Non-Profit Transitional housing for men with life controlling issues associated with drug and alcohol addictions.
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Scott Grant
My name is Scott and I am a grateful believer in Jesus Christ. I am also a recovering drug addict – alcoholic who
struggles with anger, pride and self-esteem. This is how I introduce myself now. However, when I came to Isaiah
House I really had no idea who I was and what I struggled with except addiction.
By the grace of God, I have been clean and sober for over 6 years. I now have a great job doing what I love to do. I have people in my life that I love and love me for who I am.
My Story…
Rock Bottom
I was at Walker State Prison in the RSAT program and had been there for about five months. My wife at the time had been speaking to the counselors trying to get me an early release. Her health was failing and she was in really bad shape. One day, April 3rd, 2013, a Catholic Chaplain called me out of the dorm and took me to a small room. I
thought he was going to tell me I was getting released, but that wasn’t it at all. He closed the door and we sat down. He calmly told me that my wife, Kim, had passed away from a drug overdose the day before on April 2nd, 2013. My entire world had just collapsed.
I was escorted to her funeral in a county transport in chains and shackles. While I was there, I ran into a Chaplain whom I had met while awaiting my transfer to Walker at the Fannin County Jail where I had been for 7 months. He came up to me as I stared at my dead wife’s body and put his hand on my shoulder. The Preacher had no knowledge of my being there, hence, the Holy Spirit had to have sent him and then he left. Immediately, Matthew 5:4 ran through my mind. “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” At that point, Jesus became real to me!
I returned to Walker and mourned for days, not knowing what to do. Nowhere to go when I eventually got out, no phone numbers to call because I couldn’t remember any of them. My mind was completely numb and empty.
Fortunately, or perhaps through a miracle, I had a bunkmate, Ben, who suggested The Isaiah House to me. I had never heard of it, nor did I ever consider going to a halfway house but it was my only hope. So, we went to the counselor’s office to speak to them. Ben gave them the name and they allowed me to call Ed Jeffery, the Director, for the first time in my life. I explained my situation and asked him if I could please come there and try their wayof life. He said YES!!!! I had HOPE!!! Miracle #1.
(Image of Scott when he first arrived at Isaiah House)
Miracles
Five weeks later I was released from Walker. I had been transferred to Holly Springs to stand before Judge Cogdill for previous DUI charges. The Judge agreed to waive all fines and probation upon my completion of Isaiah House.
Miracle #2.
I called Ed from Canton, Georgia, about 50 miles from the Isaiah House and asked if he could come get me which without hesitation he agreed to do. Ed pulled up, a man I had never met before in my life in a “white” 1986 Dodge Ram 2 door truck. He didn’t get out of the truck because he had an external cast on his leg with wiring hanging all over it. I was shocked that he came all that way, in all that pain, to get a criminal he didn’t even know. When I got in that old truck and sat next to him, I knew my life would never be the same as it was before. Ever again.
Ed took me back to the house where I got to sleep in a real bed for the first time in 13 months. WOW! I went to work the very next day and attended my first AA meeting that night. When I arrived at Isaiah House all I had was my Bible and the clothes on my back. I didn’t have a penny to my name. Sally, Ed’s wife, took me to the thrift store and I picked out some clothes to wear until I could do better.
I chose to stay at Isaiah House for 20 months because I knew I was safe there. Over the course of those 20 months I got a sponsor, worked the 12 steps for the first time, had a spiritual awakening and actually became a sponsor myself and still am to this day. The program I was introduced to at Isaiah House has changed my life, my mind, and my view of the world around me. I thank God for sending me there.
The love that I experienced through Ed and Sally Jeffery I can’t even begin to describe, but, I’m sure there are other men out there that would and could say the same things about them and that “house.”
By the grace of God, I have been clean and sober for 6 years and 9 months. I now have a great job doing what I love to do. I have people in my life that I love and love me for who I am. I go to Church every Sunday. I am now a leader at our local Celebrate Recovery Group, do our bi-weekly teachings on the 12 steps and lead the chemical addiction small group each week. Additionally, I lead a step study at a local men’s court ordered residential home every Sunday night. I carry the message to all that want to receive it and have been blessed to witness other miracles.
Sincerely Yours, A Changed Man
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Resident Application Notes
Application Process
We provide men who have been through a drug and alcohol program, an opportunity to gain needed skills to better equip them with integrating back into society.
Candidates for admission to the Isaiah House Program must complete their application and have an interview with the Director. The program is open to males between ages 25 and 55, who have already completed a drug and alcohol program, are physically able to work, are medically able to fully participate.
IS Isaiah House Right For You
Isaiah House exists to help men with life controlling issues, such as drug and alcohol addictions as well as other issues by providing a healthy, balanced, structured environment for the whole man, addressing spiritual, physical, emotional, financial and legal issues.
Prospective resident should have completed a substance abuse program within last 6 months and be willing to continue in a transitional house that supports sobriety.