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To change a lifetime of bad habits, people need more than just accommodation or short-term aid. Nehemiah’s rehabilitation programme has an extremely high success rate. Yet in order to continue what we’re doing and introduce our life-changing courses nationwide we urgently need your support. Turn around a broken man’s life today by donating.
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Brian's Story
My earliest memory is lying in bed, aged five, listening to my father screaming at my mother. He was an angry ex-Irish Guardsman, an alcoholic, didn’t discipline me and never hugged me.
I was the butt of other kids’ jokes at primary school because of a squint in my eye, so I learnt at an early age that if I lashed out it stopped and that I could get my teacher’s attention.
I was caned on my first day at junior school. By 12 I’d got involved with like-minded kids and was arrested for robbery with violence. My father washed his hands of me.
At 14 I ran away from home after an argument with my father. From then on I was constantly in and out of Youth Offenders Prison. At 17 I started experimenting with drugs and drink. At 19 I met a woman, had three children and got married. It was a disaster because I didn’t know how to be a father or husband.
At 28 I met a girl who got me into heroin and crack cocaine. I was spending about £500 a day and would do anything to get drugs for that day. At 30 my wife divorced me. My friends and family disowned me. I became an embarrassment to everyone.
At 35, my father blamed me for my mother’s death – from cancer. My heroin addiction was way out of control but continued in prison. I had, by that time, spent about 20 years in secure units. My health was deteriorating but I couldn’t do anything about it. I tried four rehabs. The longest I lasted was 10 weeks. My life was a blank sheet of hopelessness.
I was given a leaflet about a Nehemiah course. Wendell interviewed me – he had my card marked from the instant we met. They had one free bed and offered it to me.
After three months with Nehemiah I realised I might be able to make something of it.
After six months I started to see changes in myself. I dealt with my hurts and resentments, dealt with my addictions and started to understand other people’s perspectives. I was seeing through clear lenses for the first time.
I got my relationship back with my father – we now have hugs and tell each other that we love each other. My whole family has respect for me and turn to me first for advice. I gradually made new friends – many through my local church.
I worked full-time for Nehemiah for two years – to give something back. Then I got a job as a labourer and within two years I became the manager of a loft company with 100-plus staff.
I remarried in September 2006 and now have my own house. Nehemiah turned my life around.
