Growing up with an alcoholic father, Melissa struggled from a young age with feelings of fear and abandonment and yearned for acceptance. During her teen years, however, she found a temporary escape through alcohol, and the consequences quickly consumed fifteen years of her life – blackouts, withdrawals, run-ins with the law, reckless behavior, and overwhelming guilt.

Melissa Huray, Emmy-award winning news reporter turned addiction counselor, and author of the 365 day devotional Radical Freedom: Breaking the chains of Addiction for Good opens up about how she found radical freedom through surrender.

With the wisdom and training of a counselor and the heart of understanding of one who suffered from addiction, Melissa talks openly with Perry and Shawna about shame, the need for community in your recovery, and how God can take even our worst mistakes and use them for good.

Also in this podcast, when Perry’s daughter Kali Joy was 16 she prayed, “Lord I want to know what it looks like to live like I have nothing to lose.” The Lord answered that prayed in a really painful yet powerful way that not only affected Kali but also the rest of the family. It pushed this truth more deeply into their hearts, “To live is Christ, to die is gain.”

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