Jeanann Wells:  

Life HI, MY NAME IS JEANANN AND I AM A ALCOLIC. FOR REAL. I'VE BEEN IN RECOVERY GOING ON 14 YRS. MY ANNIVERSARY DATE IS JANUARY 1, 1990 NO, IT WASN'T A RESOLUTION IT'S JUST WHEN I HIT MY BOTTOM. IT WAS ALMOST THE NEW YEAR, MY "WASBAND" WAS PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR, WE LIVED IN A TWO BEDROOM TRAILER, MY 2 DAUGHTERS(5 YRS AND 11 MONTHS)WERE SLEEPING IN TINY ROOMS, I LOOKED AROUND AND THOUGHT WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY LIFE. I DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. MY MARRIAGE WAS VERY ABUSIVE=BROKEN NOSES, LOCKED OUTSIDE IN FREEZING TEMPS, SMACKED AROUND EVERY DAY, BEING THREATENED OF BEING KILLED-WHAT HAD HAPPENED? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? THE SEED "OF A NEW WAY OF LIFE" HAD BEEN PLANTED BY A FRIEND AND I FIGURED I WOULD TRY IT & IF IT DIDN'T WORK, I WOULD USE AGAIN. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAVEN'T HAD TO PICK UP A DRINK OR DRUG SINCE. (O'H YEA, I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY THIRD BABIES, I HAD ALL GIRLS)AFTER TWO MONTHS OF BEING CLEAN AND SOBER THE FOG HAD LIFTED FROM MY EYES AND I KNEW I COULD NO LONGER STAY WITH THIS MAN ANY LONGER. I WOULD COME HOME FROM MEETINGS AND HE WOULD BLOW BONG HITS IN MY FACE AND TELL ME I WOULD NEVER STOP USING. I WAS TOLD IF I HUNG AROUND THE BARBER SHOP I WOULD GET MY HAIRCUT SO I LEFT WITH A LEAP OF FAITH AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. I HAD NO JOB, 3 BABIES AND A 76 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AND LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND. I WAS DRIVING DOWN 270 & REMEMBERED I WAS TOLD TO PRAY FOR HELP SO I SAID THE SERENITY PRAYER AND ASKED THAT IF IT WAS GOD'S WILL FOR ME LEAVE TO GIVE ME THE STRENGH TO DUE SO. IT STARTED TO SNOW-VERY NICE CALM SNOW AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS GODS' SIGN TO ME THAT I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND TO KEEP PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. I'M HAPPILY MARRIED TO A MAN I MET IN THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 12 YE...Expand for more