To have been introduced to Christian Science is the greatest blessing of my life. It came at a time when I felt I had lost my childhood conviction that someday I would find the truth. When this truth found me, I had become dependent upon tobacco and alcohol.
Although, by human willpower, I had resisted the urge to smoke for six months, I despaired of ever being cured of the desire, as I'd tried quitting many times before. Also my indulgence (often extreme) of alcohol, which I had come to associate with all leisure activities, had left me with a deep sense of personal failure. I desperately wanted to be rid of the appetite for strong drink.
At this time my wife had become interested in Christian Science from reading Christian Science periodicals offered to her by a new acquaintance. She began reading these articles to me, but although they seemed to present a very uplifting theory, I didn't feel that Christian Science held the solution to any of my problems.
