The author drifted aimlessly after high school and college, struggling with relationships, drugs, and business failures. In December 1992, after relocating to Texas, he hit rock bottom and contemplated suicide in his Dallas apartment. He called his father, who took him back to Illinois. There, on his knees in his childhood bedroom, he cried out to God for help. God responded, telling him to return to Texas, where he would discover his purpose. On December 17, 1992, a business man told him that if he surrendered to Christ's power, his life would be filled. The author did so, finding Jesus, and his life has never been the same since.