The following program
discusses sensitive issues
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related to addictive 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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So, you know,
we're listening to...
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We were listening, you,
Stacey, talking about your life
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and your journey to a place
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where you now have a home
that's safe and you have kids
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that have no idea
of this kind of world.
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They don't know what it
feels like to be around parents
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that don't love them.
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You've got all of
that, kind of, stuff,
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you got Aaron
looking at you and I loved
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when he looked at
you and just said,
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"Thank you, thank you for
hanging in there with me."
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And then you've got
Jennifer that's in transition.
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This is what do, you
know, what do you mean
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'cause, you know, I'm afraid.
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So even as you say,
just turn it over to God,
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just turn it over to Jesus.
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That's not as
easy for some folks.
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So when did that
get instilled with you
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and do you remember
a story or something
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that you can share with us,
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when even as a kid
that you just got it.
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So I remember
standing in the kitchen
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with my great
grandmother and it was the time
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when I had to go
and live with her.
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She said to me,
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she must have been able
to see some look in my face
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or I don't know, I
don't even remember
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what I must have said
but she says, "You know, hon.
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Not everybody out there is bad,
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the world does
have some good people,"
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'cause I must have been
of the opinion, early on,
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that it's just a
world full of bad people.
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Suspicious of everybody.
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Everybody and
everything and I was terrified
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and, you know, she
was a helping hand to say,
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"Not everybody is bad."
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And it's very true.
There are some good people.
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You know, I love
when you say that
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because there's a part of
us, especially in transition.
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Especially, as
we're changing lifestyles,
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is I have to look
for those people that,
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not are perfect
but just can't...
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They're just good,
they're just nice folks,
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are very real and
when we start talking about
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reaching out
and calling somebody
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and doing all
that kind of stuff,
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is I have to know
that they're out there
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and I don't care if I
see a thousand people,
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out of that thousand people,
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there's gonna be one
or two people in there
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that I, you
know, if I ask Jesus,
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if I ask God, "Who do I call?"
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He'll point him out.
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So she taught you
that really young.
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She didn't.
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And, you know,
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and that was even
after I had found the Lord.
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You know, like I said
around the age of eight
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and I just had been
through so many things,
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the next several
years that followed,
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I found myself
back down to the...
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Feeling hopeless
and as a child, I mean,
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my children are so full of hope,
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I'm sure that had to...
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Really been hard
for my great grandmother
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to see that look of despair...
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In a little eight year old.
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Oh, sure. Yeah. Or younger.
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So...
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So you know
that I have a family,
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you have a family,
there are still really lost.
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What would you
wanna say to them?
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We have just a few seconds left.
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Don't give up hope.
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I'd say, just
don't give up hope.
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There's a God out there
that is crazy about you and I
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and everyone and...
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Just seek out those people
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that are willing to
help to hold you up.
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You certainly know
the ones that are harmful
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and stay away from
those people and...
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Be wise about that.
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Yep, you have to, you know,
use your brain to figure out
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who to stay away from but yeah,
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just seek out those
that are willing to help you.
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So again, I can't
believe you're on the program.
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I love you. Thank
you for joining us.
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Thanks for having me.
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I love what you said, Stacey,
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and I just want you to
hear that out here too,
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I'd say, never give up.
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We've come from...
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Some of us, some
pretty dark places,
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some pretty intense places
but God never gives up on us.
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Let's not give up
on the people we love
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and when
somebody is transitioning,
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walk alongside of them.
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Until next time, always remember
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that God is crazy
about you, me too.
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God bless.
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