Hello my name is caleb i am 21 years old. It has been 18 months since i have used. At a young age of 8 my father introduced me to drinking and smoking. My dad was table junkie he did what he had to do, i grew up thinking that it was okay. of course i was in and out of trouble in school. Social services got involved, they started drug testing me regularly the bud stayed in my system to long i resorted to pain killers and got away with it eventually led to a needle in my arm at 16 from another role model in my life. My older brother. At 18 i was strung out on heroin and i did whatever it took to feel better at the point feel alive. 3 months after my 18th the door slammed behind my back, 4x felonies. 2x breaking and entering at night and 2 counts of gran larsony. At that point in my life i was disperate to get back to it i swore id never do it again for my mother to post my bond it was 10,000 secured in virginia you only pay 10 percent she finally did after 2 months, the first thing i did was get me some dope. A couple months on bond i caught a petty larsony only did a week the same bondsman let me post bond. I finally made it to my court date still using. The worst part of the felonies it was my grandmothers house god bless her she testified on my behalf saying i was allowed in the house or i would be consider a violent felon. They dropped the b and es and i plead out to the gran larsonys and got 2 years 4 years back up on probation. For 10 months after that day i cheated the system got a violation did 5 months nothing big got released and not even 20 days later i was on my second violation considering 12-18 months or a 1 year long rehab. I went to the whole which is jail in jail 2 days before court! The night of i prayed to god, i said lord if this is my life i accept it for good but if there is a better way i will follow you. The next dat the common wealth attorney said i better not see you again! The next time you will get your back up time 4 years. He released me one day later to teen challange. The day my life changed . Ive spent the last 14 or so months really digging deep in who i really am. My whole life has been centered around escaping reality, ive tried and tried other ways never been successful in anything i do. Jesus christ my lord and savior rescued me from the pitts of hell. I encourage anyone who needs help to try Teen challange a year long commitment. Coming from having every vein collapsed being diagnosed with hepatitis c at 17 i can truly say ive never felt better my mother is such a blessing she did all she could to help me with my disease at 19 on my first violation after numerous doctor visits before i got harvoni, the jail accepted it i took my treatment in jail ever since ive been clean from it thank the lord. My story is one of a kind, if i, a young person that has never had the chance to grow up and know the right thing to do. can do it, their is no doubt you wont. Praise god👆
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Congratulations on coming this far. It was really inspiring to read your story. I can relate is some ways and it is motivating to hear your positive outcome. The power of prayer works. Keep it up 
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Wow, thank you for sharing. Awesome of you to change for the better 
definitely very inspiring my friend. Keep up the good work
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That is an amazing story Caleb. Everyone on the forum has fought (and is still fighting) their own demons, but for you to have been through so much from the age of 8 and to be clean for 18 months, with your whole life before you is nothing less than miraculous.
Good luck with your amazing journey!
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