Post 6 – Eight Years Lost, One Moment Found

For the next eight years my life became a cycle.

Prison. Halfway houses. Treatment. Failure. Back to prison.

Every time I thought I had a grip, it slipped.

As an inmate, all I really did was expand my network.

I tried to build up a new kind of kingdom behind the walls, but the truth is I lost my momentum. I sank deeper into addiction than ever before.

It was not until the end that something inside me finally broke.

For the first time, I started wanting something different.

In my last treatment program, I was introduced to Celebrate Recovery.

That is where I first encountered Jesus in a real way.

I had heard of Jesus.

I just did not know Jesus.

And then it happened.

I cannot explain it with logic. All I know is that I had a spiritual awakening. An encounter with God.

From that moment on, everything changed.

The mask I had been hiding behind for years shattered.

The cycle that had chained me down for so long started to crack.

My life has never been the same.

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