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“What you need is God to intervene in your life…”
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.
“In my moments of deepest despair, God snatched me…
Austin came into the Heartland Recovery program with nothing. Multiple arrests and a parole violation had him facing up to 30 years of jail time. When the option of going through the Heartland Recovery Program was put on the table, Austin thought he’d get sober and try living a life the right way so his parents could be proud of him. “I didn’t realize the depth and gravity of that ‘right way,'” he now realizes. “In my moments of deepest despair, God snatched me. He used my own will and my own consequences and He turned it for good.”
After graduation, Austin looks forward to being able to point others in the right direction, and has a message for people on the same path. “Don’t give up! Don’t quit before your miracle happens.”
“We almost died…”
“There is a way out! If I had a billboard, I’d put that on it!” exclaims Sheena, after successfully completing the Heartland Women’s Recovery Program. Wrong decisions in life led her down the path of drugs, to the point where she and her husband both overdosed. “We almost died. And we knew after that it was life or death… We needed to make a change.” A month later they arrived at Heartland.
After experiencing the love of God through the people in the Heartland Community, Sheena says, “We have both changed. We are new creations. I never really understood that until I was able to see it with my own eyes. There is a way out. But you’ve got to make the first step.”
…“done” with addiction.
“There’s a difference between struggling with addiction and being done with addiction,” declares Matt. “That’s the point I had to come to.” Matt and his wife, Sheena, came into the Heartland Recovery programs together and have experienced God’s salvation, deliverance, and healing in so many areas of their lives.
As Matt joined us in the studio just before his graduation, he expressed gratitude for the discipleship he received from his Group Leader and others in the Community as he learns to walk out this new life as a Believer in Jesus.
If you are “done” with addiction and ready for change, take that next step and contact our Admissions office. We want to see more men and women experience the freedom that only Christ can bring!
“I guess I’d given up on love…”
After many traumatic life events, Kelly turned to drugs and alcohol to escape her pain. Instead of finding relief, they just compounded her problems and before she knew it, Kelly found herself homeless and suicidal.
“The biggest difference [coming to Heartland], was the huge amount of love poured into me. From all the loss and trauma, I guess I’d given up on love… I had disconnected.”
One year later, God is restoring Kelly’s relationships with her family, she is a full-time student, and she’s grateful for the opportunity to encourage others in her situation to not give up. “There’s help out there. There are good people out there.”
If addiction has brought you to a place of hopelessness like Kelly found, seek help today.