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!
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.”
Addiction can sometimes feel hopeless for those struggling with the disease, and for their families and loved ones. These stories speak to the overwhelming challenges of addiction—and offer hope for healing and recovery. They are the stories of our neighbors in the Spokane community, told with immense courage, with the hope of encouraging others in their fight. We are in this together.