09/02/2026
This is what God & recovery can do! 🙌🏻
🦋💜 TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY — SHELBIE
Today, we’re honored to share Shelbie Spencer story.
Her story began long before addiction.
After being abandoned by her mother and moved from home to home, Shelbie experienced physical, sexual, mental, and emotional abuse. At just 11 years old, she found ma*****na as a way to escape the pain.
Eventually, that escape became a full-blown addiction to he**in and m**h.
She faced serious charges. She struggled to get clean. And even when she wanted a different life, she couldn't seem to find her way there.
Then someone gave her the push she needed.
Her probation officer required her to go to rehab.
Today, Shelbie says:
“I thank her for that push every day!!” ❤️🩹
On May 5th, Shelbie celebrated FOUR YEARS clean and in recovery. 🦋
And look at what those four years have brought her:
👩👧👧 Her two beautiful daughters
🏡 A beautiful home
💼 A job and title she once never believed she was worthy of
🎓 Her GED
✨ Graduation from community sentencing
🙏 A deeper faith
💙 A life in recovery
🤝 Membership in Narcotics Anonymous
And she's honest about som**hing important:
Recovery doesn't mean life suddenly becomes perfect.
There are still struggles.
But Shelbie says:
“My worst day clean is still WAY better than my ‘best day’ in addiction.”
THAT is transformation. 🦋
It's choosing to keep going when life gets hard.
It's rebuilding what you thought was lost.
It's becoming the mother, daughter, employee, friend, and person you once weren't sure you could be.
It's doing things you never thought possible.
And it's realizing that your past doesn't get to determine what your future looks like.
Shelbie believes that with God, anything is possible.
And today, she's living proof that a second chance can become an entirely different life. 💜🩵
Thank you, Shelbie, for trusting us with your story and for reminding someone who may be struggling right now:
There IS hope. Keep going. Your story isn't over. 🦋
💬 Do you have a transformation story of your own?
It doesn't have to be about addiction or recovery. Maybe you've rebuilt your family, gone back to school, left an unhealthy situation, found your purpose, started a career, healed from som**hing painful, or accomplished som**hing you never thought you could.
We want to celebrate it. 💙
Send C&E a message and share your story.
Get Better. • Do Better. • Be Better.
In honor of Christian Cummings & Elijah Richardson.