I think I need to elaborate a little. The Lord permitted me, under my own power, to stop the drugs in 1989 so He could reveal to me His absolute full power over me and everything around me. After getting off the drugs I very gradually became a rip roaring, stumbling, rabid alcoholic.

 In January 2002 I was admitted through the emergency room to a hospital in excruciating pain with acute pancreatitis. The prognosis was, I was going to die and there was nothing they could do about it. My liver was 2 1/2 the size of normal, my cholesterol was over 1,100 (normal =190), triglycerides were over 1,500 (normal <150), blood sugar over 400 (normal 110), kidneys were in shut down, etc etc etc. I was drinking 1 1/2 liters of scotch a day. I didn't die!!!

I was released after 10 days and told that I had diabetes, liver damage, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc and if I ever drank again my pancreas would explode and I would die. Two hours after the release from the hospital I went to the liquor store and guzzled 1/2 a liter of scotch and finished off the rest 1 hour later. I woke up the next day and said to myself, "I knew they were full of S@#!, it is all this medicine they are giving me".

Then things got even worse believe it or not that was possible. Shortly thereafter I was literally guzzling one full pint of scotch first thing in the morning and by the end of the day had polished off 2 full liters of scotch and would have consumed more if I wasn't too drunk (blacked out) to go to the store for more. This hell lasted another 8 months. I couldn't stop and every morning would wake up, try to get out of bed to go to the bathroom and couldn't walk because I was shaking so violently. I had to crawl to the bathroom, once there I would start vomiting blood into the bathtub while passing blood in my urine and stool (sorry for the graphics). I would rock back and forth on the toilet chanting, "I'm not drinking today," over and over but in less than ten minutes was guzzling a pint down just to get straight enough to go purchase more.

In August, I was forced out of my home. I went to see a priest but he couldn't  help. I was raised Roman catholic but found them to be deceivers. God led me to AA and then he smacked me in the face with a baseball bat. He lifted the obsession to drink right out of me. I was still sick (sicker now because I was withdrawing) but I didn't want to drink still vomiting and passing blood but didn't want or need a drink. I saw a doctor after about a week and he told me I needed to be in a hospital because my organs were shutting down and that I wouldn't make it without medical attention. I ignored him mostly because I was afraid and didn't have medical insurance.

The Lord got me sober and keeps me sober. Four months later the doctor ordered a whole barrage of tests. When he got the results, everything!!! my blood work numbers, my organs, everything was as normal as a 25 year old man. I was 47 at the time. They even did a stress test and echo cardiogram and found my heart to be that of a 25 year old. My doctor told me that I should go home and get on my knees and thank the Lord because he just witnessed a miracle I already knew that but for a medical man to acknowledge Him is a miracle in itself.

My whole life is a miracle.  I became obsessed with Jesus Christ instead of booze, drugs, cigarettes, porno, and every other vice a person could have. I am walking, talking, breathing, proof that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.  I am also proof that the Bible is the true word of God and that the spirituality that Jesus taught us, especially in His Sermon on the Mount is the only correct way to live and be truly, truly happy.

I'm a believer that the King James version of the Bible is the true Word of God. I've read dozens of other versions but none venerate and are written solely for glory of Jesus Christ like the King James version does. Reading that book alone and studying the Sermon on the Mount is what got me to where I am today and that is proof to me that the KJV is the true preserved Word of the Lord! 

Thanks,

Joe