At seventeen years of age, Felisa moved out of her parents' home shortly after graduating high school. With a strong desire to be "GROWN," the test of womanhood is now into play. Living in her own apartment with no rules and no religion, she had one house party after another. It wasn't long before she found herself caught up in a lifestyle of Thugs, Drugs, and Alcohol. Her beer drinking lead to alcohol, and her marijuana smoking lead to crack cocaine. Now poisoned by this gruesome disease, she saw her life turned upside down, swirling downward non-stop. Her only hope was her mother, who raised her in church and taught her the way of the Lord. After years of trying to overcome this chronic illness, which caused her life to fail, Felisa managed to overcome the shame. Realizing she could not do it on her own, she called on a higher power - GOD. No matter how hard she tried to stop drinking and smoking, she just could not let go. Cry after cry, try after try, she began to ask God to have mercy on her. As time went on and the clock was ticking, she continued to ask God to have mercy on her. The more she meant business, the more God came in. Deliverance came from on high and the shackles were broken. Felisa found herself set free from that captivity and bondage which were meant to ruin her life forever. But God...................... She lived this life and made it through. Now she can tell another a way to escape from this type of lifestyle, and how to be victorious.