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ADDICTION AND RECOVERY

A Mother Learns to Turn Her Son’s Addiction Over to God

Nighttime phone calls are never good news when you’re the mother of a drug addict. My phone rang…

A Miraculous Release from Alcohol Addiction

“There are only two ways to live,” Albert Einstein said. “One is as though nothing is a miracle.…

A Miracle Healed Roberta Messner of Pain and Addiction

I sat beside my mother’s hospital bed. She lay dying of cancer. I didn’t know whether she could…

A Horse Named Pistol Helped Her Heal

Pistol waits for me by the gate outside her stable. What took you so long? I can almost…

A Gambling Addict’s Path to Redemption

This is what the end stage of a gambling addiction looks like. I was alone in a tiny…

After 30 Years of Addiction, God Answered His Prayer for Sobriety

Months into my first serious attempt to stay sober, I was about to throw it all away. I…

A Fire Chief Remains Hopeful in the Fight Against Her City’s Opioid Epidemic

Hi Guideposts. I’m Jan Rader, fire chief in Huntington, West Virginia, and I’ve been a first responder for…

A Father Reconciles with His Son Facing Drug Addiction

Someday he would hit bottom, come to himself, and come back home. Dad, he would say, “I’m sorry.”…

A Fall from Grace

I wasn’t going to blog about the drug-overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. So much has already…

A Death Row Chaplain Puts Alcohol and Drugs Behind Him

Editor’s Note: As chaplain for the Golden State Warriors, Earl Smith had a lot to celebrate when the team won…

Addiction, Recovery, and Christian Tattoos on ‘Preachers of L.A.’

For the past two seasons of Oxygen’s hit reality show, Preachers of L.A., Pastor Jay Haizlip has let…

Addiction Claimed Her Son’s Life, But Not His Story

Seven years ago, my husband, Steve, and I lost our oldest son to a heroin overdose. Justin was…

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