Patrick J. Doty

Less Than Perfect Patrick J. Doty 1. izdevums

ALCOHOL DRUGS FIGHTING ARRESTS DESPAIR OPPORTUNITY HOPE FAITH LOVE Nobody wants to be an alcoholic. Nobody wants to have a drug addiction. Everybody wants a perfect life. ?Anything that I had ever wanted to do or be that was good got sunk, real deep down inside me. Bad had become good. Kids followed me. I was fun, talked about, became the life of the party. Who would want anything different?? This is the story of a seemingly-happy child who stole his first beer at the age of nine, was drinking regularly by the age of 12, smoking pot when he was 13, and moving to harder drugs at an escalating pace. Look into the mind of this adolescent as his addictions destroy all that is important to him and push him further away from the thing he wants most...his father?s approval. ?I prayed, ?God take me. Take this life. Close the coffin. I can?t take one more step. Please, Lord, another life, some other time. I can?t do it.? With all my heart I wanted to die. The demons were eating me alive inside, bite after bite, and I couldn?t do anything about it.? Not many understand the hell of being a prisoner to dependency. Patrick Doty has suffered the pain and self-loathing of addiction. Here, he is offering you a glimpse into a past that is filled with wild abandon, reckless disregard, and finally, hopelessness. From the battle that follows, he gains a lasting strength of spirit that carries him through some of life?s most difficult challenges. ?The devil that chases me will lose every time. God has assured me a special life, and I will not be denied it.?