ADNA

I thought I had it all together. Had a family, a job, a car… but on the inside, I was angry, depressed and lonely.

My way of fixing things was to numb the pain by drinking alcohol. So that is what I did. But it didn’t
work! The pain was still there.

Fighting with my family, they’d ask me, “Why can’t you just stop?” I was out of control. Then, it happened: I lost it all.

Most of my family had given up on me. The job I had for 8 years I lost because I went to work drunk. Iwas so ashamed to tell my family, so I’d get up every morning and act like I was going to work but was actually out drinking all day and came home thinking no one would know.

Someone, who I hurt so many times yet still cared, asked what was wrong with me. I finally broke down and admitted that I needed help. So, we went online and learned about the Life Transformation programs at the Downtown Rescue Mission.

It wasn’t easy at first. The devil was still on my back telling me that this wasn’t for me and that I should leave. But everyday I just kept fighting through it with God’s help. Going to classes, listening to my director, and reading my Bible with prayer is helping me to see how God is working in my life.

My sisters in Christ at Owen’s House [Downtown Rescue Mission’s program for women and children]are such an encouragement! I wanted what they had. So I started believing, then came more faith, more

peace and joy. One day I knew I was a child of God

and I am not alone because through Jesus all things

are possible. I was a new life!

Today, I have a job at the Downtown Rescue Mission thrift warehouse. I’m around people whodon’t judge me because of my past. They love me, and I love them. That is all God. God is good all the time!

–Adna