One Woman’s Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow of Addiction People affected by a loved one’s addiction suffer silently in church pews. I was one of them. I’m Juliet. Sometimes I wish I could be someone else; with another name altogether; someone whose life is more comedy than tragedy. During the twelve years I was married to a cocaine-addicted Christian; I was overwhelmed with isolation and shame as I sat next to my ex-husband in church week after week. No one fathomed our family skeletons. How could I tell anyone? God stirred my spirit to seek personal healing and give voice to my reality. Through Him; I found freedom from silence and redemption for the life dreams I thought were forever lost. Same Dress; Different Day: A Spiritual Memoir of Addiction and Redemption chronicles my journey from victim to victor as I struggled to break free from codependency’s suffocating cycle. I learned to see my Savior as the soul mate and provider my chemically dependent spouse could never be. God’s healing grace is not only for the addicted; but also for the broken ones who love them.
