I was so unhappy and didn't know why!

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"I also got pretty heavy into drugs and drinking. And for a while, drugs made me happy. But it wasn't happiness I was searching for. It was purpose and meaning." It took the awful notion of thinking about suicide for Tricia to cry out to God. "I said, 'if You are up there, I need You to do something or this is it.'"

Tricia knew she needed help, but she didn't want to go to a program outside of Memphis because her son lives here and she wanted to be close to him. With the help of family and friends, she found Moriah House. But even in that, she sees God's hand, "He picked me up gently and graciously and He put me at Moriah House!"

"Today I have meaning for my life. I have love that I always wanted. God takes care of me, He's provided clothes, He's provided food, He's provided shelter. He's provided everything that I've needed, and a place where I could sit and meditate on Him."

In addition to building a relationship with the Lord, Trisha is working full time and, more importantly, rebuilding a strong relationship with her fourteen-year-old son. "I get to see him on the weekends, and the relationship there is beautiful now. He went through a lot of trust issues with me, and he recently has told me that I've earned his trust back. He said, 'I really like the way you are, mom. I really like the way you are now.' I've told him through all of this that I want him to learn that this is what God is like and this is what He can do. I hope for my so to be saved also. I pray for that and trust in God."

"I feel like I've lived two separate lives. Now I have hopes and dreams. I feel like a little kid because I'm a child in Christ. I was reborn into Him. Now, I want to be able to speak to others who have gone through the same troubles I have. My heart is for people on drugs and people out there who are lost. And I want God to be glorified every time I give my testimony!"