From Prisoner of Self to Prisoner for Christ

<p>I received a five year prison sentence for crimes committed during my years of drug use and abuse. Drugs were the love of my life. Using drugs alcohol and other mind-altering chemicals took away and numbed the emotional pain and hurt I often felt inside. I wanted to feel good all the time. This selfish way of life only increased my problems and inflicted pain and hurt on many people. </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately my addictive lifestyle destroyed all my dreams and came between me and every relationship I had. It cost me my family jobs friends and my dignity. It diverted me from my responsibilities as a woman and a mother and kept me from a real relationship with God. Drugs took me to the highest highs the lowest lows and the sickest places I could ever imagine. I almost died from drugs and some dangerous situations in my life. </p><p> </p><p>Amazingly as you will discover in my story my five year stint behind bars held the key to my freedom! Had I not gone to jail I don't think I'd be alive today. Imprisonment led to my sobriety and salvation.</p><p> </p><p>I am an extreme makeover far removed from the person I used to be. I offer my testimony in hopes of helping someone who is now living in a similar situation as I was in my past. Perhaps revealing my experiences and my eventual triumph over addiction will save a life; or save someone from the anguish of wasting so many years as I did. It took some time for me but it happened when I totally surrendered my life to God. </p>