My name is Shayne Kosek and only by the grace of God am I alive today and able to share my testimony. As a kid I had a great life. I had good parents who provided me with a safe, stable, happy home. They raised me well and provided me with everything I wanted. In school, I played sports and had all the best equipment, I had a lot of friends and seemed to have what anyone else would call the perfect life. But I knew there was something missing, like there was a whole in me that needed to be filled.
When I was in high school, I broke my arm and for the first time I was introduced to opiates. My first thought was, finally, I have found the missing piece! From that point on, I continued to explore the world of alcohol, opiates, and various types of mind-altering substances. My goal was to do as many and as much as I possibly could because you can never get too much of something that makes everything better, or so I thought, until those same things began to take me on a downward spiral that went down way farther than I could have ever imagined.
Fast forward a little bit, I became a father. Some would think that this was the part where life got better, and I got my act together. Sadly, this was where it took a turn for the worst because this was also about the same time that I was introduced to heroin and fast money. I drove headfirst into both. As a result, I lost all three of my kids. I also lost all hope at that point, and if you can even imagine getting any lower, trust me when I tell you I went way lower. I got involved in dealing drugs, I risked life in prison just to feed my addiction to money and drugs.
My last overdose brought my wife and I to our breaking points. So, she finally made the call to Alyssha at Family Care Ministries where God opened the doors for my wife and I both to come get help together.
Today I can proudly say I am a son of God! I am saved, I am redeemed, I am forgiven, and restored! But God did not stop with me, God has also restored my entire family, my wife, my kids, my parent, all of us.
He has created a new man in me today, I am a great husband, father, and leader for other men who are lost. I am a walking testimony of the endless love of God I am living proof that there is hope. Jesus Christ is my savior and the missing piece I had in my heart