My name is Carol Terry, and I am 46 years old. My mother and father did not take me to church when I was a little girl, but my grandmother did. I remember being afraid sometimes because I thought that God would actually be physically present and I was somewhat awed at seeing Him, I guess.
Anyway, I remember when I turned 15 that I began to feel the need to find a church and be baptized, God was drawing me to Himself. So it was that I was baptized on November 1, 1970, and remained in the church until I turned 18. At the time I was not attending Sunday School or bible studies and was not receiving any other encouragement from those who had been Christians longer than me, so I eventually drifted back into the world--where I remained until 7 years ago.
I found out that the world was a terribly cruel and evil place to be. At first I felt grown up and alive and thrilled to be a part of the "what's happening" crowd. I was working and had my own apartment and could come and go as I pleased.
I was introduced to marijuana first and was extremely promiscuous. But I thought I was living the life and continued on this course. Later on I began to take pills, to drink, continued to smoke marijuana, and then started doing cocaine. I started out snorting it, but this led to smoking it. By this time I had a really good job in Chicago, which I was able to keep (through God's mercy), although I was drugged out of my mind sometimes, and even snorted cocaine in the bathroom at work sometimes! Payday would come around, and I could hardly wait to get home and call the drug dealer to bring over my best friend, "Crack." I smoked and smoked until all my money was gone. I had only enough to get back and forth to work and often would have to borrow money the day after payday just to make it through to next payday. Then when payday would come again, I would do the same thing over and over and over and over and over.
Then one night, it was about six years into my crack addiction, that I was getting high in the kitchen one nig
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