Martyn
My name is Martyn and from the age of 15 right up untill i was 27 i used a multiple of drugs and alcohol, everyday i was high and if i wasnt then i spent my time trying to.I stole off family members, mother, girlfriend, brothers and sisters and my two children, i did not care who got in the way my concern was getting and using.
The end result was far from glamorous, I was broken, confused, lonely, paranoid,
When at the end of myself i found help from a old friend who had been to a treatment centre wich today i know as livingstonehouse WOW. What can i say, i was there for 26 weeks i was introduced to 2 of the greatest people, John and Sally. They gave me the tools i need to cope the best i can, i have found a new way of life today and i would not change it for the world, Thank you John and Sally love you both, Martyn.xx.

JOHN
Hi my name is John. I was a service user and resident at Livingstone house for 5 months. I had been in and out of churches and recovery meetings for some years,but could not sustain any lenth of time without drink and heroin. After another very painful relapse of drinking and drugging I was in such a state that suicide was an atractive option.I realy could not go on.I prayed to God to please get me in somewere where I could get back to recovery or I would rather kill myself. My brother David gave me the number of Livingstone house,and I spoke to Sally on the phone.She told me to get there by 11-00 Monday.
This was Friday.I was so relieved. My time at Livingstone house was very challenging, and I found it very difficult to face up to certain things.But with the love and support of the staff I managed to hang on in. I will be for ever grateful to Sally and John for their input and impact on my life. I left and was able to end a relationship with a using addict, which was very unhealthy for me and for her. I would have been incapable of doing this before. I also have become an active member in A.A. and I now sponser others in recovery. I have also been blessed with a wonderful wife, Wendy and I married in April. And to top it all off I have the job of my dreams - I work in a 12 step alcohol rehab. I also had the privilege of opening, with my good friend Brian, the first overcomers outreach meeting in scotland ,which is a 12 step Christian recovery group. We have been going for over three years now. my life is good today. I am a productive member of society,and for the first time in my life I am happy. None of this could have happened if it was not for my time at Livingstone House. EVERY BLESSING, JOHN, GLASGOW

CRAIG
My name is Craig and i was blessed to be admitted to Livingstone House in July 2007. I was truly beaten and hopeless from a 25 year drinking and drug taking career which had taken me to the very pits of hell on earth, to jails and to various institutions. I thought that I was destined to die this way - broken, paranoid and alone. Immediately upon coming here I knew I was somewhere safe, I also had a hope that maybe, just maybe this might work for me as there were people here who had drank and used as I had and they were clean and sober and living productive worthwhile lives. All the while the realisation that finally I would be able to live a fulfilling existence was growing in me and a very happy and real feeling that finally I had come home.

Since completing treatment in January 2008 I have achieved so much. I have graduated from Bible College and gained various secular qualifications including an NVQ Level 2 and an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care all of which has only bee achievable with the fantastic backing and support of Livingstone House. I am now a residential drug and alcohol support worker here at Livingstone House and am living a life I have always dreamed of helping people who like me have been written off and excluded from society to rebuild their broken shattered lives and now live. Yes I do belong and yes I am really home. Thank You Livingstone House.