The Role of Grace
Grace plays a critical role in both the intervention and the process of recovery.
Addiction is a treatable disease through which a gracious and loving God can lead us all to healing. In fact, simply accepting our shared brokenness, expressed in countless ways, opens the path to a genuine miracle of grace.
All of us, Addict or not, are Broken
The fact is, we are all debtors beyond our ability to repay. We are limping, flawed, and feeble. Addiction just happens to be loud, public, and often obscene.
Give NowThe Spiritual Challenges of Addiction
There are often spiritual challenges most people encounter when coming face to face with addiction in their families. One temptation is to look down on the addict. So we desperately try to keep it a secret, and that is classic denial. For many years, before I became an alcoholic I was able to keep most of my flaws in a discreet shadow. Most of us do. I could easily point to the outrageous and incomprehensible behavior of an alcoholic and assume they are weak in willpower and think myself superior. Most of us do that kind of thing too.
Ironically, through my own alcoholism I learned of a deeper grace and found a life far better than I could have imagined.
The point is, our usual reluctance to be transparent with our struggles prevents us from getting the help we need. To admit that addiction is in our lives or in the life of a family member seems like a shaming failure on some level. Why not view it as it is? A disease that CAN be treated. Simply accepting this fact opens the way tp the miracle of grace.