PAL provided a way to cope with the hurt

PAL provided a way to cope with the hurt

  ​​​ I’ve had the privilege of participating in my local PAL meeting and can say the weekly materials that are shared, as well as the amazing support from other participants, have helped me get through some pretty dark days. My child began self-medicating at around...
Hope is possible even after relapse

Hope is possible even after relapse

  ​​​ A little more than four and a half years have passed since I wrote my first testimonial in late November 2019. My only child was released in April 2019 after spending five months in jail. He had been arrested for a missed court date related to drug paraphernalia...
Finding support, answers in our darkest hour

Finding support, answers in our darkest hour

  ​​​ My wife and I committed our lives, our marriage, and our family to the Lord early in life. We were blessed with two sons and daughters-in-law and four grandchildren. Brian, our second born, challenged with alcoholism, was always the sensitive, caring, loving...
Finding joy in unexpected dreams

Finding joy in unexpected dreams

  ​​​ “God always allows us to feel the frailty of human love so we can appreciate the strength of His.” C.S. LewisI am a wife, a mother to four, handsome, beautiful, young adult sons, a caregiver to my husband, and a parent of two addicted loved ones.For as long as I...
Finding a path to wholeness

Finding a path to wholeness

          We are a family of five, one girl and two boys.  We recently welcomed two grandchildren. All three of our children did a good job toeing the line through high school and we enjoyed most of their teenage years. Looking back, I could...
PAL brought me back to life

PAL brought me back to life

            I have two boys and two beautiful granddaughters. Chris, my oldest, has always been incredibly intelligent, even as a small baby. He did everything early: he talked in sentences before he was a year old, he crawled by the time...