Helping a Grandmother Furnish Her Home

You need a hand? I do, actually. Where you taking it? Um, to my apartment building over there on Marquette.

I need this bed. I was in a sober house and the sober house was sold from underneath me, so I had to move and now my little savings got depleted getting the place, so now I'm trying to get a bed for my grandson. I have a place, but I don't have furniture. Well, props to you.

I'm proud of you. Thank you. I'm humble enough to take whatever people are willing to donate until I can afford to get what I want. I have a really good job.

I just trying to save up to get furniture. I was a sober house manager for a company and the house that I was managing was sold. So, I had 30 days to move and by the grace of God, a friend of mine was the leasing officer and she got me an apartment. I had savings, but it completely depleted it.

It cost me a $4,000 to move in, but it's going to be okay. You just got to have a positive attitude and just trust in God that he'll provide. You seem grateful to just have a place. I am super grateful to have a place because of where I came from.

I'm coming up on 2 years recovery on November 2 years? Yes. Oh my God, congrats. Thank you.

How do you feel? I feel great. My first year of recovery was super murky. Was it?

I didn't have anybody to support me. I was in treatment, broke. I started to realize that I am a very much lovable person. When that happened, God just showed up.

Like, I told you, child, I've been trying to tell you. I have two two adult children. One's a year sober herself. She was out here in the streets.

She just had a baby. They live with me. I have custody of my 10-year-old grandson. I'm raising him because my youngest daughter's in recovery trying to figure it out.

I can't stop because for one, if I stop, then I fail and then they fail. My children. And I won't let that happen because we've all come from such a dark place. My addiction was scary.

I I stopped all November 1st of 2023. I went into treatment. What's your biggest prayer? For God to keep using me as a soldier to inspire other people to get out of the darkness.

They don't have to do it alone. So, with all the progress that you've made, I don't want your grandson to have to sleep in somebody else's bed. What would you say if I had enough money where you won't to to have that problem? I would say I don't believe you.

Well, I have it right here. Do you really? For you. Can I hug you?

Yeah, of course you can. Thank you. You're so welcome. Thank you very much.

What's the message you want to send to people who are actively going through addiction? Absolutely, whatever you do, don't give up. Don't give your feelings, your negative feelings, power. They're just feelings, they can't kill you.

But if you continue to live in this cycle of addiction, you will die. Feelings are sucky and they hurt and they're ugly, but you're stronger than that. We can get out of it. Look me up on Facebook, I'll do anything I can to pull anybody out of it as long as they're willing to do the work.

What helped you not give up? My grandson, my 10-year-old grandson. He was 3 days old and I was in prison for an assault. When I held him, I was like, I'm done.

I will never come back. You will never see me in a place like this again. And look at me where I'm at now. That was 11, 12 years ago.

Here, have a hug. Thank you. I love you. I love you.

Thank you, Jack. You're so welcome.