Chris Parsons

4 Years Sober!!! - 4-3-21 to 4-3-25

Four years ago, on April 2, 2021, I stumbled into a burnt-out, abandoned house. I pushed a couch against the door, desperate for a place to hide, to rest, to escape. I was homeless, sick from not having my thyroid meds, and drained from days of being high. I had been running for so long - running from the law, from my pain, from myself.

That night, I was jolted awake by pounding on the door. A man stood outside, furious, telling me I was in his house. When I heard him calling the police, I knew it was over. I had warrants. I had nowhere to go. And for the first time in a long time, I didn't try to run. I stepped outside, looked him in the eye, and told him the truth - I was homeless, I had nowhere else to go, and I was exhausted.

I stood on that porch as the flashing red and blue lights came racing toward me. At the time, I thought they were coming to take me away, but looking back, they were coming to save me. Never in a million years did I think I'd be where I am today. If I had known what was waiting on the other side of surrender, I would have called the cops on myself.

April 3, 2021, became my sobriety date. Looking at it now, I can't help but see God's humor in it - 4-3-2-1… and GO!

Four years later, my life is unrecognizable from the one I left behind. I'm sober. I'm healing. I

If you're out there, feeling lost, feeling like there's no way out - there is. I promise. One step, one day, one decision at a time. If He can do it for me, He can do it for you.

Here's to four years of freedom. And to the rest of my life.

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