My name is Kevin Byers J.R, I have 3 amazing children, that I had lost to drug addiction. Today by the power of Jesus Christ, I have been saved, and became transformed by our Father Jesus Christ. I lost both my parents to an overdose, my dad to heroin and my mom to methamphetamine. I never knew my blood father. On March 1st, 2019, I was woken up to a phone call that my mom was “DEAD” and that it was my fault, as my brother told me. I was using methamphetamine and heroin at this time of my life. My mom was my best friend and my life, I never felt so lost or broken in my entire life.
That is when my drug use started to spiral downhill, I was using every minute of every day, not caring of who I hurt or who I manipulated or stole from for me to get high. In 2020 I caught I case of domestic violence 4th degree felony and went to jail; I was there 45 days and then bonded out. I was out for a week and caught an assault charge against the same person, so I went to court over it. They suspended 180 days and placed me into the East Liverpool drug court program, I did good for a while then found myself doing drugs again. at that point I went on the run for 4 months from probation, I wanted to get help before I ended up just like my mom and dad. The 5 people that I am so blessed to call family saved me and took me in when I had nothing and no one, told me to go turn myself in on a warrant, and I ended up with an ankle monitor.
I went to talk to Dominic Frank, and he told me about Family Care Ministries and Brittany Hoschar which works at Family Care saying if she can do it, then I could to, He told me he wanted me to go there before he had to put me in jail. I walked through the doors of Family Care Ministries on September 21st, 2021, not knowing who I was or even if I had a purpose in life, or if this was even going to work for me, all I knew was that I needed a change to happen.
I’m currently a student at Family Care, phase 3 of drug court, fighting to get my kids back and didn’t have to do 8 months of prison because my God had bigger plans for my life. I am a new creation and I have transformed my life. I will continue to follow Christ till I am in the kingdom of heaven with my crowns of glory. My plan is to stay at Family Care and be a part of the team! I’m blessed to be called a child of God.