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“I started drinking at a real young age and gravitated to the mess…

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“I started drinking at a real young age and gravitated to the mess and it just sent me down a chaotic road.” Dustin found himself in a broken state which eventually took him down a road that led to incarceration. Eventually, he heard about Heartland and applied. “I’ve never seen a community quite like this. It just accepts you with open arms and don’t condemn you for your past.”

Through the program’s classes and group leaders, Dustin was able to seek the Lord and find healing. As he puts it, “Just being rooted and grounded in the Lord Jesus now…He’s fixed relationships with my family and the Lord’s been really good.” Dustin’s story is a testament to the hope and healing that can be found through faith and community support. If you know someone looking for help, reach out to us at Heartland Recovery.

Recovery Staff Highlights – Scott’s Journey From Turmoil to Triumph

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As a ten-year cocaine addict, Scott knew what a life of turmoil was like. He finally sought help at a local church where the pastor worked with him one-on-one, but eventually recommended Scott apply to the Heartland Men’s Recovery Program. Thirteen years later, Scott is sober and now on staff as the Assistant Director at HMRP.

“God has given me peace, but I am not that special,” says Scott. “He’ll do it for anybody, that’s what the Bible says. I’ve seen so many people, so many men that walked through this door just beat down by life, and after a few months you wouldn’t even know that they were drug addicts. I’ve heard that said so many times. So, God can do it for you too!”

It’s either recovery or you lose your family…”

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“Being an addict, you don’t really want the change, but you get fed up with the things happening around you.” It wasn’t until the third time Virginia lost everything—including custody of her kids—that finally brought her to a place where she could admit that she needed help. Homeless, living in the back of a truck, Virginia opened up to God and said, “God just please get me out of this situation, this is selfish addiction that is causing me to lose my family and lose everything that I have.” And He did.

It took an intervention by her sister to set things in motion with the ultimatum, “It’s either Recovery or you lose your family.” Virginia enrolled in the Heartland Women’s Recovery Program and over the course of the next twelve months, God began the healing process.

Now as she continues her journey of walking through recovery, Virginia encourages those in a similar situation, “Just ask for help. There are people that are out there that care, including Heartland.”

“What you need is God to intervene in your life…”

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Paul battled alcohol addiction for most of his life and although he tried to get help, it just never seemed to work. After crashing his car, Paul told himself, “That’s it! You’re gonna die if you don’t quit doing this.” With some help from his sister-in-law, they looked for a faith-based program and found Heartland. “This gave me a good solid start. I have a good church home when I leave here so I’m ready for that, looking forward to it.”

What about you, have you headed down a wrong road? Through his testimony Paul now encourages others, “What you need is God to intervene in your life and to follow Him.” Please take the first step to getting on track.

“Don’t let your past mistakes influence and control who you are…”

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How does someone from Anchorage, Alaska, end up in the middle of Missouri cornfields for addiction recovery?

Brian grew up in a destructive house around addicts who were both physically and mentally abusive. He left home at 16 and lived with a Christian family for a time, which is when he first experienced God and going to church. He admits, though, that he still wanted to go his own way.

Spending the past year in the Heartland Men’s Recovery Program has begun a change in Brian. Experiencing the love of God and the joy that comes from serving others played a key part in that. Now, he encourages others, “Don’t let your past mistakes influence and control who you are, or let them define how you’re gonna spend the rest of your life. It’s not a good way to live… it can be destructive and disheartening. Once you let God into your life, He can take all that away from you.”