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Formerly homeless addict is now GCU grad and giving back

What Sobriety Can Do –

Apr. 25, 2019 – “I don’t want to reach my hand into that fire again,” he continued. Hooked on drugs in high school, Dalla Riva wound up in prison for more than two years. He spent another year on the streets. Then he found faith and a second chance at the Phoenix Rescue Mission. “I look at it as a glorious thing, that I’m not that person anymore,” he said. Fast forward four years, Dalla Riva is now a husband, a father, a son, a student, a counselor, a mentor, an inspiration and a success. “It’s just a testament to how far God has taken me, how far I’ve come,” Dalla Riva said. “It’s exciting to see people come from the problem and become part of the solution,” said Denise Krupp, one of Dalla Riva’s instructors and mentors.

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