I had been in treatment for alcohol abuse before, but I didn’t really change.  Then, my husband lost his job and we agreed that wherever he got work we would go.  We moved, but I was miserable.  I isolated myself.  I didn’t want to meet new people.  As soon as he would leave for work at 5am, I would go down to the nearest convenience store and buy alcohol.  I would be drunk by 6am.  I hid it for awhile because I would sober up by the time he came home.

It all ended when I got drunk and had an accident. I hit two gas pumps at a service station. I only know what happened because I read it in the police report – I don’t remember anything.  I was arrested and put in a jail cell where I spent all night crying.  Some time during the night, I heard a guard say, “Nobody can hear your cries now.” I know now that God heard me.

When I came to Dove’s Nest, I thought I hated everybody and everything.  But it was really me I didn’t like.  The staff was tough on me, but they did it for my own good.  My counselor helped me deal with things from my past that I never really dealt with before.  She also taught me how to look in the mirror and not run from what I saw.  I learned how to look at myself and say, “Yes, I am God’s child” and “Yes I am good.”  I had made some bad mistakes, but I didn’t want to run away from my life anymore.

I stayed at Dove’s Nest for seven months. I was safe there.  I felt that I had self-esteem for the first time.  I felt confident.  I call Dove’s Nest “the healing place.”

Everyday, I use the skills they taught me at Dove’s Nest and I am now working on my second year of sobriety.  I am now a part-time facility technician at Dove’s Nest – Continuing Care Division.  I believe God has made a message out of the mess my life had become.  I want to give back what was so freely given to me.

Thank you for making Dove’s Nest a reality.  Everything that I didn’t think was possible has become true because of Dove’s Nest and you.

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