This week’s episode of The GRIT Crusade tackles the familiar topics of addition and recovery…but this time our guest takes us into her world as she experience life behind bars.
Join Brooke as she sits down with Stefany Germcheid, recovered fiancé, mother, and friend, as she shares her testimony of navigating years of addiction, relapses, and recovery while navigating life behind bars alongside motherhood, love, and loss.
Note from Brooke: For anyone watching/listening to this who may also be struggling with addiction, there are resources for you. Because you matter. And your life is your responsibility. And you are worth the effort. We’ve linked a few resources below that you may find helpful:
Help with Drug & Alcohol Addiction: https://www.help.org
Reframe App to Aid in Alcohol Reduction: https://apple.co/3KB5bnC
ARcare - https://www.arcare.net
Psalms 88
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According
to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without
strength.
5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you
remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to
them. I am confined and cannot escape;
9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my
hands to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise
you?
11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in
the land of oblivion?
13 But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your
terrors and am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
Connect with Brooke:
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Be sure to check out Brooke’s other projects too:
Empire Kids • www.empirekidsar.com
Connect Academy for Children • www.connectafc.com
The EMpact One Foundation • www.empactone.org
The Space • www.coworkthespace.com
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Production by Luminate Media Group • www.luminatemedia.co
Intro/Outro Theme • Thunder City by Lunareh
Trivia in the Trenches Theme • Business or Pleasure? by Avacado Junkie
All theme music and sound effects are licensed through Soundstripe
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