The Transformation of Nadia Mallaley
Today, we have the inspiring story of Nadia Mallaley.
THE TRANSFORMATION:
When I was 19 years old, my "friends" started using drugs. I was working, had a car, and my own place. I pulled up one night at my friend's house with two bags of coke. I felt like in order to fit in, I had to do what they were doing. So, that's when my life turned upside down. I lost everything! I still had my car, but I got into a huge car accident which caused $10,000 in damage to the front end. As a result, I ended up with a rental car, and with that rental, I committed my first huge crime, leading to a two-year sentence in the county jail. I served a total of 11 months inside, 7 months in a halfway house, and 3 years probation.
After doing well for so long, my life turned upside down again after another car crash. This time, I was almost dead on the scene. I flew from the back seat to the front, smashing my head on the visor, leaving me unconscious. I received 15 stitches to the laceration on the right side of my head and was severely concussed. The Honda CRV hit a plow at about 60 km/h, and the impact left me in severe shock and pain. I was then prescribed morphine for the pain, and after my prescription ran out, I was in severe pain. So, I turned to the streets for every pain med possible. I was addicted to opiates for almost six years, overdosing multiple times. My dealer even gave me CPR and mouth to mouth, bringing me back from the brink of death. I was turning blue/purple, almost dead, and she brought me outside on the deck in 40 below winter, and I finally came to. This woman saved my life, and I'm forever grateful for her.
I reached out for help, went to detox, and a couple of days in, I found out I was two months pregnant with my now 6-year-old daughter, whom I named Nevaeh, which is heaven spelled backward because she's my little angel sent from God. I'm so thankful I had her. She changed my life for the better. Being a single mom was more challenging than I thought. I'm blessed to have my mom help me with Nevaeh, but I guess I forgot to recover and get the healing I desperately needed to be a better mother, to be a better me! I was beyond stressed, so I turned back to drugs. This time it was meth, crack, and fentanyl to numb the pain of the current and the past. However, this led me nowhere good. I am now homeless, hopeless, and CPS is involved. My mom and sister did an intervention on me. My little sister called every rehab possible, along with my mom, to get me help and to restore my faith. Since residing at Naomi and Ruth, I've been sober for 2.5 months. I've been attending every program offered, and I am also working on my GED. I passed all subjects except math and social studies. God has restored mine and my daughter's relationship, and I see her every weekend. I'm doing this for me and, most importantly, for my baby girl. My faith has been getting stronger and stronger since being at the rehab and Shekinah Go. The old me is dead and gone; the new me is alive and on fire for Jesus Christ, my father in heaven. Amen.
What motivated me to share my story with others?
I hope my story can empower others and show them that burying past hurts never resolves anything; it only makes it worse. My sister reached out to Naomi and Ruth and Shekinah Go. At first, I said no way, but then I sat back and realized this is my chance to change my life for the better. I've abused every substance out there trying to forget all my past hurts, but that is not the way. I now know the way is through Jesus Christ, who strengthens me. I'm a child of God, a mom, a sister, a daughter. I've died, walked in the light, and turned around. Why? Because it was not my time. I have a greater purpose in this life, and I'm going to achieve it one way or another through Jesus Christ, my father and my Lord and Savior. Amen.