My name is Chris, and this is my story.
I'm a sex addict and an alcoholic.
Within that addiction, my first marriage came to an end through divorce because of my acting
out and alcoholic behaviors.
After my first marriage, I met my current wife, Carrie.
Within that, I had some sobriety but was still holding in.
Holding in a lot of the truth, holding in a lot of my fears, still carrying a lot of
baggage.
At that point, my addiction was really starting to take hold, both my sexual addiction and
my alcoholism.
That's where I wanted to be.
I wanted to be in my addiction.
That's what I knew.
I was safe there, for what I thought.
Our church life had diminished.
We had basically started going away from God.
I was really directing our family towards it.
So much until the point where my alcoholism was a daily thing, I was having communications
with other women until the point I had an affair.
Over the course of the next year and a half, my wife and I were separated.
How do we have a relationship now?
Are we going to have a relationship now?
How do we raise three kids like this?
She actually started coming to church with me.
When I came back to church, it really was like the one place I could go to lay all my
worries down.
God, forgive me.
God, I love you.
God, thank you.
My name is Chris.
I'm here with my two brothers and my wife and kids, 15 months clean and sober because
of Jesus Christ.
I have raised a life.
When you can be free of that, that weight, to be out in the open is really a sense of
freedom.
I can't do this on my own and I need a large group of people and most of all, I need Jesus
Christ to make real changes to my life.
My relationship with Kerry is very special and not just husband and life, my partner
in life, but she's also my partner in this recovery journey.
No matter how hard things get in life, God is always greater.
He always continues to be greater than whatever you're facing.
I can't stay here today saying I have 19 months of sobriety without Jesus Christ.
Without a doubt.
