by Megan Mattson | Jul 22, 2024 | Stories
Molly’s Story After a traumatic experience with a boy at school, I started making bad decisions at a very young age. I was pregnant by 15 had a baby at 16. I wanted to be good mom, but I really didn’t know what I was doing. I started using really heavily to mask...
by Megan Mattson | Jul 22, 2024 | Stories
Brianna’s Story I had a complicated childhood, where my biological dad wasn’t around and I never felt like I fit in with my mom and my stepdad. We were just so different. I spent so much energy trying to fit in that I ended up in codependent unhealthy...
by Megan Mattson | Jun 16, 2024 | Stories
Angela’s Story A few years back, I lost both my parents to cancer and my best friend to suicide. Not dealing with that grief and loneliness made me turn to alcohol. Shortly after, my marriage of 20 years ended and I lost everything. I began a new relationship...
by Megan Mattson | Apr 16, 2024 | Stories
Sean’s Story After graduating the long-term program at Teen Challenge, I enrolled in the Teen Challenge Leadership Institute. This allowed me to further develop my relationship with Jesus, while really focusing on what my new life would look like. While taking...
by Megan Mattson | Apr 16, 2024 | Stories
Chloe’s Story When I was young, I lived in constant chaos. My mom was a single mother and often had a different boyfriend that we would move somewhere new to live with. I was always the new kid with very little self-esteem and no connection or attention at home....
by Megan Mattson | Mar 16, 2024 | Stories
Panhia’s Story I went to my first court appearance on drug charges and the judge didn’t want me to go to Teen Challenge or any treatment at all. He said I was a menace to society and I was never going to change. He told me that I was always going to be a...
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