Covenant House Vancouver

I met this young man by the name if Terry when I first stated working at Covenant house. He was a quiet and shy young man who had a zeal and passion for life. Over the course of time that I have known him, I have watched him struggle with a crystal meth addiction; however, even within his addiction he would openly still come to Covenant House because he had nowhere else to go. When Terry would come in, I would see him on his best days but also on his worst days when the addiction was getting to him and would bring him down. It was sad to see how the addiction would cast a shadow on Terry's zeal for life.

Terry had a strong desire to get cleaned up and we often had long conversations about this. He knew that getting his life back together and getting clean was going to be a very long road ahead and sometimes I would see him sitting in silence at Covenant House contemplating what to do next.

Terry took the risk and over the course of a few months I saw him in and out of Detox treatment having relapsed on a few occasions. I watched how the addiction began to wear on him as he wrestled with it and I started to wonder if his addiction would cost him his life but Terry had a spirit that loved life and this spirit is what would drive him to success. After one of Terry's relapses, he made a promise that he would try detox treatment one more time. He was like the little train that wouldn't quit.

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