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One
day seeking help with his problem of addiction Jeff
Glen entered the door of CityTeam
Jeff is from Seattle. He graduated from Bothell
High School. Jeff spent 2 tours of duty in Vietnam
in the Armed Forces. He started his drinking patterns
while in the service in England. His marriage ended,
and he blamed God for his problems.
He allowed alcohol to control much of his life
with destructive patterns. For 30 years he drifted
rejecting and blaming God for his sorrow and circumstances.
He became a resident at Union Gospel Mission’s
Men’s Shelter and completed the 9 month Recovery
Program. He was about one-half through the 12 month
Advanced Christian Therapy Program when he relapsed
and again became homeless.
It was after a few months of homelessness that Jeff
was directed to Seattle’s CityTeam. This time
he was ready to apply the fundamentals of recovery
to his daily life.
Today, Jeff Glen knows the joy of being clean and
sober. He also is fulfilling a call he believes came
from God. He is working at a camp of Seattle CityTeam’s
sister mission in San Jose that assists inter city
youth.
A
native of the Seattle area was attending a Christian
school south of Seattle when half way through his
senior year he dropped out and ran away from home.
Casey Faylor’s life drastically changed overnight.
The drug world became a major part of his life. He
continued to go to harder drugs until he was introduced
to Methamphetamine. He was in trouble with the police
and did a short time in jail related to his drug
problem.
The drug problem became so bad that his mental health
was impacted. He eventually needed major psychiatric
care. He was put on medications to stabilize his
life. He not only took the prescription drugs, he
continued to use hard drugs. Eventually Casey became
homeless.
It was his friend Aaron who came to his aid and
offered him a home after just 10 days of being homeless.
Casey took advantage of the people in the house where
he and Aaron lived. He lied to them; he stole from
them, and he continued to use drugs. He would steal
cough syrup to get a high.
Aaron demonstrated a friend’s tough love when
he gave Casey 3 days to move out of the house. It
was then that Casey realized he needed to change.
He called a community helpline that referred him
to CityTeam.
Today Casey’s life is changed. He has a vision
of new possibilities. He believes that his life can
be better without drugs. He is working on a college
degree in math planning to teach on the college level.
He wants to impact people’s lives with the
hope that he has found. He wants to be an example
of a quality life. |
