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I used to be a very angry person. I was angry with my parents, angry that my brother was ill and angry that my dad was a drug addict.

Because I had no boundaries, I lived my own kind of life—I joined a gang and got into the street life of selling drugs, beating and robbing people, fighting…The way I saw it was, it gave me something to do.

Living with my dad only made matters worse. He and his girlfriend were addicted to crack cocaine and so didn’t care much about me. Our relationship was so stormy that at times we had knives at each other.
I once got stabbed because I was intimidating a guy who owed me money
for drugs.

I grabbed him around the neck and in self-defense he stabbed me. My mum was really affected by all this. When I was arrested for a robbery which my ‘friends’ did, I realised that I needed to change because I didn’t want to see my mum in that state anymore.

When I got a job, I wasn’t around the gangs and drugs as much but the depression and anger got worse. When my brother was hospitalised I felt like it was my fault. Though I had friends around me they could not help me.

I was invited to the VYG (Victory Youth Group) and the person who spoke to me had such an assurance in his words and eyes that I decided to do attend.

I was then invited to the Victory Youth Group and I was taught how to go about seeing changes in my life. The determination, strength, and unity that I saw in the Youth Group is what made me stay-I wanted to be part of it.

Today I'm not depressed or angry or hold grudges. As for my street life, I don’t have time to be hanging around because I’m too busy making a positive difference in the VYG.

Daniel Passley

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