Drinking to Destruction
A True Story
My mother began drinking before I was born.
I was the oldest and only girl of four children. When my mother was
sober, she was a good and kind person. She would help anyone and everyone
liked her. In the early years of her drinking she got drunk maybe once
every month or so… but alcohol does not leave you there if you continue to
drink it. Friend, if you drink do not be deceived, if you keep drinking
it will destroy your life and the lives of those you love.
By the time I was about twelve years old my
mom was drinking on a weekly basis. Most of the time it was on the weekends.
My dad traveled and she tried to drink away her loneliness. When her
drinking became more frequent, she knew she had a problem. Guilt started
taking its toll on her life. She tried many times to quit, but she
was addicted.
Throughout my teen years she steadily became
worse. I worried about her constantly. Sometimes she would be
drunk for several days. Her marriage fell apart and she and my dad separated
and eventually divorced. She met a man who was also an alcoholic and
soon married him. Sometimes he would beat her up and we would be called to
the hospital in the middle of the night. Eventually he killed her.
I saw the heartache and turmoil in her life as well as in the lives of my
brothers and I. My mother was only forty-nine years old when she was
murdered without mercy by her drunken husband who hoped to collect on an insurance
policy.
The world and the Devil wants you to think
that drinking is glamorous, but it is not glamorous for a young girl to stand
in a courtroom having to see pictures of her dead mother lying in a pool of
blood. God’s word says in Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink
is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
Friend, alcohol is a deceiver. If my
mother were still here, she would tell you that alcohol will rob you of your
joy and peace. Alcohol will keep you from spending time with your children.
Alcohol will keep you from knowing and loving your grandchildren. She
would tell you that alcohol will destroy you.
Friend, there is another deceiver, his name
is Satan, who not only wants to deceive you with alcohol, but he wants to
deceive you about God’s only way to heaven. The Bible says in Romans
3:23, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Friend,
we are all sinners. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 10:13 says ‘For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved." Friend, why not call on Jesus today and ask Him to save your
soul. You will never regret it.