- Mark: "I even stole money from my mother"
Mark (30) has followed treatment at De Hoop for almost a year now. He has used XTC, speed and cocaine. He takes part in De Hoop's Supervised Independent Living Project.
- "Chocolates were my best friends"
December is a month of cheerfulness and togetherness. But exactly at this time of year, many people feel more lonely than ever.
- "Dear Mum, I thougt it was great!"
Hannie has been addicted to heroin for years. She also drank two liters of vodka each day easily. But - with the help of the Lord God and the people around her - she has changed!
- Jos: "I changed from dealer to user."
Jos is 41 years old. He had been addicted to cocaine for twenty years. His life changed at the moment he sat down on his knees and called upon the Lord God.
- Former drug dealer wants to become an evangelist
Jan van Weenen starts drinking when he is thirteen years old. Two years later, he is smoking his first joint. But that is not all. At the age of seventeen, he is using LSD, among other things.
- Goos: "Who am I without my wife and children?"
Goos: ‘For me, having a drink at times was not abnormal. It was a habit. May father liked to have a drink also.'
- Elvira: "God has been really good to me..."
"I have learnt to look at myself the way I believe God looks at me. I have burnt my diaries that were filled with negative comments about myself. But I still have a way to go."
- Alfred: "I had been drinking for twenty years. No more."
In 1954, Alfred is born. "Despite his aggressiveness, I loved my father... because he was a broken man. I did not want to become like him but, unfortunately, I did."
- Shahire: "They spat at me..."
"I was born at Bonaire. My parents separated when I was still a little child. My mum was addicted. Therefore, she was not able to take good care of me."
- Eddy: "I have been in that misery"
In 1984, an article is published in a Dutch newspaper. It is written by a journalist about his addicted brother.
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