Prior to Transformations, I was stuck in an abusive relationship where I felt this false sense of loyalty, addicted to GHB and ice. I had devastated my family for the last ten years by being a drug addict. I didn’t care that it was destroying my life, my health, or my family.
I no longer knew what happiness was.
I was lost and couldn’t see a way out.
That’s when I met a lady named Jane Stone. I worried she would judge and look down on me, but I was so wrong. She loved and accepted me and helped me see the light. What I needed was recovery.
My journey of healing began at Bayside Transformations. It was a program where I felt accepted but challenged. I had to apply and practice what I learnt in the program. I learnt a lot about myself and continued to grow in my self-worth. In the latter half of the program, I did training in leadership and mentoring others.
An excellent way to describe what Bayside Transformations has done is they loved me back to life.
I have never felt such love from people who don’t even know you, yet they accept and welcome all who want a better life. Even in the ugliness, they see who you can be and who you were meant to be.
I am now over three years clean. It was a difficult journey throughout the program but so worthwhile. I graduated from the program in2019, and I volunteered to run the girls house in Hervey Bay for a season.
I am now employed as a youth worker, and I feel so blessed and grateful that I can give back to youth who may be heading down the same destructive path I was. I have finally broken that cycle of addiction, feeling empty and without hope. Transformations gave me back my life, and for that, I am forever grateful.
