The very first intravenous dose of crystal meth killed the human being in me.
Roman Povala was born on the 31th of October in 1978. He grew up in Havířov in a regular well-adjusted family. He had no troubles in school and since childhood, he was active in sports. Shortly after the 1989 revolution, he started abusing drugs and gradually, his dependence worsened. After having used soft drugs for some time, he started using crystal meth which he also made and distributed. He would acquire money through robberies in private flats or in pharmacies and through frauds within the drug users’ community. Later, he joined the community of Teen Challenge and consequently, he joined the Apostolic church. He was succesfully treated for addiction and then graduated from the School of Missions and Theology in Kolín and became a pastor of the Apostolic church. He regularly meets basic and secondary school students and talks about life with addiction. In 2019, he lived and worked in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.