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OCTOBER 2024 VOLUME 24 | ISSUE 5 sohmission.org<br />
Thank you for providing HOPE!<br />
You helped Thomas rebuild his life<br />
on a firm foundation<br />
T<br />
homas remembers a great childhood, raised by<br />
a loving father who led him to maturity. He<br />
had two sisters, with whom he is still close.<br />
When he finished high school, Thomas became a<br />
welder and began building a good, solid life for<br />
himself. He worked his way up to a job at the<br />
airport. He became a father. Only one thing stood<br />
in the way of his happiness.<br />
“At the age of 21, I started drinking,” Thomas said.<br />
“This increased steadily to drinking every day and<br />
night, even when going to and coming from work.”<br />
Thomas’s addiction to alcohol began to loosen the<br />
rivets that held his life together. All it took was one<br />
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