My Personal Testimony... Where I started, Where I came from, and Where I am going.

My vacation came and gone, including the recent Men's retreat at Mt. Harmon. Thanks To Pastor John Bruce for leading the group. Personal testimonies, what are they? Personal Testimonies is a autobiography of the way the person was before receiving Christ into his or her life and how their life has changed after receiving Christ into their life.

My life has many twist, I just completed my short testimony, a mini story in a chronological order. I lost a very sincere friend to my alcoholism, mainly because I was blind to the disease, I WAS IN DENIAL! My lost did not stop their, I lost my marriage and made a fool of myself. I also lost out on my relationship with my two children.

If you have faith in Christ like I do, relationships can be restored, People who were once good friends can start speaking to each other, it's a matter of timing, God's Timing. We Just have to pray and perhaps someday things will happen.

I came to Creekside Church to find God, to get reconnected to my faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, This is the TRUTH. I met new people, and I joined a small group, thanks to Bob Knoll. What I did not realize was my PAST. (Excluding the name for the obvious reasons here), for me to walk away, run away, stop attending is saying I run away from my problems. I decided to stay regardless what happens. My past does not acknowledge my existence which got me thinking real hard on What kind of psychological damage did I cause?, what Other damages in this person's life I may have contributed? So I soul searched and I realized how messed up I was. I Joined Celebrate Recovery to examine my life further... Today at post time is DAY 116 of my sobriety. I pray for a day of reconciliation, someday: HERE IS MY TESTIMONY:


My name is Tim; I am a believer in Jesus Christ and a child of God who struggles with alcoholism, major depression, and anger. Today is day __###_ of my sobriety.

I am the youngest child of a family of four with one brother and two sisters. I was raised a Roman Catholic and I started drinking alcohol at the age of 16. Even though I learned to drink responsibly, I never thought alcohol would be a problem.

I was raised and lived by a strict of Catholic/ Christian moral values respecting marriage relationships and established boundaries. I learned that a gentleman never physically harms a female.

As I applied my moral values to my everyday life I met new people, new ideas, eventually met new friends while in college.

I met my wife Stephanie, we were married of January 1992 and we raised a family. We both drank alcohol to relieve stress from our jobs. The marriage problems developed caused by finances, debts we owned and lack of quality time together. I started to stay out late after work drinking my problems away. My mind started to drift away loosing site of those moral values I protected so well, eventually my drinking affected my marital relations with Stephanie that led to my infidelity, I became unfaithful.

My reputation was damaged, I became guilty, angry and depressed. The depression caused me to drink; I drank to cure the depression. Do you see the dilemma? I started to lose friends. I became angry and lost my faith in God. Stephanie and I divorced in 1998.

In 2003 I hit “Rock Bottom” by walking that suicidal path. I found help, my drinking did not stop however and my faith in God was lost.

I found Creekside Community Church seeking God. The pastor’s sermons made me think who I am. So I kept coming Sunday after Sunday to learn more, joined a small group met new people, however my past troubles kept haunting me. That’s when I joined Celebrate Recovery. Celebrate recovery open the door to reconnect my faith in God and to accept Jesus Christ into my life. Where I can confess my sins, the terror and harm I caused to people from my addiction to alcohol without being judged or looked down upon, make amends to those people who I harmed and able to forgive those people who offended me.

Thanks And God Bless!!