At 15, Jade Lewis was an aspiring young athlete. By 18 she was a heroin addict.
Many people told her she was hopeless and that she would never amount to anything. After being arrested for drug related charges she knew she had to do something to change her life. At the age of 22 Jade entered the Teen Challenge programme and was able to leave drugs behind. She has since dedicated her life to helping people of all ages, walks and professions to make changes to their own lives. Today she is an author, motivational speaker, mentor and role model to many.
Jade will be telling her story at a community drug prevention presentation in Midland, Western Australia on Sunday the 30th of May. Jade joined me on 98.5 Sonshine FM to talk about her story and the seminar.
You can hear part of Jade’s story by clicking the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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What a great person to be sharing her story and showing us that if we do drop off the right road onto a road of ‘personal destruction’, that there is hope and you CAN choose to get back on the road to a healthy and productive life. An act of bad judgement does not define the person you are. Well done Jade! Debbie xx
Thanks for your comments Debbie.
She certainly has a powerful message and I’m hoping that a lot of people will head along to the seminar so that a lot of future heartache can be avoided.
She came to speak at our MOPS a while ago – what an INSPIRATION!
She certainly is inspirational.