Testimony of Healing August 20, 1979 Issue

About five and a half years ago, I went through a second divorce

Paulette Riedel

About five and a half years ago, I went through a second divorce. I began to look for a new source of happiness and love by indulging in drinking and promiscuity. But it seemed that the more I drank and the more promiscuous I became, the more unhappy I was. I didn't grow up in a religious family, so it didn't occur to me to turn to God at the time.

Then, a year and a half ago, it seemed that I had reached a breaking point—both mentally and physically. I felt that no one cared about me. I was suffering from colitis—a condition the doctor told me was a result of anxiety. He had prescribed tranquilizers and other types of medication to ease my pain, but none of them helped. I constantly stayed in a doped and drunken state, in an effort to make it through one more day. The drugs and alcohol seemed to be the only way I could face myself.

Unknown to me, the owner of the apartment I lived in was a Christian Scientist. One day he dropped by to visit me. I had mentioned my illness to him before, and now he spoke to me about Christian Science. I had never heard of it, but he gave me a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and told me that he thought it could help me if I read it. I've always been an avid reader, and although I had many doubts about this religion, I read the book out of curiosity.

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