“I just realized I can’t do it without God.”

Thank you for helping Tyler overcome addiction and find hope!

Tyler’s battle with drug addiction reached a crisis point when it caused him to choose getting high over spending time with his daughter.

“I remember it was Halloween, and I just wanted to take my daughter out trick-or-treating,” he recalls. “But instead, once I got there, I ended up getting high and then got into my car. I drove the car into a tree and hit it head-on, and after I woke up, I was met by the police, and I was arrested.”

Tyler had started smoking marijuana as a teenager. When he became a father, he started working overtime to pay child support and started using harder drugs to stay awake.

“I started getting into meth, and my addiction just got the best of me,” says Tyler. “I was on meth for about four or five years, and then I started mixing in fentanyl.”

He had tried to get free from drugs many times without success, but this time he came to Atlanta Mission.

“And that’s the reason I’m here now. I knew that I had to come here to get my life back—for me and for my daughter.”

Things were not easy for Tyler when he first arrived.

“At first, I was just bucking the system—I was rebelling, and I had a hard time. It really took about three months before I started to just completely give in and trust the process,” says Tyler.

“You can ask anybody here; I think they were all surprised to see me come around and to see me make it.”

Tyler is grateful for how Atlanta Mission has prepared him for employment and self-sufficiency. He has received certification for CPR and forklift operation and OSHA 10 training for construction workers.

“But I think the best part about being here has just been being able to get my life back. It’s been rough, and I still miss my daughter every day, but I needed this.”

“I thought I knew God when I came here.”

“If I hadn’t ended up here, I could be dead, locked up, or back in that addiction—addiction ain’t no joke,” he says.

“I thought I knew God when I came here. And then I came here and found out I didn’t know anything. It took me a long time, but when I see some of these people around here, they just got something I want: a real good relationship with God.

“And it was probably about three months in before I really started to even feel that again. And I had that moment where I just realized I can’t do it without God.

“I got to have Him. It’s something I still struggle with, but I know I got to have Him in my life.

Stories of Hope and Freedom!

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Gyassi’s Story

“I was born a crack baby and grew up in a family of gangbangers, fighting, using drugs, going wild. One day, I held up the wrong guys. They found me out, waited for just the right time . . . I’d just arrived home, was walking to my door when a car pulled up and bullets started flying. I got hit 12 times. By God’s grace, I survived. But when I left the hospital, I couldn’t work and had no money. I was homeless, in pain, struggling to keep my wounds clean. When doctors stopped giving me medication, I broke down. I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I called Atlanta Mission for help.” Read more of Gyassi’s story here.

Demetrius’ Story

“I was on probation when I was caught with drugs and ended up in jail. I had been using drugs to cover up pain and seek attention, but I was never happy. When I was in jail, it dawned on me that this was an opportunity to make myself better. There was something in my spirit. God really connected with me. He got me off the streets—now it was time for me to rebuild myself from the bottom up. So, I asked if I could go to a recovery program, and my lawyer was able to get me in at The Potter’s House. Read more of Demetrius’s story here.

Matt’s Story

“I started drinking when I was a teenager with one of my neighborhood friends. Then, I started using cocaine in my mid-20s—searching for love, searching for answers, and still pretending to be someone I wasn’t to the world. After I was introduced to methamphetamine, not surprisingly, my life took an even deeper nose-dive. I eventually wound up living in my car, driving from town to town, stealing food, gas, clothes, money, and whatever else was needed to survive. Those choices eventually led me to encounters with the police and ultimately to jail. Read more of Matt’s story here.

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Standing in the gap between broken people and destruction

A special note from Tensley Almand, President & CEO

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Dear Friend of Atlanta Mission,

This month, we featured Tyler, a young man so trapped in the bondage of drugs that it prevented him from being the kind of father he wanted to be. When Tyler finally faced the truth of his addiction and understood the love God has for him, he discovered true freedom for the first time.

This is a story that is repeated over and over again at Atlanta Mission. When a man or woman truly surrenders their life to God, they are set free indeed!

I am filled with joy at how God has transformed Tyler and is building him into a leader to help other men. Our community is better because of the work of Atlanta Mission, and I feel honored to be a part of that.

Thank you for making stories like this possible through your prayers and financial support.

Blessings,

Tensley Almand
President & CEO