Not a Coincidence…

My name is Doyle and I was born in Dallas, Texas on October 7, 1990. I had a good childhood with a loving family. Everything was good until my mother’s death when I was 13. Then the depression hit. I hated everything and everyone. And I hated God. I blamed God for her death. My dad didn’t know how to handle it, so he started drinking. He wasn’t really there for me after my mom’s death. A few years later, I found weed and began smoking it as often as I could. It helped with the depression. I was always looking for a means of escape. The harder drugs didn’t come until later. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. I didn’t want to stop.

Eventually, I lost my job and the house and moved in with my godmother. I worked for her to pay my rent, but couldn’t stay off the drugs and caught 2 felony drug charges. Afterward, my godmother wanted me out of her house. After some arguing, she convinced me to try a treatment center. Without having any idea what to do, my friend got me into Soul’s Harbor.
With three hot meals a day and a place to sleep, I tried this recovery thing for the first time. That first weekend, I wanted to support a friend who was getting baptized, because he supported me. We ended up going to the same church that my mother took me to as a child. I don’t see that as a coincidence. I did this recovery thing like I do everything: I dive head first into it until I burn myself out. It lasted for about 4 months, but then I began hanging out with old drug addict friends.

I was okay for the first few times, but eventually, I said, “F*** it” and started using again while I was at Soul’s Harbor. I decided to leave while lying to everyone, telling them I’d stay. I spent the next month living in my car. And then a friend from Soul’s Harbor called me and asked if I wanted to come back.

After several days in detox, the director let me back in. That relapse opened my eyes and I got more involved in recovery. It’s been 11 months since then and I’ve graduated from the program. Next month, I will be sober and clean for a whole year, the longest I have been sober since I was a young teenager. Soul’s Harbor has provided me with the opportunity to go to school for construction training. I am now employed and working a construction job I enjoy because of the opportunities I was given by Soul’s Harbor.

I am still involved at the Harbor by taking people to church and outside meetings. I make every meeting I can because I want to give back everything the Harbor has so freely given me. The 12 Steps have also helped me reunite with God.

I want to thank the staff and all my brothers here at the Harbor. Soul’s Harbor saved my life.

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