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GOD Warned Him He Will Lose His Family 😳

Shawn Ryan Show

A speaker recounts his struggle with alcohol abuse while maintaining a successful public career, describing a pivotal moment where he claims to have received a divine warning that he would lose his wife and family if he continued drinking.

Summary

The speaker describes a critical period in his life when he was battling alcoholism while working as a TV personality and raising four children. Despite appearing functional—hosting a daily television show and maintaining a degree of fame—he had developed a dangerous drinking pattern that included consuming cocktails at 3:00 in the morning. This behavior intensified during a particularly vulnerable time: his wife was pregnant with their fourth child and just 10 days away from giving birth. At this crucial moment, the speaker describes experiencing what he characterizes as a divine intervention—an extraordinarily clear voice or instruction from God warning him that if he continued his current pattern of drinking, he would lose his wife and children. This warning served as a turning point in his narrative about confronting his addiction.

Key Insights

  • The speaker maintained professional success and public visibility (hosting a daily TV show) while simultaneously struggling with severe alcoholism, demonstrating how addiction can coexist with apparent functionality
  • The speaker developed a particularly dangerous drinking pattern of consuming cocktails at 3:00 in the morning without hesitation, indicating the severity and entrenched nature of the addiction
  • The critical moment of intervention occurred during his wife's pregnancy with their fourth child, just 10 days before birth—a time of heightened vulnerability and family stress
  • The speaker describes experiencing a divinely-sourced warning presented as an explicit conditional threat: continued drinking would result in losing his wife and family
  • The speaker characterizes the divine communication as 'the clearest possible instruction,' suggesting it was unmistakably distinct from his ordinary thoughts or voice

Topics

Alcohol addiction and substance abuseFamily impact and relationshipsSpiritual experience and divine interventionRecovery and personal transformationFunctioning addiction and career success

Transcript

[0:00] But it was booze that is what got me. My wife was pregnant with our fourth child. I was fairly functional. I mean, I did a daily TV show and was fairly wellknown, kind of famous actually at that point. And I'm busy. I've got a lot of children. I've got stuff to do. And I would just like not hesitate to have a cocktail at 3:00 in the morning. And that's a very bad pattern to get into. My wife was 10 days away from giving birth to our fourth child. And I just heard this voice. I don't know if it was a voice. It was from God. It was the clearest possible instruction. If you keep…

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