with her son. “In high school, I was smoking pot with my Mom and drinking with her every night,” Curt remembers. “Then, I tore my knee and...
by The Faith Mission | Apr 30, 2023 | Client Stories
Vonzette grew up in Texas and was in a 15-year abusive relationship with a man who had introduced her to drugs. “I was going downhill in Texas. I was drinking, I was doing crack cocaine and I had started playing around with meth, and that’s something I never would...
by The Faith Mission | Mar 1, 2023 | Client Stories
Gerry grew up in Nappanee, was happily married, and always had steady employment. But three strokes not only left him partially paralyzed and suffering from vascular dementia but also without a home and divorced. The first stroke was the worst, leaving Gerry with...
