Show Summary:   Shannon had to grow up fast after his parents separated. His mom suffered abuse at the hands of the men in her life and Shannon pulled them off of her at an early age.   At 13 he ran away from home and that began his journey to brushes with the law, and his addiction to drugs. He ran away to California at one point and that’s where he was introduced to meth which changed the course of his life for the next two decades. Shannon’s addiction to meth took him all the way to shooting it in his veins.   His first eight felonies were all slaps on the wrist with short time in prison, but it was that 9th felony that led him to an 18 year sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It was there on his sixth time down that he realized something needed to change, but he didn’t know how. So he asked the one who does, God, to show him the way.   He struggled with not being allowed to parole home and did not want to go to a halfway house. But then he go to Forgiven Felons and all that changed. He spent over three years at Forgiven Felons where he developed his leadership skills that still serve him today. He saved, paid off all his fines and surcharges and was given a vehicle.   Shannon also co-starred in the Forgiven Felons Documentary Series which can be seen on Roku and Tubi Tv.   Check out the links below to know about Re:generation, the recovery program he took, as well as the pics on the show page.

 

Memorable quote: “I couldn’t change for my mother, father, myself, I couldn’t change for nobody, that wasn’t in the cards. Only one I’ve ever been able to change for is God Almighty” - Shannon Teague

  Resources Mentioned in the Show:

 

Freedom Heating and Air Website: https://freedomcooling.com/

 

Shannon’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.teague.16

 

re:generation: http://www.regenerationrecovery.org/

 

Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary on Roku: Forgiven Felons: A Documentary Series

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