Marie
Garrison, NY
2015
Growing up in a broken home led Marie to look for love in all the wrong places.
“My dad was an alcoholic who was very verbally and emotionally abusive,” Marie remembers. “He destroyed us with his words and with his actions.”
All the while, Marie’s family went to church, trying to keep up appearances that everything was fine.
“Love was protecting someone who was toxic,” she remembers.
Marie couldn’t believe in a God who would allow her to endure such pain. She was especially confused when her father was confronted with his sin and began to repent.
“He was drinking night and day, and then he wasn’t,” Marie shares. “He didn’t want to be involved in my life. And then he did want to be involved.”
Marie didn’t know how to handle her pain … so she began to rebel and escape the only way she knew. Marie began drinking, too.
Quickly, she spiraled into addiction, suffered from eating disorders, and got involved in a dysfunctional relationship.
When Marie felt hopeless, she tried to end her life by overdosing.
Thank God she was spared! When Marie asked her mom to come get her from the hospital, her mom gave her the phone number to Hoving Home.
At Hoving Home, Marie had a safe space to acknowledge her painful past and encounter a loving God. Marie learned she was worth Jesus coming to earth and sacrificing his life for hers.
Marie gave her life to the Lord at Hoving Home and graduated from our women’s program in 2015.
Since that time, she’s been enjoying a life of reconnection with family and faith in God’s direction. She’s pursuing a college degree and is thankful to have so many years of health and sobriety.
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