ALCOHOL MOST HURTS THOSE IT FIRST HELPS

It is better to listen to the quiet words of a wise person than to the shouts of a ruler at a council of fools. ECCLESIASTES 9 v 17 A ROMANCE THAT KILLS My romance with alcohol led me from respectability as a member of a family who were pillars of the community, to a life of destitution. It took fourteen years for me to realise alcohol had destroyed any potential I may have had, and that my physical and mental health were disintegrating to the point of total destruction. I failed dismally at self-help groups and failed to understand the logic of any of the treatment approaches I encountered along the way; there seemed to be only one logical step to take, I had to devise my own method of recovery. From the outset confusion reigned supreme and it eventually became...