Plea for Sober Sobriety

The following is an excerpt from Steven Ackland's Hope Mission story. Steven is hoping to have it published in whole or in part in the Edmonton Journal. Of course we are hoping for the same thing.

Thank you Steven, for telling your story, and doing it in such a compelling fashion.

A PLEA FOR A SOBER SOBRIETY

You can feed my habit or you can feed my recovery, give your money to me on the street or give it to the Hope Mission.

I feel compelled to write this due to all of the media lately on the homeless. I think that people should be more educated on the organizations helping combat the problem. Personally I would like to call your attention to the Hope Mission.

My story with the Hope Mission has been developing for a few years now. You see, I like the people I have seen and recognized in the media, have been battling addiction. You may have passed me, maybe you felt pity and gave me money for something to eat. If you did, I didn’t buy something to nourish my body. I bought “food” for my addiction. I got what nourished my body for free at the Hope Mission, the Marian Centre, the Mustard Seed Church, the Boyle Street Co-op, The Bissell Centre, the Victory Church, The Salvation Army, Hosea Ministries etc. I lived a life of misery and I heard the people at the Hope Mission say there was hope for me.

ONE DAY I LISTENED TO THEM...

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