DARP. Foundation

01/17/2024

Pray the chicken farm will reopen soon. It makes the difference in people's lives and that in return helps change their families lives. A ministry could have this reopened in a month's time. Plus all the job's and food it creates is profitable, which can go towards helping a graduate continue to reform and help them become more successful and independent.

10/10/2022

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10/01/2022

07/05/2022

Loving a drug addict is the hardest thing you will ever do. Watching someone you love, that has fought so hard to beat addiction, throw everything away and sink back into a life that will most likely lead to jail or death, is one of the hardest things you will ever do. All you wanted was to help them back to a clean and sober life but you realize by doing this, as you have before, will now just be enabling them because it will show them that you will always be there to bail them out. You want to grab and shake them and say "What are you doing?!?!" But, at some point you realize that it wouldn't make a difference. So you sit back and watch the tragedy unfold, as if you are watching a movie. Feeling helpless to stop it, feeling like you haven't done enough to help, even though you know only the addict can help themselves.
Battling a drug addiction is a beast for the person addicted and the ones who love them. So l am asking you to stand with me in prayer for every family member and friend who has lost or is losing their battle with drugs and alcohol and those who continue to conquer it! Timmy Kelly.

08/23/2021

One thing you never want to do is watch someone you love, that has fought so hard to beat addiction, throw everything away and sink back into a life that will most likely lead to jail or death. You want to grab them and shake them and scream, "What are you doing?!?!" but, at some point, you realize that it wouldn't make a difference. So you sit back and watch the tragedy unfold as if you are watching a movie. Feeling helpless to stop it, feeling like you haven't done enough to help, even though you know only the addict can help themselves. Battling addiction is a beast for the person addicted and for the ones who love them. So l am asking you to stand with me for every family member, loved one and friend who has lost or is losing their battle with drugs and alcohol and for those who continue to conquer it! Put this on your page for one hour if you know someone who struggles with addiction... 💜🙏🏽💜

10/12/2020

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Dear Addict Haters:
Hello, you don’t know me but I am an addict. I am one of the “junkies” you love to bash whenever someone mentions addiction on social media or hear it in conversation. I know it’s hard to forgive the things we sometimes do because of our addiction, but I have a question for you. What is the worst thing you have ever done? Obviously, I won’t get an answer to this question but think about it. The thing that you hate that you did. You know, that one thing that not too many people even know about. Well, what if everyone knew about it? What if for the rest of your life you were labeled by that one act that you would erase in a second if you had the chance? That is what being an addict is like, kind of. Now, I don’t feel like being an addict is the worst thing a person can be or do. You, however, feel like it’s a terrible thing. Don’t get me wrong: If I could erase it from my life, I would. In an instant, it would be gone, but I don’t have that option. I can’t even do what you do and pretend that this thing I did didn’t happen. In order for me to ensure it never happens again, I have to work hard on making sure it doesn’t. If I don’t, my disease will tell me I can have a drink or do a line and not fall back into full-blown addiction, but I will.
Do you work hard to make sure your worst thing never happens again? Let me guess... you are thinking, Addiction is not a disease. It’s a choice. Right?
Yes, all addiction starts with a choice.
The same damn choice you made when you were young and hanging out with friends. You drank the same beer I drank. The same pot I smoked. You even tried the same line of white stuff someone put in front of you at a party. You were able to walk away and not take it to the extreme.
Since I have the disease, I will spend the rest of my life either struggling to stay high or fighting to stay clean.
As children, we don’t decide we would rather be an addict instead of a cop.
You don’t see children pretending that their dolls and stuffed animals are dope sick.
When is the last time you talked to a little girl who told you she couldn’t wait to grow up so she could turn tricks to feed the insatiable hunger of her drug addiction?
My best friend didn’t blow out the candles as a child wishing for a substance abuse disorder because she couldn't wait for the day her kids would go to foster care.
Nobody Wants to have substance use disorder.
Some of us just do.
So always remember:
You made those same choices, too.
You just got lucky that it was me and not you.
If you still have doubts, you can take those up with the Center for Disease Control or the United States Surgeon General. They have classified addiction as a disease, but then again... I am sure you know more about it than they do, right?
I pray that you don’t have to reevaluate these opinions because you find out your child or parent is an addict. If you do, just know that we will accept you into our community. We will help your loved one. Do you know why we would do that? Because we are good people who just want the chance to live like everyone else.
So please, before you write another post bashing people who are suffering, think about it. Not only are you hurting the people who have the disease, you could be hurting everyone that loves them. You have people on your friends list or people that may overhear you at work who have children who are suffering right this moment from addiction. What did they do to deserve the awful things you put out into the universe that do nothing but perpetuate hate and judgment?
You have a right to your opinion. But no matter what, hurting people is wrong.
ohh by the way please copy and paste share ur pic with this so we can all spread the love and happiness ...... we do live on!! I had to share it. Most of my peeps deal w/addiction in one way or another! So copy paste it for your FRIENDS LIST

03/07/2020

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02/18/2020

“I remember before I tried m**h, I asked people what it was like. They said “it’s like a burst of energy, a rush that takes your breath, it’s the best feeling ever, I don’t know how to explain it really.’ And they were right, but now if someone were to ever ask me what it’s like, I would tell them..

