02/26/2025
This is Beautiful!
I was addicted to opiates for 11 years. I was an IV he**in user for 7 years then switched to fentanyl. I’ve overdosed more times than I can count. I tried to get sober but couldn’t sustain it due to shame and guilt.
I hated the person I saw in the mirror. I didn’t know who I was anymore but I didn’t like her.
In 2022 I got evicted and was out of options. I remember telling my roommate, “Look, we’re going to be homeless,” never thinking I would end up on the streets. You never think it’s going to happen to you. It did though. Life became unmanageable, unpredictable, miserable, and chaotic but I got to a point of accepting that as my “new normal” because I wasn’t willing to stop getting high. I believed there was no way out and fear of detoxing kept me stuck.
In October 2023, I got hit by a car and went to the ER. That day I was told I was 6.5 months pregnant and having a baby girl. I remember trying to find a way out of my situation and couldn’t. A month later on November 20, 2023, I gave birth to my daughter by myself on the streets, on the side of the 5 Freeway.
I felt nothing. I looked at this perfect little human and thought, I’m going to harm her more than I can love her. I was out on the streets for 8 more months- the most excruciating time of my life. I could never get high enough to escape my reality. My daughter is all I thought about.
I connected with We See You.They got me into detox on July 26, 2024. I’ve never looked back. I can’t believe these complete strangers wanted to help me. They put me through medicated detox at a great place for 10 days, picked me up and took me to a residential recovery program.
I never had a relationship with The Lord. I threw my hands up and gave it all to Him, and it’s been the most amazing decision I’ve ever made. My entire life is transformed. I have my daughter and am building the best relationship with her. God hand picked me to be her mom, which is the coolest thing ever. I graduated and have a beautiful home to raise my daughter in. The amount of peace and joy The Lord restored in my life is incredible. I’m so grateful I found We See You.They were the ones. Without them, none of this would be possible.
