The document summarizes the story told in "The Journey", a production by Teen Challenge UK about a young man's struggle with addiction and journey to recovery. It depicts his downward spiral into drug abuse and crime and desperate life as an addict. The man then finds hope and begins his fight for freedom through Teen Challenge UK's rehabilitation program. The Journey aims to share stories of hope and the new lives many graduates experience after escaping addiction. It intends to entertain, inform and challenge audiences of all ages.

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life-controlling problems.‘The Journey’ Although each individual’s experience
combines music, drama and video as is different, there are common
we witness one young man’s elements. As Paul explained: “ Many
are allured into the drug lifestyle out of
downward spiral into addiction.
curiosity and peer pressure. For
Like most, he starts out full of dreams some, social use of drugs soon leads
and goals for his life. All that is lost to the trap of addiction, life crumbles
when the lifestyle his friends offer around them and they are left to
proves to be a temptation he cannot survive, doing anything necessary to
resist exploring. Life spins out of feed the intense physical cravings.
Often when the men share their
control and he finds himself on a
stories, they recall the misery of life in
destructive treadmill of drug abuse, a bed-sit with just a mattress on the
crime, addiction and despair. floor and only ever leaving the room to
Struggling to survive, the nightmare somehow find their daily supply of
feels like it will never end. That is when drugs. ‘The Journey’ depicts that sad
his search for hope and fight for scenario and the consequences of the
addiction lifestyle, but also the
freedom begins.
contrast of the new life that so many of
The Journey’ is written by Paul Evans who our young men and women are now
has worked with Teen Challenge for 17 years. experiencing” .
His inspiration was the hundreds of incredible The cast and crew have all found
stories he has heard from the young men and freedom from the misery and slavery
women who have gone through the of their addiction. Little wonder then,
rehabilitation programme. He said, “ It has that they are passionate about
always been an amazing experience to see communicating that message of hope
drug addicts change both physically and to others.
spiritually from a place of utter hoplessness ‘The Journey’ will entertain, inform,
to become young men and women with a inspire and challenge and is suitable
sense of purpose and destiny” for an ALL age audience.
For the last 25 years, Teen Challenge UK has been working and ministering to the ever increasing population
of drug addicts in the UK. Outreach teams operating from coffee shops, moblie buses and drop-in centres,
regularly connect with desperate young people at street level. Rehabilitation programmes in Wales, England &
Scotland provide long term support and life-skills training.
For further information on Teen Challenge UK call: 01269 844168.
Email: info@teenchallenge.org.uk and on the web: www.teenchallenge.org.uk