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Shanna at great length on several occasions and in the following pages the fruit
of those messages she has agreed to share
some of her “miraculous testimony” with
each of you— our precious readers!

“My name is Shanna ... I’m 45 years
old. I have 3 amazing sons, Clayton 26, Stefen 20 and Landon 2
1/2. I am a recovered meth addict
of 6 years. I say recovered because
that's what I am ... recovered ...
not recovering.
I was your typical mother of two
sons who were involved in baseball and football and I was the
team mom. My entire life revolved
around my sons and I loved it. I
was a medical assistant for a doctor and had been for 6 years. I
had an amazing life. The year was
1999 and I was 31 years old at the
time. I weighed in at 138lbs and
had never weighed this much in
my life, my average weight was
125.

“On April 29th, 2013 I posted a photo
of me clean from an 8 year addiction
to meth. It took my job, my car, my
house, my kids and nearly my life. I
posted this photo in the hopes it would
show that you can change your life. No
matter what your addiction may be ...
ITS NEVER TOO LATE!
I had no idea that I would receive the
response I did. I was not looking to
become the poster child of recovery
and in no way did I post it to waive a
flag and say ... “look at me I’m clean
and sober.” It was a message of
hope ... that's it ... nothing more.
I have received messages from all over
the world asking for some sort of advice and I feel honored. I was given a
responsibility I did not ask for but
have done the best I can to take on the
responsibility. I did not attend rehab
and I d