As Jeanne and I look over the past year, our hearts overflow with thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father.

He has supplied our needs, guided our paths and filled our family with His love, joy and peace. In addition, part of His overwhelming gracious plan for our lives was to include family members who are friends and friends we consider family.

God’s ministry of Get High on Life has been blessed this past year as doors have been opened for us to share the Good News of the Gospel.

As we enter 2018, we accept the challenges that we will face and thank God for the opportunity to share what He has done in our lives.

It is only by His Grace that on Jan. 25, I will celebrate 16,060 days (44 years) of sobriety. I mention it in days, because life is lived only one day at a time. It’s a fact that in December, suffering alcoholics and drug addicts in search of happiness abuse more drugs than in any other month.

It reminds me of the definition I heard years ago of unhappiness, which was, not knowing what you want and killing yourself to get it.

The good news is that December, 2017, is over and January starts the beginning of a new year. Studies show that more people seek help during the first month of the year than any other month.

If you, or someone you know, have an addiction to any drug, be assured that there is help.

The first step in solving a problem is to admit the problem and then take action to solve it. I did that in January, 1974, and was directed to a 12-step self-help program.

People I had never met received me with open arms, not wanting to know anything other than how they could help.

The love and compassion they had for me, a stranger, touched me in such a way that I wanted what they had. They told me that what God did for them, He would do for me if I surrendered to His Will for my life. It wasn’t easy, but so rewarding.

Today, I’m grateful to all the people who reached out to me in my time of need. I offer my services (personal counseling, family intervention, and referral to treatment facilities) to anyone who might think they have a problem.

Please feel free to call me at (985) 652-8477.

If you have any questions or comments, please write Harold Keller at Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Reserve, LA 70084; call 985-652-8477; or e-mail hkeller@comcast.net.