My story begins seven years ago. I was living under the weight of alcoholism and my body was giving out on me. My family was very worried, but I stubbornly refused to go to the doctor. For me, drinking was an escape. It was just me and alcohol in our own little world. It had been that way for sixteen years. My body had begun to deteriorate rapidly, and my skin had gone completely yellow—it was frightening to me, and I knew I needed treatment.
One day my sister, Sherry, confronted me and insisted on taking me to the hospital. I wanted to refuse her, but the look on her face and her tears really got to me.
The emergency room doctor informed us that my liver was ninety percent gone, and if I left the hospital without treatment, I would die within 72 hours. I needed a miracle.
My mother was watching Richard Roberts on The Place for Miracles® and she saw the number on the screen for the Abundant Life® Prayer Group. She is a woman of faith and she knew God could heal me. The prayer partners prayed for me with such compassion and love—I was convicted of my sins, and I gave my heart to the Lord in that hospital room.
As time passed, I got better and better. God was working on me, inside and out. By His mercy and grace, today I am delivered from alcohol and totally healed in my body.
Craig from Colorado