The following program
discusses sensitive issues
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related to additive behavior.
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Parents are
cautioned that some material
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may be too candid
for younger children.
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Welcome back.
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You know, I've got to just say
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that the things that we
cover during this program,
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the dysfunction that
happens in the family.
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Nobody's fault--
nobody start out to say,
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I'm gonna be dysfunctional
around my kids or I'm gonna,
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you know, have everybody
kind of not know how to act
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or not really
know what normal is
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or not know the rules
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or send them here
to-- here or there to live.
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Nobody start out that way,
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but for a lot of
us that's our reality.
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And I wanted to say Asheley
that it was amazing to me
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that you stepped
in and shared so much,
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but looked at how
God has now directed you
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to step into the
life of someone else.
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Is there anything
that you want to make sure,
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like, I want to say
this before we close,
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I think this is important.
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Yeah, I want to ex--point
out that my journey started
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when I was 11, and that point
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where I was about
ready to jump off the bridge.
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I was about 19 or 20 then,
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and I just turned
30 back in November.
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And so this has not
been an overnight process.
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This has been something
where I've really been growing
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by inches type of thing.
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And God has been
working and working and working
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for about 19 years
to change the world
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that I've known and
the life that I lived.
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And so saying that, you know,
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I want to just say for
anybody that's listening.
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As when you
hear Asheley say that
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that it has been a process
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and it's--wasn't
an overnight thing?
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One of the things that I
think is incredible in recovery
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is just saying at one
point I'm gonna trust God
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and I know that tomorrow
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I may not feel like
any things changing,
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but I'm gonna trust
Him with the change.
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And it's amazing, two or
three years down the road
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you'll look back and say,
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"Wow, I love that 'cause today
I feel a little bit normal."
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And I may not
feel normal tomorrow,
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but that's not my business.
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I'm gonna trust
that there is a God
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that can restore me to sanity,
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He can really take all of
this junk and turn it around.
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And I know that He
can do that for me.
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I heard, you
know, Asheley's story
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and how He's done that for her.
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And I am telling you,
He can do that for you.
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The biggest thing is,
is to say at one point
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is I choose to live, I
choose to turn it over.
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And I know that I
can't do it anymore.
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Everything that I've
tried is not working,
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but I know that there is a God
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and I know that He's
bigger than all my junk.
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And, man, it's such a cool
place to be. Don't rush it.
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When you get there just
say I'm taking it all off,
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I'm giving it to You,
and I know that You love me.
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We'll see you next time.
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Celebrating Life in
Recovery. God bless.
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