I only spit in Brooklyn : breaking free from the underworld

Summary: A personal, powerful and shocking testimony of life as a heroin addict in Brooklyn during the 1970s and '80s. In this gritty, soul-bearing and honest account, Ronn Costabile takes you into a world of addiction and despair. Ronn tells his story with gripping detail and emotion-jerking reality. There is hope, however, for everyone who believes. After 25 years battling a paralyzing heroni and cocaine addicition, state prison time, and 15 years of organized crime, Ronn experienced a powerful conversion at teh hand of God in 1987 while incarcerated. As his life was slowly being restored, he connected with Brooklyn Teen Challenge, a faith-based drug rehabilitation center, where he than began as a volunteer in 1990. Six years later he became Intake Coordinator and soon afterwards Director of teh Brooklyn Men's Program.

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