Stories and discussions of changed lives through the work SafeHouse Ministries does to love and serve people impacted by Homelessness, Addiction, and Incarceration.
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Mike's Stories from Freedom House--Part 1--Setting the Stage and Introducing the Heroes
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Mike is the Freedom House (Men's Shelter) Supervisor. He is one of the hardest working and intensely loving people I know. He goes above and beyond every day to love, serve, and invest himself into the lives of others to see miracles of transformation in the lives of the men that enter our shelter. Mike shares his insight into homelessness and how …
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Nick's Story Part 2: From Failure and Fort Leavenworth to Family and Freedom
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In this Part 2 episode Nick shares how he grew immensely while in prison and how he connected with the Plummer Home and SafeHouse Ministries to be able to leave prison. There are countless people across the nation who remain in prison well beyond their sentence termination because they simply do not have anywhere to go due to the many rules our soc…
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Nick's Story: Foolish Choices Got Him into Deep Trouble, but a Faithful Father Brought Him Out.
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This interview with Nick was so much fun, Nick has a God given internal drive to learn and grow, and even though some foolish choices landed him in prison at Fort Leavenworth, he turned a prison sentence into an opportunity for a new beginning. Nick chose to learn and grow himself, and he continues on that path of learning and growing today. Nick's…
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Tracy Arnold: Great Depths of Darkness Could Not Hold Her Down because God's Love for Her was too Great.
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Tracy is such a beautiful person, and she has a truly beautiful story. Her story has much pain in it, but the depths of her pain were no match to the depths of God's love for her. She has traveled all over the world, but she could never travel far enough to separate from the pain of her past, until the Creator God wrapped his arms around her and he…
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Carol's Story Part Two: The Amazing God that Changed Everything for the Better and Blessed Carol Beyond Her Greatest Imaginations.
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Carol's Story: The Folly of the Victim Mindset and the Powerful Truth that our Choices are Our Most Powerful Enemy or Ally.
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Carol Tyson is an amazing individual with an amazing story. She has the most wonderful laugh that is quickly identified in any room she inhabits. Carol shares the pain and sorrow of her story in a way that distills so much wisdom for the gleaning. This Two-Part story is one that will teach you a lot about Recovery, but even more about life.…
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Darlene Britton's Story: The Death Trap of Bad Friends and the Power of Changing Your Focus.
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Darlene was raised in a good home, but she sought out bad friends and fell into great darkness. From the age of 17 she paid dearly for her choice of friends and the path she took as a result. She had an abusive husband, who was eventually shot and killed by her dad, and she has three kids who have also been deeply hurt by the darkness that once con…
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Tony Davis: Overcoming Hurt, Trusting in the Lord, and Living to Serve Others.
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Tony is such a humble and quiet individual, and his story is powerful and full of many lessons. Lessons such as counting the cost before you launch into an endeavor, heeding warning signs instead of turning a blind eye, restraining your heart instead of foolishly "following your heart", and so much more. Tony has come to realize that God loves him …
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Tom Couture's Story: Losing it All, Learning to Let Go, and Finding the Love of an Almighty God--Part 2-The Miraculous Conclusion
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Part 2 of Tom's amazing story. Last week we heard Tom describe how he lost everything, his wife, his purpose, and nearly his life. This week we'll hear how Tom finally surrendered and trusted God to work in a miraculous way to put his life back together stronger and better than it ever was before.Phil Shuler
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Tom's Story: Losing it All, Learning to Let Go, and Finding the Love of an Almighty God.
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Tom endured great hardship as a child, but was able to grow up to be successful, or so he thought, until the darkness of addiction consumed him. But God had predestined that the darkness would not keep him. Tom's story is truly an incredible example of the abundant grace and goodness of God, in some ways it reminds me a little bit of the story of w…
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Proverbs 4:7 states "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding." There is so much wisdom to learn by the stories shared by the individuals interviewed in this podcast. The Lord has taught me personally so very much and he continues to teach me more with every interview and episode I do. I pray t…
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Choices That Lead To Death
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This podcast is a wonderful illustration of how choices affect our lives. It contains many testimonials from our podcast interviewees over the past year where they share the early choices that were made by their families and by themselves that began their journey into darkness and death. There is an abundance of wisdom to be found in pondering the …
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Stephanie's Story: Love, Redemption, and Divine Intervention Like You've Never Heard Before.
