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My life was partying and friends.

Laressa

I stopped paying my bills. All my money went to alcohol, smoking, and things that are not healthy. What I was going to do at night became more important than going to school. I almost dropped out of school. I lost my job.

VP for CBS Records, buds with Michael Jackson, but still empty.

Bernie Miller

One morning I woke up, and I turned on the TV, and the night prior to that I was watching an x-rated movie channel. When I woke up and turned on the TV it was on the 700 Club!

Put $15,000 on Dad’s credit card.

Robby

I’m driving home from work, and an eighteen-wheeler comes across two lanes of traffic and it rear-ends me; slams my car into the guardrail. My seat actually broke off the hinges. The seat belt locked, and my back torqued. I s...

What if God knows more than the doctors?

Tim Timmons

Twelve years ago, I was given five years to live. They said; “Tim, you have an incurable cancer and we will see you on Monday.” That was the most sobering time of my life.

I thought fame was the answer .

Chris M

I began to fill it with my surroundings, which was women and alcohol. It wasn’t long until I found myself with a $70,000 a year cocaine addiction.

Dad said no to my cowboy dreams.

Scott B

"I grew up in a preacher’s home. When I started thinking about the cowboy deal my dad was like, “We don’t do that.” I said, with a laugh, “What do you mean, we?”

Winning an NBA ring with Dr. J was not my greatest moment.

Pat

Everything was going beautifully, but there was an emptiness in my life and I was frustrated. I kept thinking, “There has to be more.”

Traveled 360 miles a week for two years to fix my gambling addiction.

Ned

I did everything imaginable you can do and probably by the grace of God. A lot of people would have been in prison for some of the stuff I did.

Very rich and very addicted.

Lewie

I couldn’t find enough drugs to make me happy. I couldn’t find enough alcohol to make me happy. I couldn’t find enough women to make me happy. I had all the money I wanted. I just couldn’t find happiness.

Chattanooga's major cocaine dealer thanks police.

Jose

By the time I got to the jail I was already ready to hear the gospel. I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know who. I didn’t know about this whole thing of being born again. I had heard about it, but I had never really inquir...