Hungover at Church
Was my love for God not enough to quit drinking?
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Last week, I spoke on a stage for a group of women about my long walk to sobriety. I wanted to share some of that speech with you and have adapted it here.
The trip toward sobriety started about 25 years ago with my very first drink as a teenager and ended 4+ years ago when I had my last.
Sobriety is a lifestyle, so the trip continues today, but the most challenging trek is over.
I will tell people for the rest of my life that it’s possible to get over that steep, rocky region that is early sobriety.
The Double Life
For years, I lived a divided life. I appeared to have it all together on the outside—a good Christian who knew the right things to say and do. But inside, I was struggling with something no one knew about.
Six years ago, I woke up with a pounding headache, staring down a full day of parenting a two-yea…
