Reformers Unanimous (RU) is a faith-based Christ-centered addiction program that ministers to the addicted through local churches. Florence Baptist Temple is one such group. The director of the program is Corbett Stone. He is 39 years old and a lifelong resident of Florence. His testimony of being set free from a life-crippling addiction to crack cocaine to now directing one of the most successful Christ-centered programs in the country is inspiring.

The story that follows is one of truth, love, redemption, & praise. It is Corbett Stone's story, in his own words, as it is best told ...

Like a lot of young people, I was looking for acceptance from my peers when I began my addiction journey. I was thirteen years old and met some boys that lived on my street. They taught me how to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and smoke marijuana all in the same week! By the time I was a sophomore in high school, I was an everyday pot smoker and binge drinker on the weekends. I also began experimenting with inhalants like “rush” and hallucinogens like LSD and Psilocybin Mushrooms. By the time I graduated high school I began to experiment with powder cocaine, doing an “eight ball” every weekend. I always seemed to be searching for peace and contentment in the bigger and better high. It was during my junior year of college when I had the bright idea that if snorting cocaine made me feel good, smoking it had to feel even better. So I made the tragic mistake of trying crack cocaine.... Read More