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God loves Stephanie, and it is so evident throughout her story. Stephanie had a really rough start, made some really bad choices, and found herself in great darkness, but God had a different plan for her life, and he found a way to bring her back to him. Stephanie's story will keep you on the edge of your seat, and if you listen through to the end …
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Robert's Willaby's Story: When Programs didn't work, God worked a Miracle.
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Robert tried so many programs repeatedly that never worked, then he cried out to God, and everything changed.Phil Shuler
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SafeHouse Ministries Podcast Highlight Mix Part 3
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Nicole, Barney, and Jana are three women who went through deep darkness, depression, and devastation but found healing and love in SafeHouse Ministries and love and life in God the Father and in Jesus. There is truly no limit to the power of God to heal and restore broken lives. Praise the LORD!Phil Shuler
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SafeHouse Ministries Podcast Highlight Mix Part 2
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Highlights from Billy, JamieLea, and Jeremy. Amazing stories of darkness turning to light and despair turning into hope! God is sovereign and loves us more than we could ever know!Phil Shuler
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Cheryl's Story: From Overdosing to Overcoming...A Dead Woman Who Became Born Again and Transformed Forever!
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From 38 years in addiction to now 38 years sober and serving Jesus. Chery's story is a powerful testimony of what it means to be born again by the power and the blood of Jesus. God has a plan for every person in this world, and his Spirit actively works in our lives to draw us unto himself. Chery's story is engaging and empowering, you'll be glad y…
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Troy Gardner's Story: A Great Darkness, But a Greater Savior.
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This is a must listen to story. There is so much instruction in this story about love and grace and how to have more of it in our lives. Jesus is the hero of Troy's story, and if you need a hero in your life Jesus would love to be the hero of your story as well.Phil Shuler
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Courtnie's Story: Living in Darkness Until The Light of God's Word Set Her Free.
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Courtnie's Life is a Testimony that the Word of Truth found in the Bible will set you free. She had a rough start and then as a teenager turned to drugs and men trying to find solace, but this path only turned into greater darkness. It was in prison when someone unexpectedly gave her a Life Recovery Bible that everything changed.…
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Daphne's Story: Abuse, Abandonment, but then Abba.
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Daphne was born into abuse and suffered abandonment at an early age. She ran to alcohol and drugs as a way of trying to escape her life, but that only brought her more sorrow. Daphne then found someone whom she learned had loved her from the beginning more than she could have ever imagined, Daphne trusted in Jesus and received God as her Abba Fathe…
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Kim Willsey: A modern age prodigal story of God's power to wake us up and bring us back to Him.
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Kim's story is powerful and parallels the story of the prodigal son found in Luke 15. She finally "woke up" when she found herself in the hospital with tubes coming out of her abdomen and trying to wheel herself into the bathroom to still get high. You'll learn much and be blessed by listening! God NEVER gives up on any of us and loves us more than…
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Fadrick's Story: The Power of Pain and the Love of God.
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Deep hurt in Fadrick's early life led him into years of deep anger and destructive behavior, but God had other plans for Fadrick, plans of redemption and plans of purpose. Fadrick opens up and shares his deep pain, his destructive behavior, and his eventual surrender to the Lord. This is an episdode full of powerful truths and lessons for us all to…
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Jackie's Story: Drinking, Destruction, and Second Chances for a New Life in Victory.
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Jackie has a wonderful bubbly spirit, and from what I've heard is also an excellent baker! But she has struggled greatly in the past with substance abuse, first with opiates and then with alcohol. Alcohol became the "substitute" for weaning her off opiates, but when the drinking became excessive things began to fall apart. Jackie needed help, and m…
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Corey's Journey: From Foster Care to Suicidal and Homeless to Love and Hope found in the Kindness of SafeHouse Ministries and Valley Rescue Mission.
