From drug addiction to freedom in Christ

Carly Peek’s world fell apart when a close relative took her own life. Aged 13, she tumbled into addiction before finally finding healing and wholeness in Christ nearly two decades later

I was born in East London, and had a lovely, very working-class upbringing. We were a close family, and I remember being a happy child. Then, when I was 13, my mum’s cousin took her own life. It affected everything. They’d grown up together, kind of like sisters, and she had two sons who were around my age. We literally did everything together.