But freedom happens in the light. Jesus is the Light of the World, and he works most powerfully in us when we bring our brokenness and hurt, or sin and our drugs, into the light of his grace. If we don’t, we can fool those around us, but they will never truly know us. This cycle of never being known drives us deeper into the vortex of the cover-up and makes us anemic. We don’t want to take the “hit” of coming clean, or maybe we just can’t quite admit we are addicted in the first place. But in the end we are isolated by our inability to open up to the love of God and the help of others.
