MY ADDICTION SONG FREE

I did know of some alcoholics, but back then, we didn’t classify them as drug addicts, although alcohol is certainly a drug. You see, I grew up in the era when we didn’t really know any drug addicts. The facts I learned changed my perspective on this issue.

MY ADDICTION SONG FREE

So off I drove to the other side of Stokes County on the crisp October morning.īoy, am I glad I did (and not just because of the free lunch of barbecue, sides and desserts from John Brown’s Country Store)! Pastors and church leaders from all over the county showed up to hear the informative and passionate speakers-some of them former addicts who now dedicate their lives to the cause of ending substance abuse and helping set the addicts free. I slept a couple of hours after the flesh/spirit tug of war and felt perfectly normal when that jarring iPhone alarm jolted me awake. In the mounting misery of the midnight hour, my flesh said, “Just turn off your early alarm and make your apologies to the organizers later.” But as dawn neared, my spirit was settled: I would keep the alarm on and trust God to wake me up feeling well enough to go. What made the sleepless night worse is that I had committed to attend the S.O.S (Stop Overdose Stokes) pastors’ gathering hosted by my dear friend, Pastor Evelyn Lemons, and others at Chestnut Grove UMC in King early on Tuesday. Y’all remember that old song “Feelin’ Groovy”? Well, I wasn’t. Y’all remember that old song “Tossin’ and Turnin’? Well, that is what I was doing Monday night.

My addiction song