It was 2am when I jolted up in bed; there was a banging on my bedroom door: “Mark, we can’t find Cathy!” cried Jenny. The look on her face startled me and I knew the girls were worried. Cathy was a quiet lady who had come to the farm for […]
Tag: drug addiction
WATCH: Drug addiction recovery DVD, ‘Reeze Telling — A Fighting Chance’ launching on Friday
Reeze Telling –A Fighting Chance, a DVD that documents a promising PE professional cricketer’s harrowing fall into the hell of drug addiction and his journey of recovery, is being launched at The Storehouse Church in Vitry Avenue, Lorraine, PE at 7pm on Friday May 31. “Let me start by giving God […]
WATCH: God honours mother’s wholehearted love — Hannah Viviers
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Very rarely do we get to see incredibly beautiful full circles — today I want to share one with you. Every single person in South Africa knows someone, or of someone, battling with drug addiction. Yet even with such prevalence, […]
‘I was led by God’: Police officer adopts homeless woman’s newborn baby
Originally published in Christian News A police officer in New Mexico recently adopted a homeless woman’s baby after finding the woman and her male friend shooting up heroin on the street. According to reports, Albuquerque police officer Ryan Holets was investigating a reported robbery at a convenience store in September […]
Pop star’s journey to hell and back
Generational alcohol curse broken as Jesus comes to rescue A 70s pop star’s suicide bid went away when he landed on his feet – quite literally – as he battled in vain to beat the booze! A distraught John Gaughan jumped out of the third-storey window of his Leeds home […]
The living grief of loving an addict wholeheartedly — Hannah Viviers
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. “Mom help me!” my son pleaded. “I’m addicted to heroin …” He was twelve. Those are words NO parent EVER wishes to hear from their child. And yet, Nishani Ford heard those very words spoken to her by her twelve […]
I have a son who is an addict…
[notice]A mom shares her own ‘journey of recovery’ from all that it means to be the parent of an addict — and lessons she has learnt from “the toughest thing I’ve ever had to deal with”. Out of sensitivity to others she prefers not to disclose her name.[/notice] I have […]