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Corey's journey is a testament to the power of love and the power of Jesus to change lives. Corey was born into hardship and lost his way for many years, but God loved Corey all along and had a purpose to redeem his life. God used the love of Jesus found in the hands and hearts of Christians at SafeHouse Ministies and Valley Rescue Mission to reach…
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SafeHouse Ministries Podcast Highlight Mix - Part 1
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Peggy's Story: A Surviver, by God's Grace.
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After relistening to Peggy's interview and pondering her story, I am truly amazed. Peggy is such a strong woman and one of the most powerful testimonies I have ever heard about what it means to be a survivor and to truly know the grace of God to carry you through immense darkness and bring you out on the other side into light and victory. I'm not s…
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Ronnie's Story: A Beautiful Beginning, a Tragic Turn, and an Incredible Restoration
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Ronnie started out with what he describes as an amazing childhood, but things quickly fell apart when he was 12 years old and his parents divorced. At age 16 he had fallen off a cliff into hard drugs and a world of hurting himself and others. But the Lord wanted to claim and repurpose Ronnie. The Lord had a plan for Ronnie's life, and Ronnie states…
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Krystal's Story: Forging the High Life, Fighting Darkness of Soul, and Finding Salvation in the Love and Truth of God
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Krystal pursued a "better life" for herself and her family, but it turned out to be instead a path of heartache and death. She shares much of the heartache and gives some powerful lessons that if heeded by others will spare them pain and suffering that they don't need to bring upon themselves. You will enjoy and learn much from Krystal in this week…
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Neil's Story: From 30 years of Cocaine Addiction to New Birth in His Own Life and the Founding of SafeHouse Ministries through his Surrender to God's Plan, which was Bigger than He ever Imagined.
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Amber's Story: Being an Overcomer through the Power and Providence of God.
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Amber grew up in a home where drug use was commonplace and drug addiction was a way of life. She told herself she'd never follow that path but ended up not being able to avoid it. Amber's favorite verse is Romans 5:8 because she saw firsthand in her own life just how much God loved and pursued her even while she was living in darkness and cared not…
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Jerome's Story: A Burned out Shell of a Man Whose Life was Rebuilt Stronger Than Ever by the Regenerative Power of God.
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Jerome was running around at 5 years old on the playground with cocaine in his shorts as an unwitting accomplice to his Dad's drug dealing endeavors. He progressed to armed robbery at the age of 16 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison...But God had other plans for Jerome's life. God turned Jerome's world upside down, saved his soul, and set his …
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Raymond's Story: Beat Up, Beat Down, and Becoming Free.
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Raymond's life began with a dad who beat him up and a life that beat him down. He learned from an early age to fend for himself, began dealing drugs at age 11 and landed in prison at age 19. Raymond spent his early adult life traveling the country and visiting every state in the continental U.S. by manipulating money and service out of strangers. A…
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Trent's Story: Amazing Grace, Modern Day Miracles, and a New Home and Hope.
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Trent had to raise himself, he made the wrong choices and chose the wrong family early on in life, falling in with a gang. He spent 20 years in prison and hurt countless people. But God had other plans, plans to redeem Trent, plans to use him for a greater purpose, plans to save him. You'll love hearing Trent's amazing story and if you listen close…
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Shawn Cawley's Story: Choose Your Friends Wisely, They Will Often Be the Deciding Factor in Your Failure or Victory.
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Shawn has a truly beautiful spirit about him. He is always quick to smile and to serve others. Shawn's story is beautiful as well, and it testifies to the power that friends can have upon your life. Bad friends dragged him down in the past, but the good friends he has now look out for him and encourage him to stay on the right path. But the greates…
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"Good Morning Sunshine", Onnie's Story Part 2: The Power A Redeemed Life Can Have on Others.
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Onnie Boswell passed away a week after recording the podcast interview that aired last week. This part two episode recounts and relays the incredible positive impact that Onnie had in the lives of so many people. You'll hear many amazing testimonies in this episode that relay the legacy of Onnie's last two years of life and the amazing kingdom work…
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"Good Morning Sunshine", Onnie's Story Part 1: 32 Years of Active Addiction, 19 Felony Convictions, and the Prayer to God that Changed it all.
