After struggling with addiction and abuse, author Arman Kaymakcian is now living a redeemed life.
Kaymakcian, author of “He Calls Me Redeemed: A Memoir of Childhood Sex Abuse, Heroin Addiction, Hope, and Redemption,” told CBN News he chose to come forward with his difficult story in an effort to help others see the power of grace and forgiveness.
“I know what it is to be desperate,” he said. “I know what it is to feel trapped, to feel hopeless, lost, broken. I also know what it feels to be redeemed by Jesus Christ, and I know what it is to feel freedom on the other side of pain.”
Ultimately, Kaymakcian said he wanted to help others navigate their struggles by sharing the very real, personal pain — and victory — he has experienced.
“I wanted to be able to write a story that would give hope to the hopeless,” he said.
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Kaymakcian faced sexual abuse at a young age, which ultimately sent him into drug use; the issue became progressively worse when he entered high school and his 20s.
“It went from marijuana to narcotics,” he said. “Then, when I got into drug dealing, that led to a whole [other] level of that lifestyle, and [I] ultimately found myself addicted to heroin just in the midst of all those progressions.”
Amid Kaymakcian’s addiction, he said his mindset was an “absolute disaster,” with his behavior and antics sparking chaos in his life.
“I’ve robbed everybody,” he said. “I … had problems with law enforcement, problems in the street. … Just miserable. You would’ve crossed the street if you saw me walking. … Just desperation, hopelessness, absolute misery in every capacity you could think of, and it was just a horrific, horrific time in my life.”
By the time Kaymakcian turned 27, he was truly hitting rock bottom.
“I’m suicidal because I’m so miserable from the addiction, and every morning I wake up, as soon as I opened my eyes, it was just absolute misery from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep,” he said. “Dope sickness is just a horrific thing to go through.”
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