Sober Mercies: How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
Autor Heather Harpham Koppen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mai 2014
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 couldn't 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 and prayer and family. At night she'd locked 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 couldn't stop drinking long enough to help him--or find a way out for herself.
Until the day everything changed.
Engaging, funny and bracingly honest, 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's possible when we finally reach the end of ourselves.
If you love Jesus but shop too much, drink too much, eat too much, crush on men who aren't your husband, or otherwise fixate on doing things you hate but can't stop doing, SOBER MERCIES is for you.
As you follow Kopp's sincere, stumbling journey toward freedom and a deeply satisfying relationship with God, you'll find renewed hope--and practical steps of recovery--for your own journey.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455527755
ISBN-10: 1455527750
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: FAITHWORDS
Colecția Jericho Books
ISBN-10: 1455527750
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: FAITHWORDS
Colecția Jericho Books
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Notă biografică
Heather
Koppis
an
author,
editor,
and
blogger.
Among
her
books
are
a
critically
acclaimed
memoir,I
Went
to
the
Animal
FairandThe
Dieter's
Prayer
Book.
With
her
husband,
David,
she
wroteRoar!
A
Christian
Family
Guide
to
the
Chronicles
of
Narnia,
thePraying
the
Bibleseries,
and
other
books.
Heather
blogs
about
addiction,
grace
and
recovery
at
HeatherKopp.com.
She
and
her
husband
have
five
grown
children,
and
live
in
Colorado.
Recenzii
"In
SOBER
MERCIES,
Heather
Kopp's
soft
wisdom
is
delivered
so
skillfully
that
it
continued
to
settle
in
days
and
weeks
after
I
read
the
last
page.
Heather's
vision
of
Christianity
is
vast,
inclusive
and
interesting.
Her
journey
is
hilarious
and
inspiring
and
her
honesty
is
both
surprising
and
comforting.
I
plan
to
keep
extra
copies
of
SOBER
MERCIES
on
my
bookshelf,
ready
to
give
to
any
friend
struggling
with
faith,
recovery,
forgiveness,
or
life.
So,
I'll
give
it
to
everyone,
I
guess.
I
love
this
book.
SOBER
MERCIES
is
a
gift
and
Heather
Kopp
is
my
favorite
kind
of
person:
a
student-turned-teacher
of
life."—Glennon
Doyle
Melton,
founder
of
Momastery.com,
author
of
Carry
On,
Warrior
"I loved SOBER MERCIES. Kopp is funny, heartbreaking, compelling, and wise. More than that, this is an important book. Kopp talks frankly about being a Christianandan alcoholic. This book is a must for any church recovery group or anyone facing addiction."—Susan E. Isaacs, actor, author of Angry Conversations with God
"SOBER MERCIES is simply one of the best, most honest, brilliantly written memoirs I've read. Heather Kopp gives such encouragement for when we wonder why faith alone hasn't rescued us from destructive habits. Her story stands as a beacon of hope for all of us in a broken world."—Jud Wilhite, author of Pursued, senior pastor of Central Christian Church
"SOBER MERCIES is a delightful and brave read. Heather Kopp's narrative, full of gut-wrenching detail and heartfelt confession, is beautifully crafted, a story filled with the kind of self-reflection and wisdom reminiscent of Anne Lamott and Mary Karr. And like the works of Lamott and Karr, the true gift of Kopp's tale is that every reader--addict or not--will find its honesty and hope filling."—Matthew Paul Turner, author of Churched and Hear No Evil
"Taught prose, a compelling story, and a beautifully fresh voice kept me turning the pages of SOBER MERCIES. This is not a pretty story. It's not another well-decorated memoir where the author glosses over failure and stress. Heather Kopp's story is raw. Her bravery will give others the permission to grow, change, and heal."—Mary DeMuth, author of Thin Places: A Memoir
"I couldn't put this book down, devouring it in a weekend. Even people who have never struggled with addiction will find themselves in Heather Kopp's memoir of finding God's strength only when she recognized her own powerlessness. As she says, it's about 'how to lean-helplessly, foolishly, hopefully-on a God you can't fully explain. And how to do it, over and over, every day.'"—Jana Riess, author of Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor
"This is not a book for alcoholics, or a book for friends and family of addicts, or a book for counselors, or a book for women; it's a book for everyone. Heather's story--honestly and beautifully told--invites us all to the table, baggage in tow, to confront our shared brokenness, our shared hopes, and our shared need for community, forgiveness, and grace. This book will challenge and change you. It will reintroduce you, with new words and images and stories, to the grace and goodness of God."—Rachel Held Evans, blogger, author of Evolving in Monkey Town and A Year of Biblical Womanhood
"Heather Kopp's journey from being a young, devout wife to a secretive, Chardonnay-guzzling alcoholic is recounted with astounding honesty. She enters a recovery center in an effort to get sober and begins attending meetings of a program she deliberately chooses not to name. After a relapse and several close calls, she writes this book with several years of sobriety under her belt. A practicing Christian, Kopp tackles head-on the attitude that drinking too much is a sinful compulsion that can be prayed away. Instead, she reiterates that alcoholism is a treatable disease that cannot be cured. Kopp's willingness to reveal her stumbling blocks in her recovery efforts will make this addiction memoir helpful to those struggling with similar diseases, Christian or not."—Library Journal
