Article | - 12:05 pm
After a shattered childhood, Miguel sought to fill the inner void with addictions.
“I suffered a lot since I was a child because my parents spent all their time arguing, which ended up generating violence. I started to bring this same anger and violence into my life by beating other people. I carried this emotional baggage and took refuge in tobacco, drugs, and the world of online games because I thought they could fill the void.”
“Because I couldn’t sleep, I would spend many nights playing non-stop. In the online world, I felt good; It filled me temporarily. But it got to a point where I got tired of it all because my life was only going backward. I ended up in the hospital many times due to anxiety attacks and because of other diseases that didn’t even exist, were undiagnosable, and were generated by what I kept inside. At the hospital, I was advised to take medication for anxiety, sleep, and depression. I took them, but they didn’t have any effect.”
“I had no social life, neither with family nor with friends. I had my meals in front of a screen because I didn’t want to be with anyone. I met a girl during this time, but it all went down the drain because when I was with her, I couldn’t hold a conversation and just wanted to return to that online world’s emptiness. So, it became a very problematic relationship, and she broke up with me. But I didn’t know how to accept that; I became desperate and tried to kill myself. I came up with a plan to go to the train track and kill myself.”
“In this situation, my mother invited me to the Universal Church; I was so desperate that I accepted.
When I came to the Church, I didn’t understand many things. Still, with the guidance of the Pastor, the assistants, and my current wife, I began to accept and understand that this was the path I had to follow. As I got to know God’s Word, I saw several changes: the hurt, the desire to cry, and the emptiness disappeared, and I began to have peace; I could sleep again. I gave up gaming, tobacco, and drugs, focusing only on the Word of God.
“Later, I started dating my current wife, we got married, I started working, and our lives stabilized. I began to seek the Holy Spirit and gave myself 100% to God. After I was baptized with His Spirit, I began to feel an immense peace, and everything began to fall into place in my life. I started to have a social life, to talk to my family, and to have friends. I used to work for others, but now I have a gardening company. ‘Today, I have peace within myself and in my marriage.”
