He’s not finished
Growing up I had a fairly good childhood. I was the daughter of a police officer and a clerk at the hospital, and we lived a comfortable life. Growing up my sister and I went to church often and as I got older I began to increase in faith. I was in church every chance […]
The Storm is Over
My story doesn’t start like most. I was raised in a Christian home, by both parents, went to church every Sunday morning, and was active in Youth Group. So why would I get started into drugs? Acceptance. I wanted to be liked by everyone. I started smoking weed in high school and drinking on weekends. […]
Addiction Has Many Faces
By the grace of God I am what I am ~ 1 Corinthians 15:10 Addiction has many faces. It will destroy you if you let it. I grew up in a family of addiction and as a result I despised drugs/alcohol. At the age of nineteen I put my mother in treatment and was awarded […]
A Story of Hope from One of “Those People”
My name is Carla Copley and I am someone that lived most of her adult life as an addict. I hadn’t always been someone that was selfish, self-centered, and living in a fantasy world. You see, I was raised right here in Fort Gay WV, by the most loving, understanding parents that anyone could ever […]
Karen’s Place Maternity Center Opens
Karen’s Place Maternity Center, a residential drug and alcohol treatment center for pregnant women, announced it is accepting new clients today. The sixteen (16) bed center will provide opioid detoxification, stabilization, and residential treatment services for women with substance use disorders, and will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Karen’s Place Maternity […]
Sanibel House Opens for Residential Addiction Treatment
Sanibel House, a residential drug and alcohol treatment center for men, announced it is accepting new clients today. The sixteen (16) bed center will provide opioid detoxification, stabilization, and residential treatment services for men suffering from substance use disorders, and will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sanibel House is owned and […]
Lydia’s House Opens for Residential Addiction Treatment
Lydia’s House, a residential drug and alcohol treatment center for women, announced it is accepting new clients today. The sixteen (16) bed center will provide opioid detoxification, stabilization, and residential treatment services for women suffering from substance use disorders, and will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Lydia’s House is operated by […]
A letter to my former self suffering from addiction — Kristi’s story
Dear Me, You are receiving this letter from yourself, just an older and much wiser version of yourself. Yes, put your pride down and just read, child. I am about to tell you a story about our life. I promise you this is worth reading. You will succeed. You will strive to reach your full […]
Addiction — a mental and physical problem with a spiritual solution
Like most adolescents, I craved a sense of identity. From the outside looking in, you would have thought I had it all: two great parents, a stable home life, made good grades, played basketball, won Mr. Senior, etc., but there was an emptiness, a void, that I could never fill. I was always an exemplary […]
God’s grace provides a rehab bed for Megan and her baby
My name is Megan McGlothen. In 2011 I was beaten and broken. I knew if I didn’t do something different and stop using drugs, then I was going to blow my brains out. I checked myself into rehab and during my second month there I found out I was pregnant. The rehab told me I […]
