Prior to becoming a Scientologist I was very unhappy. I dreaded life. I was doing drugs and alcohol. My personal life and relationship with my family were a joke. There was seemingly no way I was going to make it. Since becoming a Scientologist in 1985 my life has completely changed. I have regained the respect of my family. Many untapped talents have been rekindled. I now look forward to life. Where I used to sleep in as late as possible and dreaded getting up, now I routinely hop out of bed at 6 or 7 a.m. and look forward to each day. Where I used to dislike any social contact, I would feel uncomfortable around others and would actually lose my appetite when going out to dinner with others, I now have absolutely no concern about what others think and have a voracious appetite no matter what the circumstance. The horizons that have been opened to me, thanks to Scientology, are infinite. The secrets of life have been made available to me and have given me an edge that few others have (except those others smart enough to be Scientologists). I now know that I am an immortal being, that this life is merely a step forward to an ultimately better existence, one which I used to always know!