Enrico bitterly regrets trying alcohol at age 14. “I hung around the wrong types of people, trying to fit in. Whatever the group was doing, I did. It just took hold of me more than the others.” Enrico had other close family members who suffered from alcohol addiction, and he

“I was lost and feeling pretty low.” While James was in the hospital having heart surgery, his girlfriend took off with their clothes, furniture… everything. He was left without a relationship, home, and job all at once. He was devastated by her betrayal and abandonment. “She moved off to another

“At the Mission, God changed me.” Kevin was working as an electrician when his ladder broke. His spine was severely damaged from the fall, leading to nearly a dozen surgeries and countless pain pills. “In my mind, it wasn’t a big deal because the doctor had written prescriptions,” Kevin says.

“Now I know He is always there for me. God is my everything.” “The Mission helped me draw closer to God.” John felt like he was losing everything he’d always held dear. “My wife divorced me, I lost my job, my brother passed away… my life fell apart.” The grief

“Now I know He is always there for me. God is my everything.” “I had exhausted all my friends and family, and alienated myself from everything,” Mike says. Mike started drinking as a teenager to cope with the abuse he experienced at a young age. “I had a lot of things

“No matter what you do, God doesn’t give up on you.” Bill grew up in a dysfunctional family, and he thought that was how love should be. “I decided no woman was going to treat me the way my mom treated my dad. I had trouble with women because I