I was introduced to heroin by my boyfriend who was using and hiding it from me for the longest time. I started using with him…
My Name is Mariah Casto. I grew up in a fatherless home with many different men in and out of my life. Home was very…
In May 2021, I was at the lowest I have ever been, and yet I was completely deceived that I was doing great. I had…
My Name is Hollie Kosek. I am the proud wife of Shayne Kosek and an extremely blessed mother of 3 beautiful children. I am a…
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…
On July 20, 2005, I pulled over to the side of the road, shot heroin into my veins. This at the time was my life.…
When I came to Family Care Ministries, it was a variety of reasons. However, the most important one was to find myself. I was so…
Before I came to the Freedom Home, I was a scared, anti-social, manipulating individual. I was born and raised in Texas and had a great…
I lived two lives, one life completely alone, consumed with alcohol and the other life working, looking like I had it all together. Today I…
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’m starting over at 49 years old! Before coming to Family Care Ministries Freedom Home, I was on a downward spiral in life. I was…
For many, many years I’ve suffered with anxiety, depression, and labeled many things because of my circumstances of my past. When I was 22 years…
May 2021, I found out the extent of Megan’s drug use, she was admitted yet again to a mental hospital. She was at the end…
In August 2020, I had an encounter with Jesus that completely changed my life. Before that I had a little faith, I always believed that…
When I first arrived from Northern Regional Jail, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But through the grace of God, I was delivered here for…
Before coming to Family Care Ministries I was living in the darkest place that my mind had ever seen. Growing up in a good home…
Before arriving at Family Care Ministries on October 25th, 2022, my life had declined mentally, emotionally and physically to the point that my only prayer…
November 2015, I was rushed to the hospital from Columbiana County Jail. I was withdrawing so bad from heroin that I went into premature labor.…
Before I completely gave my life to Jesus, life just seemed like one big loss after another. I felt like a complete failure. I was…
Before coming to the Freedom Home, I always found my value in what other people said or thought about me. I was a chameleon just…
For the last 12 years I have struggled greatly with mental health issues and drug addiction. After experiencing some trauma in my life. I was…
On October 18th, 2020, I watched my Mother, my best friend, take her very last breath. Ever since that day, I became so lost and…
On June 1st, 2023 I was rushed from Columbiana County Jail to the hospital in Boardman, OH where I was 2 cm dilated and in…
In May 2023 | found myself standing in the pouring down rain knowing that I had hit my rock bottom once again. I had relapsed…
Growing up I remember always being in church and even getting baptized along side my dad on my moms birthday one year. I’m an only…
Being disappointed that my wife called 911 to bring me back from an overdose, to save my life, was the emptiest I’ve ever felt. My…
Throughout my addiction, my daughter had been taken from me. I had simply put my selfishness first. This did not help me by any means,…