In 1991, I was almost immediately captured by a spiritual philosophy that I, somehow, already had embedded in me.  I had no physical feeling for the light so the act of Johrei was not immediately impressive to me.  The philosophy, however, was what held my interest.  Through the years I experienced a new sense of well-being and confidence.  My relationship and my work improved and I developed a desire for human interaction that I had never had.

Throughout this time, however, I was an alcoholic.  After about five years of regular Johrei, I began to notice that I was drinking less and less.  Two years later the need went away.  There was no withdrawal. No program. No problem.

The Johrei – the stuff that I never felt – had done something wonderful.  I believe that it saved my life.

They say once an alcoholic always an alcoholic.  People call themselves recovering alcoholic. This doesn’t need to be true.  Today I am neither.