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My Testimony

My journey started at the age of 6 where my teacher used to tell me I was stupid and colour blind,  and used to hit me over the head with a feather duster.  She even once stabbed me in the head with a scissors! This developed in me many insecurities, however I still tried my best throughout my primary school years and even made prefect in grade 7.  Once I got to high school I excelled at sport where I was rugby captain, tennis captain and house captain.  I even got colours in rugby,  athletics and tennis.  My downward spiral started when my sister was killed in a car accident and this after we'd had a huge fight and I never got to apologise.  This was to become my excuse for all the wrong choices I made for the next 18 years.  

Once I left matric I started working in the motor Industry and that's when I started smoking, drinking and partying.  At my 21st I was offered cocaine by a friend and I became a weekend drug/alcohol addict.  At the age of 23 I was introduced to crack cocaine (this became my drug of choice) and this plunged me into a 15 year nightmare.  During that 15 years I literally lost everything.  Houses, cars, huge amounts of cash but much more valuable than material items, my self respect, my family, my dignity and my will to live. 

In 2013 I was admitted to a men's faith based recovery centre  where I completed a 6 month programme.  I done the programme but with all the wrong motives.  It was a self seeking exercise I used to gain back my family, proving that it was still all about me and my needs. I still had not opened my eyes to the truth that I needed to change in order for my life to change.  Within 3 months I had relapsed and had to be fetched out of a crack house in Rosettenville by Mens recovery center as my mind had not been renewed and I had not applied any of the tools that the mens recovery center had taught me.  

My relapse opened my eyes and this is when I decided to make a CHOICE to do whatever it took  to turn my life around.  The first step was to surrender my whole life to the Lord Jesus Christ and to start walking in obedience to His word.  It was a day by day journey and not an easy road, but by surrendering my life to the Lord Jesus Christ, this has given my life meaning and purpose again. ALL GLORY TO GOD!Type your paragraph here.

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