I HAD TRACK MARKS
LITERALLY FROM MY FEET TO MY
NECK.
I WAS COVERED.
IT WAS A QUICK, EASY HIGH.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I
COULD DO ANYWHERE.
IT CONSUMED EVERY PART OF MY
LIFE.
Reporter: SAMANTHA
MOSLEY STARTED USING DRUGS
WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD AS
A WAY TO FIT IN.
BY THE TIME SHE WAS 18,
SAMANTHA WAS A HARD-CORE
DRUG ADDICT.
SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME AND
GOT INVOLVED IN AN ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN
TWICE HER AGE.
HE INTRODUCED ME TO
HARDER DRUGS, WHERE I BECAME
ADDICTED TO CRACK COCAINE.
I BEGAN DOING ANYTHING TO
FEED MY ADDICTION.
AND I ENDED UP GETTING
ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF
DRUGS.
Reporter: SAMANTHA WAS
SIX MONTHS PREGNANT AND HIGH
WHEN SHE WENT TO JAIL.
WHEN I WAS THERE, IT WAS
SUMMERTIME AND WAS HOT.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO
OUTSIDE FOR RECREATION.
AND THE ALTERNATIVE WAS TO
GO TO A CHAPEL SERVICE.
WHEN I STARTED TO GO AND
HEAR ABOUT GOD AND JESUS AND
HIS FORGIVENESS AND HIS
LOVE, SOMETHING TOUCHED MY
HEART AND I KNEW THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING GREATER.
AND I JUST STARTED PRAYING.
AND MY PRAYERS WERE SO
SIMPLE, BUT IT WAS, GOD, I
NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I NEED TO DO SOMETHING
BETTER WITH MY LIFE FOR MY
CHILD.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY BABY
HERE.
Reporter: SAMANTHA
REACHED OUT TO HER PARENTS
FOR HELP.
THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR
PROGRAMS, BUT EVERYWHERE
THEY FOUND SAID I COULD
COME, BUT ONCE I HAD MY BABY
I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE.
I KNEW THAT WASN'T AN
OPTION.
I KNEW I NEEDED SOMEWHERE
THAT I COULD HAVE MY CHILD x
WITH ME.
Reporter: SAMANTHA'S
MOTHER LEARNED ABOUT NEW
LIFE HOME FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, A REHABILITATION
PROGRAM SPONSORED IN PART BY
CBN.
THE PROGRAM ALLOWS MOTHERS
TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN AS
THEY GO THROUGH RECOVERY.
SHE GOT ALL OF THE
INFORMATION, AND SHE SENT IT
TO ME.
AND I JUST STARTED PRAYING.
I USED TO JUST SIT AND STARE
AT A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE
AND SAID, THIS IS WHERE I'M
GOING TO BE.
ONE DAY I KNEW IN MY HEART
THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Reporter: SAMANTHA WENT
DIRECTLY FROM JAIL TO THE
PROGRAM.
I WILL NEVER FORGET, I
PULLED UP TO THE FRONT OF
THE HOUSE.
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR,
THERE WERE TWO STAFF
STANDING OUTSIDE AND THEY
JUST EMBRACED ME.
IT WAS JUST THE MOST
INCREDIBLE FEELING BECAUSE
THEY JUST LOVED ME.
BACK THEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
IT WAS, BUT I KNOW IT WAS
THE LOVE OF CHRIST THAT
EMBRACED ME.
IT CONSUMED ME.
IT WAS THE SAME FEEL WITH
THE DRUGS, BUT IT WAS LOVE,
AND IT WAS SOMETHING I NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE IN MY
LIFE.
Reporter: SAMANTHA GAVE
HER LIFE TO CHRIST.
AFTER HER DAUGHTER WAS
BORN, SHE STARTED PLANNING
FOR THE FUTURE.
I HAD MY G.E.D.
I NEVER WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL,
BUT I REALLY WANTED TO HELP
WOMEN.
AND I KNEW THROUGH THE
ENCOURAGEMENT AND GRACE AND
THE STAFF HERE, THAT GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL WOULD BE THE
BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE THOSE
GOALS.
Reporter: SAMANTHA
CHOSE TO ATTEND REGENT
UNIVERSITY'S ONLINE PROGRAM
TO GET HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE
IN COUNSELLING.
REGENT UNIVERSITY JUST
OFFERED ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL
ONLINE, TO GET A DEGREE IN A
SECULAR DISCIPLINE OF
PSYCHOLOGY, WITH A CHRISTIAN
BASIS, AND BE ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF MY DAUGHTER.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS AN ONLINE
STUDENT, I FELT LIKE I KNEW
MY TMPS AN TEACHERS AND I
COULD TALK TO THEM IF I HAD
AN ISSUE OR PROBLEM OR
NEEDED CLARIFICATION ON
SOMETHING.
I LOVED LEARNING PSYCHOLOGY
WITH A CHRISTIAN
FOUNDATION.
Reporter: SAMANTHA
GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM
REGENT UNIVERSITY IN
MAY 2012.
TODAY SHE IS AN ACTIVE
MOTHER, BUT WORKS TO COUNSEL
OTHER WOMEN IN THE RECOVERY
PROGRAM AND NEW LIFE HOME.
I DON'T HAVE TO LIVE
UNDER THE STIGMA THAT I'LL
BE A DRUG ADDICT FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE.
I'VE BEEN SET FREE.
I THINK WALKING IN THAT
TRUTH AND THE NEWNESS OF
LIFE IS WHAT CHANGES US, AND
KNOWING WE DON'T HAVE TO BE
THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE PAST.
THAT WE DO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY AND A SECOND
CHANCE AT LIFE THAT ONLY
COMES THROUGH CHRIST.
