I was a very angry child because I didn’t have a good
relationship with my dad. When I was young he left and
I always felt that I had to do his job and my job. So I had
to be a sister and a father and I had to help my mom.
Because of the problems at home, I felt rejected and
alone. I felt like my dad didn’t care, that’s why I had all
this hate inside of me. Every time he would come over,
I would go to my friend’s house because I didn’t want to
see him. Because of the hatred and grudges inside of me,
I would lash out at everyone that would come near me. Nobody understood why I
was very angry because I never told anyone about my situation. The more I would
lash out, the worse I would feel inside. I felt like no one cared. After coming to
the Help Centre, my life has transformed. Through participating in the Chains of
Prayer, the grudges are no longer inside of me. Today I have a good relationship
with my dad and my family is happy!
Melanie Madeira
Toronto, ON
Weed was so deeply etched in my system that I couldn’t
focus without it. I never even had time to be in touch with
reality because I was high most of the time! For many
years, being totally sober was a rarity. Smoking outside of
the UCKG Help Centre one day is the best thing that ever
happened to me. Someone invited me in and I was given
real down-to-earth care for my well-being. I would partake
in many ‘purposes of faith’ and Chains of Prayer because
I wanted God to see my total surrender to Him. After being addicted for over 10
years to weed and alcohol and living life recklessly, I am no longer dependent on
weed and my life is moving forward and upwards.
Shannon Alagh
I was a very angry and sad person, I was always
surrounded by friends, but I felt empty, I had to drink to
feel happy. I had complex of inferiority, I thought that
everybody was happy except me. This led me to have
constant suicidal thoughts. When I started to attend
the services at the UCKG Help Centre, I heard about the
importance of having the Holy Spirit, it was then that I
decided to seek the baptism, because I wanted to see a
change in my life. That is exactly what happened, today
I’m a happy person, I don’t h