Awakening

I moved out of my parent's house when I was 18, and directly into a place with my now ex-boyfriend. I began to drink heavily and even did drugs, and before I knew it, i was a full blown alcoholic/addict! I was raised Catholic my entire life, but chose to leave my life-long church when I was 18. I became so miserable and BROKEN, i had lost all touch with my Father God.  As if being seperated from God and being a total junkie weren't bad enough, my relationship began to unravel, slowly at first, then more quickly as time and my disease increased. I was living in complete and utter sin and felt angry at myself, and most of all, angry at God. It was 2 weeks before my 21st birthday when my relationship ended for good, i had to move home with my parents and was so broken hearted over my failed relationship, i was drinking constantly and barely making it through each day, I was at ROCK BOTTOM! By this time, my entire family (with the exception of my Grandmother[it is important to know that I come from a TOTALLY tight-knit Italian family-including all aunts and cousins] who still, to this day is Catholic) had left the Catholic church. This leaving greatly confused me, and my family begged me for a very long time to attend the new church (Pentecostal) they were going to. I put them off for a long time, until i came to the realization that i was UNABLE to handle my life on my own, i eventually (In God's time) broke down and went. I was FLOORED! I realized that 18 years in my Catholic church had not even begun to teach me who Jesus Christ was!! Long story short, i was saved on January 28th, 2007! Amazing. I will not say that it has always been easy, there are many times that come to mind when i made the wrong choices, but all in all, I am a BRAND NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST! Praise Jesus for the work He has done in me and in my life. I am forever amazed how things just "fall into place" for the righteous. Halleluja!