At the height of his drug addiction, Dustin didn’t care if he lived or died. “Basically, I was trying to kill myself,” he recalls. “I had given up. I was done.” Because his father was a TV director, Dustin grew up assuming you had to be “the star” or you hadn’t succeeded. So he tried restaurant management. Started his own… More>
When Amanda discovered her husband of seven years was doing meth, she gave him an ultimatum. “You have to go or the drugs have to go,” she told him firmly. Much to her amazement, he chose his drug habit over his marriage. “OK, I’ll just go start a new family,” he said casually — and… More>
Richard and Summer’s marriage was headed for divorce court. Whether it was the fact that they met when they were both drug addicts, living on the street . . . or they weren’t prepared when baby Ava came along … or that they refused to let God into their lives . . . this was one relationship that seemed… More>
Sunni knows what it’s like to be homeless. When she was smoking meth, she bounced from one cheap motel to another. When the money ran out, she would walk all night because “it was safer to keep moving than to stay in one place.” Occasionally, she remembers finding an out-of-the- way stairwell… More>
Three years ago, Shelley got laid off from her job. “No problem,” she figured. “I’ll just downsize and figure out a way to make less go further until I find another job.” But there were no jobs out there, despite the fact that she filled out dozens of applications — and went on countless interviews. That would be stressful enough…. More>
Jacob can tell you . . . It’s not easy being a single dad these days. But with the help of the Rescue Mission, and generous donors like you, this young man is giving his six-year-old daughter the things she never had before. A room of her own. Clean clothes to wear every day. Even her own backpack to carry her books… More>
Michelle was barely 13 years old when she began experimenting with meth. Unaware of the dangers, she began spending more time getting high with her friends — and less time at home. When Michelle’s mom and dad divorced, it pushed her even farther away from her family — and into the party scene. By the time she realized she was getting… More>
