MIRACLES

"The drink took everything I had", merchant account

Besides consuming their money, the life of parties and addiction almost cost the life of Francisco Sales de Oliveira

12/12/2018

The merchant Francisco Sales de Oliveira, 51, a resident of Santo Amaro, south of the city of São Paulo, lost count of the number of times he drove drunk. Prolonged holidays and year-end parties were anxiously awaited to enjoy the rest period on the coast of São Paulo accompanied by friends and lots of drinks. The trip back home was always marked by deliveries. "It was not just me who lived the miracle, but everyone who crossed my path. Before taking the road, he drank cachaça from those pure and strong ones. He was so drunk he did not even remember driving. " The recklessness is repeated by many drivers. The Ministry of Health estimates that every day 290,000 drivers take a road through Brazil driving under the influence of alcohol.

The legislation releases the alcoholic beverage under the classification of licit drug. Its excessive consumption causes dependence and affects within minutes after ingested the region of the brain responsible for the notion of space and balance, reducing, for example, the reflex of who drives vehicles.

Process of liberation "The drink took everything it had," said Sales. Gradually the financial reserves were over and he found himself alone. "When I went down to the beach I used to spend 2, 3 to 4 thousand reais. And I ended up sleeping in a basement in the basement, on the mattress my father lent. " On a dawn of this period of scarcity after arriving home from the bar, turned on the television and began to hear the Apostle Valdemiro Santiago minister. The Holy Spirit awakened in his heart the desire to visit a World Church of God's Power, that's when its history began to change. "It was nine years before I received my complete release. Even decimated and offered from the first day I stepped on the IMPD, sometimes slip and drank again. But I persevered and today I am free from all vices. I do not smoke and I do not drink anymore after 35 years in this life. "