We Dance Because We Cannot Fly: Stories of Redemption from Heroin to Hope

by Guy Chevreau

Light has shone into the black holes of humanity. Decades of drug addiction; horrific abuse; multiple suicide attempts; gangster violence; prison; prostitution; homelessness....yet, through the power of God's love, an association of churches known as Betel, has helped thousands of desperate heroin addicts to be set free from their downwardly spiralling existence and experience freedom in Christ. There is hope for all of us. Humberto Fernandez, in his book, Heroin said, "Our perception of addiction as an incurable disease has not changed much. In 1930 Sirovich 'Medical science is almost powerless to redeem these unfortunates.' Today we say treatment can work, but the fact is it works for relatively few...". One wonders what Fernandez might have written if he had been to Betel.

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 9, 2000

Reviews

[Karin Rosner]

Compelling stories of how people aound the world have broken out of the cycle of addiction in Christ and in community. The stories are not easy to read; Chevreau writes honestly about addiction, crime and physical self-abuse and the abuse of others that's tied to heroin addiction. There are no traditional "happy endings" in these accounts, but there are real stories of real hope that comes through faith.

[Stefan Salonen]

Fantastiska berättelser om män och kvinnor som räddas ur misär. Oftast av dem som gått före.
Hur hemskt det kan låta blir man nästan avtrubbad av de otaliga berättelserna.
Betel finns också Esbo ! Behovet överallt i vår värld. :(

[Hannah Smith]

An honest, inspiring account of the work of people of great faith and the stories of drug addicts who have come to know Jesus through their work.