Ukraine
"I want to help other addicts step out of their nightmare"
"I have goals in my life again"
Until the age of 17, I led a normal life. I got good results at school and studied in Kiev at the Republican Higher College of the Olympic Reserve. I travelled pretty much all over Europe and won many international football tournaments. When I was 17, my world suddenly turned upside down. My father passed away. I had nothing to compensate for this loss. I had no one left, my father was everything to me. I started looking for something that could fill my sudden emptiness and of course I found it. It started with Tramadol when I was 18, later I used heroin. Now I am 36 and 18 addictive years of fog, darkness and nightmares further.
Clean for 1 year and 3 months already
I unexpectedly ended up in rehabilitation centre The Anchor. To be honest, I thought of myself as inadequate for a long time, but through the process of rehabilitation and resocialisation, something happened to me. I am sure it was God Who helped me. Before treatment, I could not stay clean for more than 2 weeks. Now I have managed to stay clean for 1 year and 3 months! That is almost unimaginable.
My life has changed a lot. I have goals in my life again and I have learnt how to achieve them. After 10 years, I am now back in touch with my mother and brother. It feels crazy and unusual that there are people around me who are always there to help. That is a miracle from God.
God changes lives
Without the help of the staff at The Anchor, none of this would have happened. With their example, kind words, wise advice at the right time and guidance, they have strengthened me in the rightness of my decision: to change my life. God changes lives, but He does so through people.
The future
I will not become an inventor of the bicycle. I see my future in helping addicts step out of their nightmare. God has awakened me spiritually and I have gone through the various stages of rehabilitation. I got to pass on my experiences to other addicts. This is because it is much easier for an addict to take advice from someone who has been through the same thing. So my future is to serve addicts. Praise God for the miracles in my life!
