re: Did anyone hit a rock bottom and go back to church and life slowly got better for them?

Rock bottom for me was March 6, 2019. Woke up at the Bosselmans truck stop in Grand Island NE covered in puke from blackout drinking the night before as I had done at places all over the country for the previous decade. I heard a voice when I was hungover asking me if I was done yet - I said yes. Went inside to clean myself up in the shower and I guess i reeked of alcohol because the guy behind me asked if I was okay and such. Got to talking about how I had the day off and things of that nature, he asked if I was interested in AA. I said yes. He waited in the truck stop for me to get showered and cleaned off, that was the first day I went to an AA meeting and I've been sober ever since.
I'm not saying YOU have to believe in divine intervention, but I certainly do. Since that day I haven't had an ounce of alcohol in my system, my previously broken life has been slowly put back together (financially especially), I have helped walk other through the steps of AA, I've helped unknown amount of people by donating funds to the St Tammany Parish food bank, I've gotten my life back together spiritually because I surrendered control of my life to God. I pray the Rosary every day and I have read through Fr Mike Schmitz's Bible and Catechism in a year multiple times. Since that day in Grand Island NE. I have put away over $100k for retirement, I've paid off my student loans, I survived and beat cancer, I have personal savings on the side to pay cash for a new home probably next winter or the spring of 27, and on and on.
As soon as I can get settled into a new home I'll have a spare room for people who were in the same condition I was in - broken and lost, wandering and waiting for that life line. I owe it to God for the help I was given on that day 2417 days ago because what should have been the worst day of my life turned out to be the best day of my life.

Religion helps some people. It’s therapy in a lot of ways.

Not for me though. I’m a heathen who cures his depression with being a workaholic. Can’t be depressed if you’re too busy to be depressed!

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Not sure if its a coincidence or not

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it’s absolutely not a coincidence.

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God and Jesus has a lot to do with it.

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God and Jesus has EVERYTHING to do with it.






For me personally. I kept hitting rock bottom but through the grace of God I was able to recover from certain death. But it was several years later before Jesus’ love pulled me back into attending mass. Now days I miss less than a handful of Sundays a year at most. I stay very involved and connected to our Parish and make sure God is a cornerstone in my home.

Bless you

If you were really a drug addict and you kicked the habit, you are kind of a Hero. It's quite an accomplishment to do that.

And good job going back to church. I think you picked the right one.

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I am personally not a believer however I think that religion helps a lot of people.

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I believe folks are called to different things. Some folks are called to do more than others in some areas.

Glad it's working out.


However, religion- I have ALOT of questions

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feel free to ask my Son

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These are genuine questions. I'm curious. Not trolling.

For starters, I'm assuming everyone on here was born in the US, so yall are Christian. So people born in India, China, Saudi Arabia, etc...that believe in something else are just screwed?

How do you know you picked the right one?

Going back to weekly mass, and then beginning to bring my lapsed Catholic gf back with me has really enriched my life. The rock bottom that preceded it was basically the cruelty of the world and specific people that had worn me down. And really what I sense is spiritual warfare and darkness growing in our culture and wanting to separate myself from that as much as possible- make sure that portal is absolutely closed; a choice to actively read the Bible and move towards the Light.

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Did anyone hit a rock bottom and go back to church and life slowly got better for them?

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My life has improved considerably post-divorce, in spite of losing my family as I knew it, losing a job, losing my one of my best friend's to cancer, and the loss of my mom and dad.

All of us, at some point, will suffer. We have to suffer. Suffering allows us to face our fears -- and eventually move forward with our lives.

Not my saying, but I do believe wholeheartedly in this, "Let Go. And Let God."

Because there were many days and nights I questioned when enough is enough - in terms of how much can one person handle in a relatively short period of time. But I learned to "Let Go, and Let God" and a mindset shift took place and I started to think, "Why Not Me?" There must be a reason for this, and He's not going to give too much that He can't handle.

Some may choose not to believe, and that's okay. But if whatever your belief, and that includes church, works for you, I don't see the harm in it to help you deal with coping, reality, and growth.