A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE: Natalia’s story of hope and healing
Natalia graduated from the Adult & Teen Challenge in-residence program for women. There, she was able to detox and face the choices and circumstances that led her down a path of substance abuse. As someone who wasn’t a Christian and who grew up with drugs and alcohol in the home, Natalia says the first days in the program were a culture shock. road to recovery. Helping others has given her life the meaning she spent years searching for, and she says she has found her purpose. A s a lived-experience expert, Natalia walks alongside women on the
“I didn't know it was possible for people to live without addiction. When I came into the program, for the first time in a long time, I felt love and acceptance for who I was. I felt supported and safe enough to open up to people. I didn't know it was possible to see people live free and sober and still be happy,” she says. “I was really closed off and isolated, living in fear and unable to talk because of side effects of the drugs, but after seeing the sense of freedom others had, I wanted that. So I opened my heart to the Lord and asked him to be the leader of my life. I was healed. My mental health was restored. I was set free and I felt alive for the first time in my life.” Natalia shares that the structure of the program provided the stability she craved.
Natalia, graduate of the Adult & Teen Challenge in-residence program for women.
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