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Hi there, my name is Lisa and my story is one of hope!? I started experimenting with drugs when I was a teenager.? My mom and dad are both addicts who do not think they have a problem.? As a teen I just smoked pot, but I grew tired of that and started to experiment with everything from exstacy to meth.? My addiction led me so far down the wrong path that it took me a very long time to get back.? I hurt my family, my friends, and most of all myself.? I have severe anxiety and have dealt with depression a lot also.? Looking back on it, I think that my use of drugs was to dull down my anxiety and give me a temporary and fasle sense of happiness.? In 2007 I was in a bad accident due to my own carelessness.? I was driving drunk and flipped my car three times.? It is a miracle that I lived through this and came out of the accident with only a few bumps and bruises.? After this accident I started trying to get clean, but I always went back to using.? I was so mad and confused about my life.? I didn't understand why I had survived and I didn't feel like I deserved to survive.? I wanted to stop using so badly, but I just could not seem to do it.? I would get clean for a short amount of time and then mess up and feel so guilty.? Shortly after the accident I lost a very good job that I loved.? I stayed in some type of legal trouble resulting in the loss of my license and jail time not to mention a mountain of fines.? I?just went further down.? I had lost all hope.? Then I met a very special person who helped me change my life.? This person seemed to believe in me which was very shocking then, but?in time made me believe in myself again.? I started trying to get clean again and I started praying.? I knew there had to be a reason that I lived through that accident, and I wanted to know what that reason was.? I started to develope a relationship with God, and I grew stronger but still I struggled.? I got into adderall this time, and I justified it because this drug helped me focus and become very productive.? At the end of 2010 I had an "experience" that changed my entire being.? The experience is unexplainable, but it brought me closer to God and further away from my addiction.? Since this experience I have set goals for myself and acheived many of them.? I enrolled myself in college and earned 43 credits so far, I got my license back and got a car without the help of a family member for financing purposes, got a job that I pursued because I wanted it, and most importantly I am DRUG FREE!



Partners for Hope raise critical funds on behalf Partnership to End Addiction – the nation’s leading organization dedicated to addiction prevention, treatment and recovery. Every dollar raised on behalf of the Partnership* will help ensure free, personalized family support resources, including our national helpline, peer-to-peer parent coaching, customized online tools and community education programs, can reach those who need them most. Please consider donating to this fundraiser and sharing this page.

*Donations made to Partnership to End Addiction are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. All contributions are fully tax-deductible, as no goods or services are provided in consideration in whole, or in part, of any contribution to this nonprofit organization.  EIN: 52-1736502

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1. Chelsea
hi Lisa. I also met a really special person who helped me quit my drug of choice. I still crave it very often, especially today, and reading your story gives me hope. You're doing great, keep up the good fight!!!