Dawn Kornovich

Before:
Just a brief synopsis of my life?.I over-indulged in everything: over-shopping, over- drinking on a daily basis, and over-working, which led me to think that I deserved to play hard. I worked hard, made a lot of money quickly, and spent it like there was no tomorrow. By the world's standards, I was doing better than average. I was divorced due to selfish reasons. I thought I deserved better. I built a new home, had a Corvette in the garage and a new truck. Some people I met even thought I was a drug dealer because of my lifestyle. This was a typical Saturday for me. I would wake up around 9 or 10 am with a pounding headache from partying the night before. I would meet some friends at the shopping mall. I could buy just about anything I wanted. I did place some limitations on myself, but they were very high. If I had the money, I could spend it. I could drop $500 to $1,000 on new clothes, shoes, purses?.. junk. We would have lunch at a place that served cocktails. I would have a few cocktails with lunch and drop $50 to $100 on pull tabs (gambling). Then we?d shop a little more. On the way home, we would stop at a few bars, have dinner at one of them, and then continue to drink until the bars closed. Somehow I got home or stayed at a friend's house. My drinking buddy's husband did not drink, and he would pick us up and take us home from time to time. My life revolved around a bottle of beer and hundred-dollar bills. I was miserable!!!! I hated my life, did not know anything else and had no idea how to change. I was depressed. How could I not be? Most of my adult life I had a headache from being hung over.

Now:
I was introduced to Weigh Down four years ago. I took a Weigh Down Advanced class. Gwen taught that you can have self-control and that greed is a sin. I was blown away! I put down the bottle four years ago, never to over-indulge again. I?m free of over-drinking, over-eating, sexual sins, lust, over-spending, praise of what man thought, depression, anger and gambling. At the time I took the Weigh Down Advanced class I thought I could lose 10 pounds. God took 30 pounds of greed for food off my body, which I did not even know I had. I went from a size 10 to a 4!!!! All my changes are praises to God! I?m free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will never return to my old life. I now know what the word ?peace? means, and how it feels. I have never experienced answered prayers like this. I explain my new life and relationship with God like getting into an expensive sports car. You need to sit down, buckle up and take it for a test drive yourself to feel the power. My life is completely changed! Praise God for allowing this broken- hearted person to be forever changed.