Kevin from Kirksville, Missouri, reached a point where addiction had drained all joy from his life. “I was broken… there was a lot of roads that led to nowhere, and I didn’t want that,” he shares. Though he had been in contact with Heartland Recovery for a year, he couldn’t enter the program until he dealt with outstanding warrants. Eventually, jail became the wake-up call he couldn’t ignore. Tired of living a life with no future, Kevin finally surrendered and took the step toward real change.
At Heartland, Kevin’s transformation began with trust—specifically from his group leader. “Once he began to trust me, that led me to kind of restore the integrity that I once had,” Kevin recalls. That restored integrity opened the door to a renewed relationship with the Lord and helped him find a sense of identity again. Life groups became healing spaces for him: “The cordiality of the life group… was the medicine that my heart needed to help me to just feel like I could be normal again.” Today, Kevin is rebuilding relationships with his family and especially cherishes the restored connection with his kids.
You don’t have to stay stuck in the cycle of addiction. As Kevin says, “Jesus is truly the answer… there is hope.” If you’re ready to take that first step toward healing, visit hlandrecovery.org and discover the path to restoration.