Todd, Wisconsin
Greetings Barry & Rhonda!
I just want to pass along another tale of seeming “miraculous” change….I read about so many there, on your site before coming, in the numerous binders in your waiting area with hundreds and hundreds of others’ stories, especially the ones from Norm- those are all extremely inspiring to me, and I want to give you my experiences, thus far in such a “short” period of time…
First of all, as is the case with most if not pretty much probably every person who comes to see you Rhonda ~ the transformation you facilitated is beautifully baffling. Bafflingly beautiful!! 🙂 As you know, I came to you after years of problems with alcohol; years of much drinking, followed by periods of abstinence where I “proved” to myself that it was “under control”; followed by the inevitable, yes, you can call it a slide back into the same habits. Legal issues were the least of my problems as a result of my drinking- and the arrests/penalties/sanctions I subjected myself to over my years of drinking were SUBSTANTIAL. When I came to see you, Rhonda, I had been drinking pretty much daily for, oh, at least 6 months, prior to that regularly and routinely for at least a couple/few years, being on the tail end of what I call “Phase I” of my life, which involved elements familiar to many in major life upheaval; marital dissolution, career/job difficulties and resultant lack of abundance, etc. etc.
At the end of my three sessions with you, Rhonda ~ it was simply gone. Despite that you told me things about myself (and my mother about herself, as she accompanied me on this journey), that I was intrigued by and found pretty incredible that you could know – despite all of that, as far as the alcohol issue went, I did not know at the time if I actually felt different, or not. I will say that I had never been one who experienced what I would characterize as “cravings”, even when I was drinking pretty much daily; it would be more like a nightly routine. And I recall reading many others’ writing of their experiences saying the same; that it just took a couple of days, maybe into their return home, for it to register that the desire, craving, whatever it was that previously led to the drinking- that it was just gone. And that is what I experienced.
Again, I love and appreciate you both,
Love,