I never had any need for prayer as I felt I could handle everything including my alcohol use. That proved wrong as I tumbled into the abyss of alcoholism. It was then I tried praying but really wasn’t ready to commit. Then I entered an alcohol recovery program which had a strong emphasis on prayer. I thought the staff in the alcohol recovery program were crazy and the other patients looked crazier during their prayer meeting. I ended up leaving this recovery program as I wasn’t ready for that type of intensity towards prayer.

It wasn’t long until I needed alcohol recovery again but this time chose an alcohol recovery program with very little emphasis on prayer but I never forgot what the first recovery program said about how much prayer helped. Well I am done with treatment and believe it or not I pray every day. Who would have thought what I felt was being pushed down my throat was the one thing I embraced after completing my alcohol recovery program. The wonders of recovery.