To Slake a Thirst: The Matt Talbot Way to Sobriety

To Slake a Thirst: The Matt Talbot Way to SobrietyMatt Talbot was an alcoholic by the time he reached his teens. But all that changed one day when he was 28. He was broke. Matt stood outside the pub for several hours, waiting for one of his friends to invite him in. No one did. He went home and told his mother, "I'm taking the pledge," to which she replied, "Don't take it if you can't keep it." With no A. A., no sponsor, no weekly meetings, he had to rely on God alone. He found a way to sobriety

Matt Talbot was an alcoholic by the time he reached his teens. But all that changed one day when he was 28. He was broke. Matt stood outside the pub for several hours, waiting for one of his friends to invite him in. No one did. He went home and told his mother, "I'm taking the pledge," to which she replied, "Don't take it if you can't keep it." With no A.A., no sponsor, no weekly meetings, he had to rely on God alone. He found a way to sobriety which not only enabled him to give up drinking from that time on, it led him to adopt a way of life such that, at his death in 1925, word of his holiness spread throughout Ireland and his cause for canonization was begun almost immediately. He was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI in 1975. This is the story of his life and is primarily for active alcoholics, it will inspire all who are seeking a life of authentic holiness in the world. Written by a man who has experienced an extraordinary transformation in his own life by following the method outlined in this work.