Getting Sober at Seminary
I’m a sober, Christian woman. If you want to push away from labels, I’m a woman who embraced Jesus and drinking— at the same time. I don’t care much about labels—use them, don’t use them—but I care about who I’m speaking to and I’m speaking to men & women in recovery, or thinking about recovery, or desiring recovery that have a faith, or are thinking about what having faith means, or desire to have faith. Faith in what? A Higher Power—something bigger than you. My higher power is God and his son, Jesus—yours might be different. And, I’m okay with that. This is where we wrestle with it. You see, my path to God was rife with doubt & anger, but so masterfully crafted I couldn’t deny God’s existence. It’s what I now know within. But, I can also understand that many are still grappling (or not) with this concept. I can appreciate the struggle, because part of the struggle is deeply steeped in our shame-based addiction. What I’ve learned is that there is a complexity to be...