From the street to Executive Director. Earl Thiessen tells his story.

Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 1 p.m.

"I was homeless for 7 years, my addiction took me there."

Earl was a wrestler in his teenage years, Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon, SK.

Things were great until they weren't.

"The cops closed up my eye, bashed my head into a wall, broke my foot. When the cruiser pulled into the ally I knew what was happening. I seen this before."

Standing before the JP, up on 11 charges, partner murdered, nowhere left to go,

"That's when I finally got honest. I couldn't do it anymore."

Sweet surrender. By the grace of God, Earl was given a life-saving gift that day,

the gift of desperation.

Tune in this week and listen to Earl #takeofftheblinders around finding freedom, in defeat. He'll talk about devastating sorrow, and how he clawed his way from the bottom of that pit, to the top of one of Canada's most prominent sober living organizations, the Oxford House Foundation of Canada.

You're not going to want to miss this one, my friends, as we step out of the pitch black, and into the light once again, right here, on Hard Knox Talks.

Buckle up!

#togetherwearestronger #wedorecover

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