Eleven years ago our marriage started out on the wrong foot with a crash that
almost killed my future wife and her maid of honor because of alcohol and marijuana.
I received a phone call at 3 AM on the morning of my wedding to come to the emergency
room where they were being treated. Since then our life has continued in
a downward spiral of drug and alcohol use. In spite of the devastation,
we have been blessed with two beautiful children, one 8 years old, and one who's
2. Methamphetamines had been at the forefront of our lives for the entirety
of our marriage, taking precedent over everyone and everything. I lost my
job, I am on unemployment, and my self-esteem was at an all-time low. "Meth"
had stolen my job, my self-esteem, and I was afraid that it was going to steal
my family. I began to search for a way out of this hell. My wife and
I were both afraid to step out and ask for help because we felt that we would
be betraying each other's trust. Finally, I felt that I had to do something
or we were going to lose each other and maybe even our lives. Someone suggested
that I try the Addicts Victorious 5-Day Program. Up until this point I would
not have even contemplated getting into rehabilitation, let alone a Christian-based
program. I felt, at this point, like we had tried everything else so we
might as well try this. It was a last ditch effort. Our options had
been narrowed to the "5-Day Biblical Counseling Program", prison, or
hell. I chose the lesser of the evils and my wife was persuaded to go with
me. At one point, during the 5-Day, Jerry challenged us to ask Jesus to
reveal Himself to us if He was real and then Jerry told us to hold on. We
did. Jesus Christ did. Our lives will never be the same!