Stewart County Stories

Jordan 

I didn’t wake up one day and plan my long journey as a substance abuse survivor. It was never supposed to get so out of hand. I didn’t mean to let something so fierce grab ahold of my life. My “just one time” turned into a thousand times and then some. I threw everything right out the window…my family, my kids, my life. I found myself hanging out with Satan himself. Talking with him, laughing with him, thinking he was a friend of mine. What I didn’t realize is that he was killing everyone around me. He was destroying families. He was laughing at me not with me. In the past year I’ve had three friends of mine die from a drug overdose and witnessed firsthand someone very close to me, by the grace of God, survive an overdose. Today I’m alive because God reached down, picked me up, dusted me off and set me onto the right path. He said “I love you” and gave me my life back. In Joshua 1:5 He told “I will never leave nor forsake you,” and I am here to tell you. That is a promise that He will not break. I’m no better than anyone out there. I won’t ever forget where I came from and putting myself through all that I did makes me appreciate my life more than I ever could. I am thankful for all that I am today, and I give all the praise and glory to Him.