Testimony of Healing November 25, 1991 Issue

I was raised in Christian Science and had always relied on it...

Name withheld

I was raised in Christian Science and had always relied on it successfully for healing, yet I stopped practicing it after graduating from high school. I shared an apartment with two roommates, worked full time, and was no longer attending a Christian Science Sunday School. Soon I began to use alcohol and drugs with friends, and I found myself justifying my new habits. Then, when a crisis arose in my life, I became quite ill and lost an abnormal amount of weight.

During the crisis, which lasted a few weeks, I did some serious reasoning that later gave me the strength to loose myself completely from immoral behavior. I spent most of my waking hours in prayer, affirming that God, my Father, did love me and would see me through this situation. I promised myself that I would straighten out my life and "sin no more."

However, I still had not rid myself of the desire to continue with the same lifestyle. I was independent, had friends, and tried to convince myself I was happy. Eventually my boyfriend and I went our separate ways. I ended up getting involved with one of the friends—a man—who shared the apartment even though we had agreed that this would not happen when we moved in. The next several months proved to be quite distressing for me, as I struggled over the path I had chosen for myself.

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