Theodore Jack
- Age
- 31
- Sober Since
- April 14, 2014
- Sober For
- 12 Years & 171 Days
01 What it was like
Terrible! My family left which turned into binge drinking and sold whatever had any value, just to keep drinking and trying to fill that huge piece missing in me (my family). There has been so many bad learned behaviors from my very abusive father.
My family left which turned into binge drinking and sold whatever had any value, just to keep drinking and trying to fill that huge piece missing in me (my family).
02 What happened
During my binge drinking, I was preparing to kill myself. I was crying hysterically and kept saying to myself this it! Today is the day you die! Then my neighbor approached me, talked with me and told me similar events in her life and how this simple program saved her life, and I wanted to know and feel that peace, that freedom.
03 What it is like now
It is amazing! No matter what happens in my life I am free from the insanity and madness I created myself! With God in my heart and this program I have new sense of freedom! I am so happy! So so so happy ❤❤❤ forever grateful!
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