When Curtis came through the doors of Charlotte Rescue Mission, he had been robbed and stripped of everything that mattered to him.

Anthony’s love of sports and desire to perform better is what first led him to experiment with drugs. But addiction didn’t find a foothold until he was in his thirties.

It all started as fitting in with friends, but it ballooned into crippling addiction.

Angela grew up in a small town in southern North Carolina, not realizing her childhood was far from typical.

Nikki grew up surrounded by addiction and abuse and believed it was just part of life. But after being nearly destroyed by her own addiction, she sought help in changing her life forever…