My name is Bethany and for most of my life I’ve struggled to fit in. At age 6, doctors told me I had ADHD and at age 15 I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. For years I had been dealing with drug use, depression, an eating disorder, self-harm, sexual abuse and suicidal behaviours. I had been hospitalised more times than I can remember
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Being bullied at school and feeling like an outcast with her friends and family, at 18 years old Hannah packed her bags and headed to the Gold Coast. In the next three years she experimented with drugs and alcohol and worked as a bartender in a strip club
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Starting with meth at the age of 12, Victoria later dropped out of high school and graduated to heroin. In and out of jail, her aunt told her about Teen Challenge.
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I learned to mask all of my emotions but on the inside I was broken. I went away to college desperate to get away from the image of the perfect child. The choices I began to make started me down a very painful path. I avoided my feelings by partying, binge drinking and smoking marijuana. I soon found myself kicked out of college, and with an abusive man
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I have always been very boy-crazy, but at age 14, I was raped not once, but twice. Perhaps that offset the panic attacks I began having.. I have always had a very low self-esteem. Couple that with 10+ years of anxiety and panic "disorder", and it is no surprise that I took a liking to drugs. In 2006, I started using cocaine heavily. After only a few months, I found myself using my anxiety medication to give me the courage to try out as a dancer
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Rochelle began smoking marijuana at 10 years old, by high school she was drinking, partying and using Ecstasy and Crystal Meth. Her life plummeted into chaos. In her darkest time she reached out to Teen Challenge Arizona, Home of Hope, Women and Children's centre with her small child and began a new journey. Listen to her story and believe there is hope from addiction and Teen Challenge is a special place to help people transform into all the are meant to be.
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Meet Ashley. Her spiral into addiction began at 15 after using Crystal Meth, this progressed to more including Marijuana, Cocaine, Acid, Heroine and Prescription Medication into a very dark place for Ashley. Hear her story of finding hope and love in Teen Challenge Oklahoma after having tried 7 non-faith based rehab centres.
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Hear Bec share her story from the depths of addiction, her journey through Teen Challenge WA learning to overcome all her challenges and now her fight to help others not enter the path she took. Bec now speaks at ICE community forums and speak to students also. Well done Bec you are an example of Gods saving grace.
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Kelly shares her story of recovery, from her early childhood abuse to becoming an addict. Her addiction led her into crystal meth or Ice and sent her in a downward spiral. Finally she received a break when she was due for sentencing and the hearing date was postponed. The new judge decided to try something different and remanded Kelly to Teen Challenge. The rest, as they say, is history!
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Fiona shares about her struggle with a drug addiction that cost between $500-$1500 dollars a day, and how her life has been transformed from a life of extreme violence through Teen Challenge in Canada.
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Teen Challenge graduate Lauren shares her story. Lauren bravely left her husband and two daughters in Victoria to come to Teen Challenge and we are so proud to see her complete the program and be full of joy and excitement for her future.
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Russell, one80TC (Teen Challenge NSW) Program Coordinator shares his story about joining ONE80TC after graduating the program in 2010 and what makes Teen Challenge special.
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I made a decision to change my life. Shortly before my 30th birthday, having spent half my life on drugs, I entered Teen Challenge Western Australia and began my journey to freedom. It's been a hard road
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There is hope for the ice addict. Transformations happen, miraculous turnarounds, lives restored and families rebuilt. ONE80TC (Teen Challenge NSW) shares his story to help turn lives around as his has.
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Watch Francis' story unfold through this pictorial journey through Teen Challenge WA's, Grace Academy. Such a beautiful woman inside and out Francis overcame much to now have a life of freedom, success and significance to others.
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I started drinking and smoking marijuana, doing cocaine, smoking meth, at age 14 I became a IV user with meth..... hear Kylie's (a graduate of Teen Challenge of Oklahoma) story in her own words
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Before i went to Teen Challenge in 2007 i was a lost and broken woman who had spent more than 15 years addicted to Amphetamines and other Drugs. Injecting drugs on a daily basis for many years left me physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually damaged. Commiting crime to support my habit, neglecting my role as a Mother to my Son & Daughter as i fell deeper and deeper into the Dark World of Drug Addiction
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