The next time I came to, my Mom and Dad were on
my side, holding my hands with tears in their eyes. They told me that they had been there since early that morning, and that
they had initially had me listed as Jane Doe. I was told that a very large mild mannered and well dressed man had brought
me in, and I wasn’t breathing. He had found me on the street, unresponsive, and left the hospital immediately after
he had dropped me off. I was told that they worked on me for two hours before I began breathing
on my own. A few hours after that I woke up, I was told that I had alcohol poisoning and it was the worst case that the trauma
unit had seen where someone survived. It was nothing short of Divine intervention.
As I left the hospital with my parents, I thought about what had happened. God had spared me, and looking back I
wish I could have had the strength to give my life totally to Him and stay on a steady course. My life would have turned out
differently. Instead I continued to drink, and wreck my life and the lives of my family and other people who cared about
me. Over a period of time my charges increased against me until, on a earth shaking day, in 2009 my judge sentenced me to
twenty years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary system.
One
of the things that has become very important to me is to use my testimony as a means to help others understand that drinking,
and using drugs is not a game. As I continue writing I intend to give a little bit of my testimony each month. I would like
for people to understand that we not only hurt ourselves, but hurt others in the process of our drinking and drug usage.
I have come to truly realize that we have to completely submit ourselves to God, and follow the teachings
of Jesus if we are to maintain a healthy and stable life.
Don’t allow
irresponsible thinking and actions to get you in a situation like me. Give your life to the Lord and let Jesus be your guide.