Category: Success Stories

There’s no such thing as a perfect family, but ideally, children thrive when growing up in a safe and stable home. Chasity’s childhood was just the opposite: Her parents divorced …

Anastasia’s life started spinning out of control at age 13 … partly because of a painful ear infection. Her father gave her a Lortab (a narcotic) to help with the …

Duane was eager to make a difference. When he was in high school in the early 1970s, Duane lost a few older friends in the Vietnam War and remembers others …

When you’re behind bars, you’ve got a lot of time to think. And Katelin had a lot to think about. “I kept thinking about all the things I’d done wrong …

Gwendolyn started using drugs as a teenager with low self-esteem. “I didn’t like feeling how I felt,” she says. “But when I caught a buzz, I always felt better.” Gwendolyn …

Bill grew up in an abusive home and started drinking at age 15 to cope. A few years later, he joined the Army to try to get away from it …

Daniel keeps using the same word to describe his life of drug addiction before coming to Kokomo Rescue Mission: Lost. He lost his job. Lost what was left of his …

Mary absolutely did not want to come to the Kokomo Rescue Mission. But she didn’t have much of a choice. A judge sent her to the Mission after she’d served …

Tad knew he needed help. And because of you, he got what he needed to find a new path forward. “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but …

Your kindness is leading Lynne out of darkness and into the light. Lynne’s* childhood was so abusive and traumatic that it should come with a warning label. She somehow survived …