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DAYS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO ELSIE, DAVID MACKENZIE DISAPPEARED HALF THE NIGHT AND FINALLY STUMBLED HOME DRUNK TO AN ENRAGED CONFRONTATION WITH HIS NEW WIFE. DAVE ( AND THE MARRIAGE) SPIRALED DOWN AND DOWN UNTIL HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE... THIS BOOK TELLS THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE MACKENZIES ESTRANGMENT AND , AFTER QUIET BUT PROFOUND CHRISTIAN CONVERSIONS, THEIR RECONCILIATION. BUT IT IS A MORE : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR SEEING A MARRIAGE THROUGH THE DEVASTATION OF ALCOHOLISM. HERE THE MACKENZIES OFFER SOLID, HARD-WON COUNSEL ON CONFRONTING THE ALCOHOLIC, REBUILDING THE DAMAGED MARRIAGE AND LESSENING THE PAIN FOR CHILDREN. AFTER NEARLY TWENTY YEARS OF ALCOHOL- FREE MARRIAGE, THEY WRITE TO OFFER REALISTIC HOPE, BELIEVING "GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO USE OUR STORY TO TOUCH OTHER MARRIAGES CRIPPLED BY ALCOHOLISM"