She works part time as a barista at a local espresso bar and attends welding classes at JCJC.īush was introduced to JCJC through the MIBEST program, which gives students the foundational skills they need for careers. I have a purpose."īush now peacefully and happily lives in Laurel with her parents and two of her three children. That experience helped Bush completely turn her life around. I experienced the peace of Jesus Christ for the first time." "I learned who God says I am," she said. "I did all I could to let go of my past and surrender myself.
That's when she decided to enter Laurel's ZAC House where she spent six months working a Christian 12-step program. She returned to her parents' home in Laurel and experienced feelings of pure terror, not knowing how she was going to fight her drug addiction. More: Epic epidemic: Families feel pain of heroin overdose deathsīush was released from jail when her boyfriend accepted responsibility for her charge. "After you pick up garbage for five months, you can do anything." "It cleared my head, showed me I could work - I wasn't useless," she said. She began working on the road crew, walking 25 miles a day and picking up garbage. She said she used dope in jail, which made her realize she couldn't count on being behind bars to stay off drugs.īush knew it was up to her to make a change. As grateful as she was, it wasn't quite her time to get clean. She also was facing charges in Stone County for possession of meth with intent to sell. The year was 2015 and Bush was incarcerated in Jones County jail for possessing the ingredients to make meth.