1425: Young Hood to Our Father’s Hood: Addiction Recovery, Faith & Inspirational Memoir with Author Andre Chestnut
Addiction doesn’t begin with the drugs—it begins with a choice. For some, it’s chasing acceptance, status, or a way to numb pain. What starts as rebellion can spiral into theft, violence, and dependency. Too often, people don’t realize until it’s too late that the friends, popularity, or money they were chasing never fill the emptiness inside. The result? Broken trust, wasted years, and lives left on the edge of collapse.
Andre Chestnut—author of Young Hood to Our Father’s Hood under the name Drew Castagna—knows this path all too well. His story begins with early bad choices and brushes with destruction, but it doesn’t end there. Through near-death experiences, a persistent inner voice, and eventually a rediscovery of faith, Andre turned his life around. Today, he shares his journey to show others that no matter how far you’ve fallen, redemption and purpose are always within reach.
Quotes:
“I was born with one hand, and I learned early in life that when you don’t fit in, you find other ways—sometimes the wrong ways.”
“The voice never left me. Even when I ignored it, it saved me from death or prison countless times.”
“We do drugs because we’re searching. But the answer we’re looking for isn’t in the drugs—it’s in the Lord.”
“At some point I changed from the lamb to one of the lions. I had to learn to return to being a lamb.”
“The purpose of this book is to reach the lost souls, to show them God never left—it’s us who walked away.”
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