Sharon
My name is Sharon.
After a painful divorce and losing a job I’d held for 13 years, my life began to spin out of control. I was so depressed that my only objective was to drink myself into oblivion. My prayer was God, please don’t let me see another sunrise.
A typical day for me would be to scrape up enough money to buy my vodka, go home, lock the door and drink until the bottle was empty. I’d then get in my car and head out to the back roads (where I hoped there would be no cops) to buy some more liquor. Then I would come home and start the process all over again.
If I couldn’t afford vodka, I’d drink a whole bottle of Listerine! This is the kind of thing alcoholics do when they’re desperate. All I can say is that if I hadn’t come to the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission I would be dead.
No question about it.
God’s changing me from the inside out.
A loving God, the caring people here, and you who donate your time and money to the Mission have given me back my life. There’s nothing I would not do for this place of rescue. That’s why I loved to work at the Women’s Prayer House, where I cleaned the rooms, counseled with the women and did what I could to let them know there’s hope for them, too.
Easter used to be about the Easter bunny and hiding eggs. Today, Easter means new hope in Christ because of his resurrection power in my life. No longer am I sinking in quicksand, counting the seconds until I’d be dead.
Praise God I’m alive and thriving. I also know that the best is yet to come because God is in control of my life. He’s changing me from the inside out.
Thank you for playing your part in my recovery.
I’m a changed person because you care about someone like me. Thank you!
