ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE
The day that everything changed
By Janine LeGal
a six-year addiction. “It led me to steal and get into trouble with the law.” To begin to extricate himself from the life-controlling drug addiction, Emond went through the process of treatment and recovery for several years. From the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, to behavioural health, seeing a psychologist and a psychiatrist – and getting medicated – he tried all kinds of methods to get his life back, but nothing worked. “My family didn’t want anything to do with me. I was 25 years old and I wanted to end my life.” When Emond was standing on the Norwood Bridge, he looked up, asking God why. Rather than jump he felt compelled to go to his mother’s house.
D aniel Emond grew up in a loving home, excelled in hockey and was encouraged and motivated to do well academically. He graduated from high school aspiring towards a career as a medical doctor. The future looked bright. During his first year in pre-med at the University of Manitoba, his father was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and everything changed. “It was the turning point,” Emond said. “In a matter of two years, hope to the future was gone. I was in a deep depression and started abusing substances to try to cope,” he explained, about what would become
Daniel Edmond, president and CEO, Adult and Teen Challenge. Submitted photo
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