The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: Breath of Fresh Air
Hello! My name is Brad and I just wanted to thank you for the cure. I can't get back to the life before, because I never had one.
I was very depressed at the age of 3 when I started stealing sips of wine, beer and anything else available to me. Before bed, I would pray to not wake up the next day. Things went downhill from there with an unbelievable series of traumatic and deeply painful events. By the age of 9, I was smoking pot daily, drinking frequently, smoking a pack of Winston cigarettes a day, doing cocaine, PCP, LSD and all sorts of pills. My parents both worked, and I helped the single parents in our apartment complex with their kids. I was paid with drugs. I kept everything very secret because I am gay. I knew that if I had been caught, they would have wanted to know why. At that time being gay was an evil and sick thing, so I learned how to hide everything true. I am 45 now. After the various tries at the typical, misguided treatment currently available in the U.S., I gave up on true recovery. After a bad relapse triggered by prescription drugs for diverticulitis and related digestive ailments, I finally got your book. I had to get it from the library, because I had spent all my money on doctor's that did nothing for me. It was the best thing I think I have ever done.
I have only been clean and sober for a month, but this time is different. I feel very healthy, happy, valuable, worthy, optimistic and grateful! I can't afford all the therapy work I need, but I wrote an outline of my insanely dependent life. I am open minded and definitely not in denial or hiding anything. I believe that once I finish my book, it will be of great help to others. I have hundreds and hundreds of unbelievable stories, all of which are true. Any one of my very painful stories is a good enough excuse to want to escape. I know that it doesn't work, and now (thanks to you) I understand the whole roller coaster. I got off the ride, and can finally look at it as a blessing rather than a curse. I am putting my life together for the first time. I have had successful periods, but they never lasted for long.
I know that this time I will soar, and when I do, I will be able to afford your treatment center. In the meanwhile, I am going to read as much of your material as I can. I have never read a book that I agreed with so whole-heartedly! Calling ""The Cure"" a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. I could not find anything that made me doubt you... not one word. I found a few typos and grammatical errors, but ideologically and philosophically, I am still amazed! You are definitely doing God's work!
