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John: A Story of Addiction, Hopelessness, and the Search for Redemption
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John crouches in a dim alley, his tattered clothes barely clinging to his emaciated frame. His face, weathered beyond his years, tells the story of a man consumed by the grip of methamphetamine--a drug so powerful it has obliterated every trace of the life he once knew. Once someone's child, someone's friend, maybe even someone's hope, John now exists in a reality where his only belief is in Meth.
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Upset homeless teenager wearing hoodie, feeling cold, indifference and poverty.
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1/6/2025 (8 months ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Addiction, Drugs, God, Hope, Hopeless, Meth, Redemption
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