Beside Still Waters: Discovering Peace in the Midst of Your Child’s Addiction
Addiction is an epidemic in our world. Parents are accustomed to nurturing their children, but there is a fine line between nurturing and enabling. Beside Still Waters: Discovering Peace in the Midst of Your Child’s Addiction is a guide for those who have a loved one in addiction. It is a Bible-based resource that can be used by individuals or as the basis for a Love Them To Life support group.
Beside Still Waters explores topics such as codependency, enabling, guilt and remorse, legal issues, fear, and more. Parents often say that they love their children to death; how much better would it be to “love them to life?”
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Set Free: Finding Truth and Hope When a Loved One is Addicted
For every person who has entered the destructive life of drug or alcohol addiction, a family is devastated and bewildered as to what they could have done to prevent their loved one from taking this route. Set Free: Finding Truth and Hope When a Loved One is Addicted discusses what addiction is, especially focusing on drugs and alcohol, gives insight into the root causes of addiction, compassionately discusses the impact on the family, and provides hope for being set free from the slavery of addiction for everyone involved.
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He’s Clean and Sober… So Where’s My Happily Ever After?
He’s sober. You’re still hurting. Now what?
For countless Christian women, the moment their husband achieves sobriety is supposed to mark the beginning of a “happily ever after.” But instead of healing, they find themselves trapped in a painful, confusing reality: the addiction may be gone, yet the patterns of abuse, control, and spiritual harm remain.
In He’s Clean and Sober… So Where’s My Happily Ever After?, Cherri Raws Freeman offers a compassionate, faith-centered guide to help women recognize the dynamics of post-addiction abuse, name the destructive patterns, and begin to heal—no matter where they are in their journey.
Drawing on biblical wisdom and practical tools, this book will help you:
• Recognize coercive control, emotional abuse, and false repentance
• Break free from guilt, shame, and the pressure to “fix” the marriage
• Set healthy, Christ-centered boundaries
• Reclaim your identity as a beloved daughter of God
• Navigate the road to healing with courage and grace
If you’ve been asking, “Why doesn’t sobriety feel like a miracle for us?” you are not alone. This book will meet you with truth, hope, and the gentle reminder that God sees you, loves you, and has not abandoned your story.
“Reading Cherri’s book felt like someone finally saw me. Her words bring clarity, compassion, and hope.”
— Anne
“A masterclass in how the Church can support survivors of post-addiction abuse.”
— Dr. James Ayers, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Lancaster Bible College
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