Testimonials

     We continue to hear and see stories of renewal from our clients and volunteers at Broadway Community, Inc. What follows are two personal accounts written by former BCI clients. They are stories we've heard in many forms over the 13 years of life at BCI, always new and as exciting as ever. The lives of these precious individuals are inspiring.

We encourage you to read their testimonies. If you or someone you know could use our serivices, please contact us.

     BCI has made my life worth living. In November 2003, I became very sick and had to stop working due to my illness. My job paid me a full salary, but only for three months. During that time I waited on doctor's appointments. Depression began to set in; I started getting up out of bed later and later. I stopped changing from pajamas to day wear. I no longer wanted to wash my body. My daily prayer was for God to take me.

     It was in the spring of 1998 and I was in my fifth year of relapse. I was homeless and living on the streets of New York City, residing for the most part in the overgrown bushes of the green mall along Broadway, near Columbia University. I had a $100-a-day heroin habit, and I was smoking $50 to $100-a-day of crack cocaine. My life had become a meaningless empty space filled with crime and pain. I wanted to die.