New Lifestyles Transitional Housing For Women Inc. 

 

I THANK GOD FOR THE VISION HE HAS PLACED ON MY HEART TO GO BACK INTO THE ENEMY'S CAMP TO REACH ALL THE JANICE'S THAT ARE SEEKING A NEW LIFESTYLE.

I STARTED MY SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS AT THE AGE OF 12...NEVER FEELING LIKE I WAS LOVED BY MY FAMILY I BEGAN:( LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES FINDING MYSELF RUNNING INTO DEAD END STREETS. FROM PROGRAMS TO PRISON, NEVER GIVEN MYSELF THE BREAK I DESERVED, ONLY BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I WASN'T WORTHY ENOUGH. WHILE IN PRISON IN 1981 I WAS TOLD I HAD A DISEASE THAT THEY KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT  IN 1981, THAT DISEASE WAS AIDS...FOR 10 YEARS AFTER THAT REPORT I CONTINUED MY SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS. I WAS SCARED, SHAME, CONFUSED...ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS DIE ALREADY. GOD HAD ANOTHER PLAN FOR MY LIFE...I FINALLY GOT TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF MY SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS.

TODAY, I AM A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY, AT THE AGE OF 50 I OBTAINED MY GED AND ENTERED INTO NEW HAVEN CT GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO FURTHER MY EDUACTION. IN 2009 I BEGAN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN SEEKING A NEW LIFESTYLE, MY EXPERIENCES OF BEING IN AND OUT OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND HALFWAY HOUSES HAS LEAD ME TO WANT TO OPEN A TRANSITIONAL HOUSE FOR WOMEN THAT ARE SEEKING A NEW LIFESTYLES AND NEED A SAFE HAVEN TO START THE HEALING PROCESS TOWARDS RECOVERY. THIS CHALLENGE CONTINUESTO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING TO MAKE THIS DREAM BECOME A REALITY. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES I WILL CONTINUE TO GO BE HIDE THE WALL'S INTO THE TREATMENT CENTER WERE WAS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERY.