Stories about Our Kids:
Xander's Life Change

It was a shock to his system the first night that he had to sleep in a park. It was also something that he never thought he’d have to do. But His mother had had enough of his drug use and now, Xander was paying the consequences. The bench was cold when he lay down. It was then that he began to realize just the kind of situation that he had gotten himself into. He was eighteen and homeless.

Xander had been using drugs since he was 15 years old. As he got older, his problem got progressively worse and as a result, so did his family life. He was losing touch with the people that loved him but Xander didn’t care. All he could think about was his finding his next fix. Finally, his mother gave up on him and kicked him out of the house. “My family didn’t want anything to do with me because of my drug use.” He says now...Click here to read more