09/07/2026
Please help us congratulate Sam today as she celebrates a huge milestone! Here is her recovery story!
Hey! I’m Sam, and I’m an addict.
Six years ago, I had no idea how to live without the use of drugs. Drugs were my motivation to do anything and everything. I was hollow inside, lost, and searching for a reason to keep pushing forward. I was completely incapable of being honest with myself or anyone else. My life was consumed by the obsession of finding ways and means to get MORE.
I couldn’t handle the shame and guilt of who I had become. But the Lord, with the help of the legal system, led me to Dublin, Georgia, and ultimately to Promise of Hope.
At Promise of Hope, I learned how to be honest, how to connect with other women in recovery, and how to build my relationship with God. I developed self-respect and learned responsibility. I began to see that there was a life worth living beyond addiction.
Through the grace and mercy of God and the love I found in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous, I now have a family of my own—three beautiful children and a loving husband. My relationships with my family have been restored, and, most importantly, so has the trust they have in me.
Is life on life’s terms overwhelming sometimes? Absolutely! But today, I don’t have to use over it. I have an arsenal of tools that I can use to get through the storms of life, and I serve a gracious God who will see me through every one of them.
Six years ago, I was lost and couldn’t imagine a life without drugs. Today, I am living a life I never thought was possible.
I am forever grateful for Promise of Hope, Narcotics Anonymous, my family, and most of all, the grace and mercy of God that continues to carry me one day at a time.
