Testimony About Drugs

Testimony about drugs
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Topic: The Drugs Testimony
Testimony of Been
Ben started drinking and doingdrugs in his early teens. By 16 he had run away from home. One Christmas Day, God intervened in his life by showing him people who cared about him and could help. Ben turned to Christ that day. Thisintervention took place seven years ago, and since then Ben has never been the same.
Ben's Intervention
I was raised with Christian beliefs, but I had a difficult time with my faith in my earlierdays. I began doing drugs and drinking alcohol in my early teens.
The Most Important Things
Drugs and alcohol quickly became the most important things in my life. Although I didn't see the problemsthis would cause me then, looking back I recall the immediate changes in my decision making process. As time went by, the church, my family, and school became much less important to me. Before I knewit, my whole life was wrapped up in drugs and alcohol.
I was drinking and getting high on a daily basis. I dropped out of school and ran away from home. By the time I was 16, I was living on thestreets.
An Intervention
It all came down to my mom contacting me on Christmas, pleading with me to come over and visit her on Christ's birthday. So I went and had breakfast with her.
I'm not sure how itall got started. Either she said something I didn't want to hear, or I didn't get what I wanted. Like I'd done so many times before, I treated her badly. I began yelling and swearing and pushing heraway. It was so bad she had to call the police on me again.
The police came and told me that I needed to leave; I wasn't welcome there any longer. I left my parent's home and went to a grocery storewhere I stole two beers and went back to drinking.
Something Different
But this time something was different. I wasn't getting the relief that I needed. Suddenly, I knew I had to stop drinking. I...