Blessed by God Himself

Alcohol did not see my accomplishments of being college topper, my well-paying job, my love for my family or my life across the globe. At the height of my success I was earning well enough to feed a family of 10 members. I was living in a beautiful place known as Southampton, England and later shifted to Dubai and now I live in a small village in India. I thought I was heading to become one of the most successful person in the world when my then best friend, alcohol decided to murder all the happiness in my life. I came down from having everything to begging for sympathy from everyone.

I have been an alcohol addict from a very tender age of 18. As it is said that addiction is a self-diagnosed disease, I was able to diagnose myself as an addict after 5 years of my first drink. After a lot of struggle, I was able to sober up after 13 years of active addiction in which I lost my pride, self-esteem, respect and people around me. My first step to sober up back fired in the worst way possible when I got myself into a closed rehab without realizing what I have gotten myself into.

With insecurities and unknown fears all over my mind, I gathered a lot of courage to launch this book. Scared of a lot of criticism and judgement from my knowns, I finally got on with publishing the book in 2023.

Life is all about learning they say, so with each day passing in this torture centre where I was admitted and after meeting various addicts my view towards addiction and life was completely altered but not enough for me to quit. I relapsed just after 18 days of coming out from that hell hole and the downfall on my life continued. I have lost many friends and family members to addiction with their suicides, accidents and untimely deaths but nothing was enough to stop me until I hit myself to the lowest point. This book talks in detail about various hideous encounters I had in the closed rehab with round the clock tortures and altogether different rules guiding the caged animals, addicts. With round the clock beating and being at mercy of the rehab staff for as small thing as food, I survived for 48 days. The book presents an insight into my life along with many other addicts. It also narrates how I planned my escape from that rehab along with an unknown non addict.

I still see a lot of addicts around me and many families getting destroyed because of this disease. Big words from someone who is just in his initial 30s - "I don't want anyone, not even my worst enemies to live the life that I have been through in these last 5 years". The book is full of stories and the best part is that everyone will be having different take on the same thing that they read.

The cover highlights a lot of content written inside. It shall be an accomplishment if this book helps anyone to turn their life around, no matter an addict or a non-addict. It’s tough to fight back but it's tougher to live the life in the wrong way.