...After his older Christian friends moved away to college, Smith began to struggle with feelings of loneliness and alienation. After graduating from high school, he gravitated toward alcohol and drugs.[9] He attended Marshall University while developing his songwriting skills but dropped out after one semester. He also played with various local bands around Huntington, West Virginia. During that time, his friend Shane Keister, who worked as a session musician in Nashville, encouraged him to move to Nashville, the Country Music capital, and pursue a career in music.[10]

In 1978, Smith moved to Nashville, taking a job as a landscaper to support himself. He played with several local bands in the Nashville club scene. He also developed a problem with substance abuse.

I really started losing touch when I moved to Nashville, around April of '78. I was smokin' marijuana, drinking, doing some other drugs; just being crazy, you know. My mom and dad knew what I was doing. But they never hassled me; they just prayed for me. And I felt convicted by God. Every time I'd wake up I knew: This isn't me. But I couldn't change myself.[10]

In November 1979, Smith suffered a breakdown that led to his recommitment to Christianity. The next day he auditioned for a new contemporary Christian music (CCM) group, Higher Ground, as a keyboardist and got the job... Wiki

Professorcplus:
Hmm, can someone give me the similarities between Micheal W. Smith and Toks208 life experiences

1. They both found themselves in a society full of attrocities.
2. Both suffer from addiction from childhood and willing to change.
3. They both found comfort in their beliefs about Jesus Christ.
4. They develop passion and interest to change lives through their life experiences.
5. While Smith Keep looking for the missing person through Christian musics, Toks searches for his own through writing...well I hope both of you finally find that missing person in you.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Love your enemies, pray for them.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.