Hope begets hope
By Terrance Nelson
In 2010, I got an opportunity of a lifetime. An opportunity to leave the prison I became entrapped in: methamphetamines.
For those last 10 years, I had become a gang banging, womanizing, methamphetamines addict with no other goal than to get what’s next for me. This life was empty and unfulfilling, until one day.
One day, I was asked, “Do you want help?” And in that moment a feeling deep inside began to take root. That feeling was HOPE!
Due to that hope, I was able to go through a program called Adult & Teen Challenge in Spokane, Washington. This program helped me get rooted in my faith and learn what it means to be a man. More than anything my heart, grew so much I was able to now hold compassion for others who were just like me and beyond.
I am now celebrating 13 years of sobriety and abstinence. I have a wife, 4 children, and a 1-year- old puppy. Over the years I have been able to mentor, share my story, impact the next generation and present hope to those who are hopeless.
That is my WHY! in life: to bring hope to those who are hopeless. I am now a Certified Peer Counselor and an FCS Housing and Employment Specialist for Revive Counseling Spokane, PLLC.
One thing I would like to pass on to others who may read this is: “No matter how bad today is, there’s always tomorrow.”