"Kopp shares her victories and setbacks with honesty and bravado, as a friend and confidant for readers who may be grappling with questions and doubts in their own spiritual lives."—Homecoming Magazine
"...a story of confronting the nature of sin and understanding more fully the necessity and beauty of God's grace....SOBER MERCIES reminds us that we are each living our own addiction story. And we can't lose sight of the complete and total dependence on God's sustaining grace that offers any hope of a way out."—Christianity Today, 4-star review
"...easy-to-read yet deeply moving narrative ... gripping, heartfelt, and eye-opening, a valuable read."—Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"Ultimately, a renewed understanding of the gospel helped her [Kopp] change - and that makes the book encouraging for anyone struggling with issues that self-help religion can't fix."—World Magazine
"I loved SOBER MERCIES. Kopp is funny, heartbreaking, compelling, and wise. More than that, this is an important book. Kopp talks frankly about being a Christianandan alcoholic. This book is a must for any church recovery group or anyone facing addiction."—Susan E. Isaacs, actor, author of Angry Conversations with God
"SOBER MERCIES is simply one of the best, most honest, brilliantly written memoirs I've read. Heather Kopp gives such encouragement for when we wonder why faith alone hasn't rescued us from destructive habits. Her story stands as a beacon of hope for all of us in a broken world."—Jud Wilhite, author of Pursued, senior pastor of Central Christian Church
"SOBER MERCIES is a delightful and brave read. Heather Kopp's narrative, full of gut-wrenching detail and heartfelt confession, is beautifully crafted, a story filled with the kind of self-reflection and wisdom reminiscent of Anne Lamott and Mary Karr. And like the works of Lamott and Karr, the true gift of Kopp's tale is that every reader--addict or not--will find its honesty and hope filling."—Matthew Paul Turner, author of Churched and Hear No Evil
"Taught prose, a compelling story, and a beautifully fresh voice kept me turning the pages of SOBER MERCIES. This is not a pretty story. It's not another well-decorated memoir where the author glosses over failure and stress. Heather Kopp's story is raw. Her bravery will give others the permission to grow, change, and heal."—Mary DeMuth, author of Thin Places: A Memoir
"I couldn't put this book down, devouring it in a weekend. Even people who have never struggled with addiction will find themselves in Heather Kopp's memoir of finding God's strength only when she recognized her own powerlessness. As she says, it's about 'how to lean-helplessly, foolishly, hopefully-on a God you can't fully explain. And how to do it, over and over, every day.'"—Jana Riess, author of Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor
"This is not a book for alcoholics, or a book for friends and family of addicts, or a book for counselors, or a book for women; it's a book for everyone. Heather's story--honestly and beautifully told--invites us all to the table, baggage in tow, to confront our shared brokenness, our shared hopes, and our shared need for community, forgiveness, and grace. This book will challenge and change you. It will reintroduce you, with new words and images and stories, to the grace and goodness of God."—Rachel Held Evans, blogger, author of Evolving in Monkey Town and A Year of Biblical Womanhood
"Heather Kopp's journey from being a young, devout wife to a secretive, Chardonnay-guzzling alcoholic is recounted with astounding honesty. She enters a recovery center in an effort to get sober and begins attending meetings of a program she deliberately chooses not to name. After a relapse and several close calls, she writes this book with several years of sobriety under her belt. A practicing Christian, Kopp tackles head-on the attitude that drinking too much is a sinful compulsion that can be prayed away. Instead, she reiterates that alcoholism is a treatable disease that cannot be cured. Kopp's willingness to reveal her stumbling blocks in her recovery efforts will make this addiction memoir helpful to those struggling with similar diseases, Christian or not."—Library Journal
"Kopp shares her victories and setbacks with honesty and bravado, as a friend and confidant for readers who may be grappling with questions and doubts in their own spiritual lives."—Homecoming Magazine
"...a story of confronting the nature of sin and understanding more fully the necessity and beauty of God's grace....SOBER MERCIES reminds us that we are each living our own addiction story. And we can't lose sight of the complete and total dependence on God's sustaining grace that offers any hope of a way out."—Christianity Today, 4-star review
"...easy-to-read yet deeply moving narrative ... gripping, heartfelt, and eye-opening, a valuable read."—Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"Ultimately, a renewed understanding of the gospel helped her [Kopp] change - and that makes the book encouraging for anyone struggling with issues that self-help religion can't fix."—World Magazine