Chelsea's Success Story

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Chelsea's Success Story told through the inspiring words of Pastor Steve Baughan from Standing by the Door Ministries in Branson, MO:

​Like so many people who reach out to Standing by the Door for help with drug and alcohol addiction, Chelsea showed up confused and frightened by what her life had become.
Daughter of a single working mother, Chelsea was raised by her mom and grandmother. Through her adolescent years she attended church religiously. She participated in the music ministry and dance team, even joining in on numerous mission trips. Then her teenage years brought rebellion resulting in her being in and out of school during her high school years. And her maturity was hindered, like so many others, by alcohol and drug abuse.

​Chelsea began using more powerful and dangerous drugs

and progressed in her use when she broke her leg and became addicted to pain pills. While her leg healed, her addiction did not, and her life became an endless and desperate search for more pills.

​In her words, "I worked harder to get high than  any job i ever had. all i wanted was to feel different."

​Her breaking point came when she discovered her best friend dead, murdered in a drug deal gone wrong. The shock and trauma of that tragedy led her on a downward spiral of more drug use and paranoia.
She came to Standing by the Door when her family cut her out of their life and her employer forced her to seek help. Chelsea showed up in Branson a scared little girl and then a return to St. Louis for a court appearance resulted in her death by a fentanyl overdose. Revived by paramedics, she returned to Standing the Door where she became willing to work our program 

​And a miracle happened

​Chelsea’s desire to use drugs was replaced with God’s truth and her spirit became His.
In these years following her spiritual awakening, Chelsea has become a wife to Aaron and mother to a beautiful little girl named Maya. She leads the worship at our weekly church service with her incredible singing talent and shared this gift last year at her employer’s numerous Christmas parties.

​Chelsea has become a leader in our ministry and spends much of her time giving back to others whose lives have been stolen by addiction. ​

​She tells them that when she came to Standing by the Door, she hated herself and what she had become. She tells them that she felt lost and Standing By the Door took her in and showed her a path to her

 
​relationship with Jesus Christ and in finding him she found herself. 

Recovered lives and restored families have come to be anticipated but never taken for granted. The love of God pours from Chelsea wherever she goes now. All credit for the light in Chelsea’s eyes today goes to God. And we thank Him always for allowing Standing By the Door to have played a small part in His perfect plan of recovery.

​If you or a loved one are struggling with addiction there is hope and freedom found in Jesus Christ!
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Contact Standing by the Door Ministries for addiction recovery support and resources. 
A special thank you to Chelsea, Pastor Steven and Standing by the Door Ministries for sharing Chelsea's inspirational success story. We are in awe of the healing that comes from having a personal relationship with Jesus! 
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