My last years in high school and my college...

My last years in high school and my college career were beset with difficulties. I yielded to several forms of temptation—among them, experimentation with drugs, habitual use of alcohol and cigarettes, and poor moral standards, I also experienced problems with my health, including a digestive difficulty and vision difficulties resulting from an eye injury.

I sought help for the morality problem from a Protestant clergyman, but I found no hope offered, only further despair. I tried using willpower to stop smoking and taking drugs, but there was no lasting effect. During one semester in college I drank large amounts of coffee to stay awake, and slept only with the aid of tranquilizers. A concerned friend suggested a type of meditation for relief. I tried it but to no avail. I also wore prescribed glasses to alleviate the vision difficulty.

My religious training in a popular denomination during childhood and young adulthood familiarized me with Bible stories, but provided little insight into the application of Christian truths to present-day needs. In fact, in one church I attended, God's very existence was seriously questioned and discussed!

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