‘It’s like spending every single penny you ever had, on drugs.

It’s like going days without eating even though you were starving, but you needed dope more.

It’s like having to lie to every family and friend you had ever had.

It’s like waking up hating yourself from the shame and guilt.

It’s like going into withdrawals every 8 hours unless you had more dope to do. (And you usually didn’t)

It’s like never attending any family event because you were too high or too sick.

It’s like everyone eventually stopped inviting you to events. And even talking to you.

It's like crying yourself to sleep every single night because your children got taken.

It’s like knowing you have one more chance to get better before your child gets adopted and still choosing that bag.

It's like asking others how your own blood child is doing.

It's watching everyone around you succeed and yet you’re crumbling.

It’s like everything was on your drug dealers time. If they said five hours. You’ll wait five hours in a car.

It’s like stealing everything worth value for dope. No matter how sentimental it was to you, or someone else.

It’s like losing so much weight you can’t fit into any of your clothes.

It’s like losing everything you’ve ever owned in your entire life.

It’s like nobody believing a word you said, even if it was the truth.

It’s like being a prisoner inside your own head.

It’s like contemplating su***de every single day.

It’s like never being scared to die, because that’s what you wanted.

It’s like trying to shut your brain up for even five minutes. It was worth that little time of peace.

It’s like seeing your family cry for you to stop, only for you to leave and go get high. Because stopping wasn’t an option. It wasn’t possible.

It’s like you’d do absolutely anything for more. And you did.

It’s like everyone hating you no matter where you went, because they knew you were a drug addict.

You'll miss out on your children and they'll be grown before you Know it. You'd kill for your child and do any and everything for them yet you won't be able to get clean for them and we actually turn out to be the ones who hurt them the most.

It’s like overdosing and going to get high right after.

It’s like walking into rehab 100 pounds with the clothes on your back and being scared to death.

It’s like giving your ENTIRE LIFE AWAY.

So if you’re ever curious like I was, please at least know the truth. CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, and it WILL KILL YOU TOO” 💯😔👌

12/10/2019

Hey guys, 9 years ago I graduated the program. Got my certificate, and stayed in transition for a little longer. Anyways, I'm working on getting my license back after almost 18 years and they said that my darp certificate would qualify as one of my requirements.
After I graduated the first thing I did was buy a Phone. I took a pic of the certificate, but 9 years ago cameras sucked and the resolution is horrible. The state is asking that I request a duplicate copy of my graduation.

If you could help me with this or shoot me to someone who can I would be most thankful

Thanks,
Hey guys, 9 years ago I graduated from the program. I got my certificate and stayed in transition for a little longer. Anyways, I'm working on getting my license back after almost 18 years and they said that my darp certificate would qualify as one of my requirements.

10/09/2019

This is my big brother. I was 15 and we were both sniffing lines of co***ne together.
16 and we both smoked crack together. Lines of suboxone and pills covered our tables. And what ever else came our way.
Throughout the years, we found a life of addiction together.
We both had pain we couldn’t cope with and trauma we never addressed. Long nights of liquor blackouts consumed us. Then he progressed down a different path than I did. And I separated myself from the world.
Both unified in addiction- but distant from each other.
My overdose and experience with God led me to a path of recovery.
His 6 overdoses led him further into the depths of this hell we call addiction....
I thought “I can save him since I know the way out”
But I couldn’t.
I begged him. Pleaded with him. It didn’t matter.
So I stepped back after 10 years and focused on myself.
I realized I couldn’t save him.
And I slept. And I ate. And I felt. All of the things I couldn’t do before I let go.
About a month later Zack calls me.
“I want to go to rehab- I don’t want to do this anymore”
He decided to save himself. Som**hing I couldn’t do. And he DID.
Today we’re both in recovery by the grace of God. We thrive. We love. We’ve come together as a force to show those who are lost in addiction that there is a way out.
There is.
We are proof.
Recovery is possible- don’t for a second believe it’s not.