b'When Norm suffered a severe back injury, he was prescribed opiates for the first time. His back healed, but his need for pills was there to stay. I kept getting refills and faking my back injury. I went to about 10 different doctors to keep my refill going. I even started breaking into houses to steal medication.Eventually, Norm was arrested, right in front of his family. His children crumpled to the floor in grief and his wife divorced him. Sadly, it wasnt enough for Norm to stop. His opiate use grew to some 300 pills a month. He tried treatment but nothing worked. The pain and shame continued. As did the arrests. By age 60, Norm was broke, jobless, and homeless. Exhausted, desperate for real help, Norm began the search for yet another treatment program, and found Gospel Rescue Mission.Other treatment centers only focused on the chemical aspect of addiction, he says. There was nothing about spirituality and emotional traumas that we carry with us throughout the years. GRM addresses everything: chemical, emotional, physical, and above all, spiritual.Week after week, we witnessed a marvelous transformation. As he walked each day with God, Norm grew in his faith. His cravings for drugs utterly vanished. Today hes sober and back on his feet, thanks to you. Your support helped more than 100 people break the chains of addiction and put them on a path to a new beginning.2021 IMPACT REPORT 13'