From Addiction to Faith: A Journey of Hope and Recovery

My Journey — From Sobriety to Church

In 1996, I turned my life toward sobriety and church, but I had not truly addressed my addiction. When life became overwhelming and I found myself around family members who still drank, I struggled to say no.

Over the next 20 years, I slipped deeper into the grip of alcohol, unaware of the destructive path it was carving through my life. Addiction clouded my judgment, damaged relationships with those I loved, and ultimately led to a tragedy I can never undo.

One day, my drinking resulted in a vehicular homicide that claimed the life of a family member. In the blink of an eye, I found myself in jail, facing more than five years in prison and the devastating reality of what my choices had caused.

I could no longer deny my addiction or its consequences.

It was there that I began to understand the importance of accountability, surrender, seeking help, and allowing God into the places of my life I had tried to handle on my own.

God Met Me in My Brokenness

Through faith, I found my way to recovery through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, Life Recovery Christian 12 Steps, Bible study, prayer, accountability, and fellowship.

But my journey became about more than simply not drinking.

God began changing my heart.

Step by step, He led me toward healing and redemption. He brought me back home—back to my family, back to a community of believers, and back to church.

Through recovery meetings and Bible studies, I discovered that lasting change required me to face my addiction honestly, accept responsibility for my choices, and allow God to transform the way I lived.

That journey eventually became S2C — Sobriety to Church.

Why I Share My Story

I cannot change the past, and I will never minimize the consequences of my actions. But I can choose what I do with the life God has given me today.

I share my testimony because someone else may be standing where I once stood—believing addiction has taken too much, that they have gone too far, or that their past has disqualified them from having a future.

My story is one of accountability, recovery, faith, grace, fellowship, and new beginnings.

S2C was created to help others discover a path toward recovery and spiritual growth—a place where people can find encouragement, Christian recovery resources, fellowship, and hope as they take their own steps forward.

If you are struggling, it is not too late to ask for help, begin recovery, and seek God.

You do not have to know the entire road ahead.

You only have to be willing to take the next step.

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
— John 8:32