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Michael J. Heil
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Steven Joseph's review
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Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose:
"Spiritual Awakening
You do not have to believe in God to find this book inspiring. This is a journey from the darkness that can be purposeful for anyone dealing with addition. Well done!" |
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Rhonda's review
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Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose:
"I've always said that no one can explain what this struggle is like unless they've lived it. This book, with all its vulnerability, will lead another to freedom from addiction. What an amazing story, testimony. Heart hugs young man."
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Annemarie Pensabene's review
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Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose:
"This book is real, raw and relevant. It is well written, honest, and vulnerable. As the title says, God pursues people. He pursues them passionately.
What makes it even better is that Mike lives out the reality of truth and faith in his life in a way" Read more of this review » |
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Edward Thomas's review
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Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose:
"What an incredibly poignant and powerful book! If you are someone, or you know someone, who is searching for meaning and happiness in life and have followed the powerful influences of drugs and/or material things in search of seemingly elusive fulfil"
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“The amount of despair we experience when something goes wrong is directly proportional to the amount of hope we have placed in that thing.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“Drugs were my solution to the problem I felt inside, and yet they had become a problem of their own. The solution I chose created innumerable other difficulties in my life.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“All activities, things, actions, and ideals have consequences; it’s the law of cause and effect. What makes us so angry is not the consequences themselves, but when something we believe in brings about negative consequences.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“For me, drugs were ultimate, and the police were stopping me from getting them. We cannot help but hate that which stops us from getting more of that which we love most.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“What if the solution isn’t quick but lengthy, isn’t easy but painful, isn’t cheap but costly? What if there is no magical solution but a difficult process in which the cost we pay is determined by the choices we make? What if it doesn’t always feel good or make me happy? What if hope and purpose are refined through the trials rather than by avoiding them?”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“The more I “outsmarted” my drug tests and the system, the more messed up I became. The more things I got away with, the worse my problems became. The fact I could manipulate any situation to get what I wanted, when what I wanted, was killing me.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“As bad as my drug use was, it was a symptom of something much deeper. And their assembly line method of dealing with addicts did very little to help me pinpoint the real issues, let alone address them. So long as I believed that this lifestyle was best, I would find a way to keep doing it, regardless of the penalties. So long as I kept throwing out God, my life would be void of any purpose or meaning greater than making myself feel good before I died.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“I was so stuck in my ways, my beliefs, my biases that I was determined to let no one persuade me out of them. Though I couldn’t be persuaded out of them, I couldn’t avoid the consequences of them, either. Drugs, sex, and partying had first been something I stumbled across, something I used to alleviate the dullness in life and the pain of loneliness. Now they were my god, my ultimate objective, my end goal. They were all that I lived for and they were the fuel that got me there. I was willing to risk my future for them.”
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
― Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
