Excerpt from Serenity Granted……Chapter One

The first two sentences of my book reads, “I had my first drink at the age of six. It was an instant love affair.”  This was the beginning of a misguided loyalty to substances that were destined to kill me.  I fanned the flames of addiction like the congregation of a packed church with no air conditioning does with their programs, fast and frequently.  Here is more on that first encounter with my nemesis, “I picked up the drink and carried it away as if I was a sailor at a bar in some foreign land after months on the open sea.  The smell of the alcohol permeated my nostrils.  The aroma of the aged spirits was orgasmic.  I didn’t even have to taste it to know that I was in love.  It was a match made from heaven and hell at the same time.  We made our vows and I exclaimed in my mind. I do. It was time to consecrate the union of boy and substance.”