Sober Mercies : : how Love Caught up With a Christian Drunk

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Call Number: 248.862 Ko
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Waking up in the guest room -- Crisis in Kmart -- Praise God for grapes -- Blackout bottom -- Toasting the truth -- Panic in pueblo -- Shock of sober sex -- Drunks like me -- Proof of life -- Pine sol, sweat and fears -- Big empty -- Not my father's daughter -- Family table -- Shining example -- Drinking at Dave -- Duh -- Empty man-hole -- Pillowcase of grace -- Penance by potatoes -- Weekend from hell -- Treading this miracle -- Here is where we go from here.
As a long-time Christian, Heather Kopp never expected to become an out-of-control alcoholic who kept private stashes of booze all over the place -- tucked behind books in her study, zipped into a special compartment in her oversized purse, at the back of her closet stuffed inside her boots. Even as her career and marriage teetered on the brink, Kopp could not get a grip, desperately hiding the true extent of her drinking from the rest of the world -- her husband included. During the day, she wrote books about God, prayer, and family. At night, she would lock herself in her bathroom to guzzle chardonnay. For her, as for many Christians who struggle with addiction, overwhelming shame and confusion only made things worse. Why wasn't her faith enough to save her? Why didn't repentance, Bible reading, and prayer work? Where was God? Meanwhile, as she watched in horror, her grown son descended into his own nightmare of drugs and alcohol. She feared for his life, yet she could not stop drinking long enough to help him -- or find a way out for herself. Until the day everything changed. Kopp shares her remarkable journey into darkness... and back to the light again. Her story reveals the unique challenges and spiritual conundrums Christians face when they become ensnared in an addiction, and the redemption that is possible when we finally reach the end of ourselves.

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