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The Recording of this interview was nothing less than a miracle of God. Onnie was someone who worked for SafeHouse Ministries, and whose life made a huge positive impact on all those who knew him. He had a gift from God to love you from the moment he met you, and to make you feel like you were the most important person in all the world. When Onnie …
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Tim Hudson's Story: From 30 years in Prison to a life on the outside of serving others instead of serving self.
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Tim had a rough start in life, ended up getting into trouble early on and spent 30 years in prison. But God was working all along and had a greater plan for Tim's life. Tim got out of prison and ended up homeless, sleeping out on the street in the cold when the Lord then led him to SafeHouse Ministries, where he found shelter, job training, and pur…
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Scott's Story: Overcoming Addiction and Climbing out of Homelessness.
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Coming from a family of addicts Scott had much to overcome in his life, but by God's grace he has done just that. Scott came to the Freedom House with nothing but what he could fit into a couple bags he carried with him, and now he has a stable job which he loves, is working on a long-term degree and career plan, and has been completely clean of dr…
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Helping Others Find Meaningful and Profitable Employment
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Ross's Story: God's Power to Redeem and Refocus Our Lives.
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Keith's Story: God Works in Mysterious Ways, but Always for Our Good if We Listen and Receive His Truth.
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Keith shares his incredible story and his gratefulness to God for being with him and loving him through it all. Keith has been incarcerated, homeless, and addicted throughout his life, but now he's clean, has a good job, a solid marriage, and a home of his own. God is good, and Keith will testify.Phil Shuler
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Amanda's Story: The Amazing Beauty of the Sovereignty of God.
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An incredible story of God's hand of sovereignty which led Amanda to victory from an incredibly difficult starting place. Amanda was born into a home and family filled with drug addicts, had to largely raise herself as a child, lived for many years in the darkness of addiction and homelessness, endured her father's suicide, entered into many toxic …
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Jana's Story: God's Grace and Hope
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Jana shares the deepest and darkest times of her life, and she share's the secret of how she escaped those times to live in victory. Jana describes a life without hope, times of drug overdoses, rape, abuse, homicidal husbands, and so much more. But she goes on to tell about how she found grace and hope when she got connected with SafeHouse Ministri…
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Jeremy's Story: From Living the Dream To Facing A Nightmare.
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Jeremy's story is one of high achievement and hard failure. God gifted him with many talents and Jeremy used those talents to achieve a life that most would envy. He then made a series of bad choices which seemed small enough but started him on a path that would lead him to almost lose everything. Jeremy found his way back to the Lord and the Lord …
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Billy's Story: Hard Headedness, Hard Work, and Humility
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Billy Wade is one of the hardest working and most humble men you could ever meet. He has an amazing testimony of going from being homeless and addicted to getting clean, owning his own business, and giving an opportunity to others to work and create a better life for themselves. Throughout this podcast Billy sprinkles pearls of wisdom that can teac…
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Barney's Story: The Power of the Lord to Heal and Give Joy
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Barney is such a joy to be around. She is full of life and brightens up the room when she enters. Barney has an amazing story of hardship and struggle which the Lord has turned into joy and abundant life.Phil Shuler
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Nicole Story: Curiosity Nearly Kills, but God Delivers.
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Nicole had a great family and childhood, but curiosity about "forbidden" things enticed her to make some very bad choices. What she thought were simply a few small steps turned out to be the entryway into a path of darkness that nearly swallowed her up forever. She turned to God in desperation, and He delivered her. She now works as the Grace House…
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JamieLea's Story: Victory through Surrender.
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JamieLea has an incredible story of overcoming darkness by surrendering to God. She went from being addicted on Meth and spending time in prison to now working as the Director of Connections at SafeHouse where she coordinates intake of individuals into our shelters and into the Tomorrow's Hope program. She is an amazing individual and one of the st…
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Episode 3: Kristi the Redeemed.
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This episode chronicles the struggle of addiction and bondage in Kristi's life and the story of redemption and victory she found in Jesus, SafeHouse, and Recovery.Phil Shuler
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Episode 2: Trixy Jones the Fearless
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In this episode Trixy Jones shares her incredible story with us. She and her husband partnered in life and in crime for many years until addiction gripped hold of them both and brough them into disaster and destruction. Trixy shares her journey from the living the "high life" to nearly drowning in the darkness that followed, and finally to the vict…
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