Is there such a place as Hell on earth? Yes. I was raised in a Christian home but that didn't mean my life would be perfect or void of trials. My first drunk was at the age of 14. Life went on. Wanting to leave my troubled past behind, I met and married the man of my dreams. But was he? One fateful evening, 13 years into our marriage, he confessed an affair. That was the night I met Judas. I remained in this incarcerated union, not wanting our sons to come from a broken home. Living in constant turmoil, it was then I returned to my childhood friend - alcohol, and escaped into a dark world of inebriation. That was unfortunately the calm before a very disastrous storm. My life became a bitter existence of hopelessness. The atrocities and problems I encountered grew in epic proportions and on many occasions I nearly lost my life. I feared the future and was losing all hope for surviving the destruction that had caused such an enormous amount of uncertainty. The clouds above me grew dark, as lightning ripped across the skies. I was blinded by its wrath and fury, destined to experience the pounding forces. And within an instant, it hit with a vengeance that strangled my very breath. My heart beat a rhythm of hatred and contempt, and made a permanent home in my soul. What would become of my life? Something had to change.