Freely Sober Quotes

“You can’t fight a spiritual battle with willpower or discipline. It’s a holy war requiring supernatural tools found in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit not only provides the “tools” we need but is also actively at work within us to will and to”
― Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith

“He witnessed a wind and a fire and an earthquake, but Scripture says God was not in that wind or fire or earthquake. After this environmental chaos ended, Elijah likely felt as if the world had turned upside down around him. And then he heard “the sound of a low whisper”—and this was the voice of God (1 Kings 19:12).”
― Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith

“know this path is possible for any woman willing to do what Hagar did—cry out to the Lord and trust that he sees her.”
― Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith

“When God showed up, Hagar sparked to life again and said: “You are a God of seeing. . . . Truly, here I have seen him who looks after me” (Genesis 16:13).”
― Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith

“There is freedom from alcohol, no matter how little or much it currently affects you. That day will come.”
― Ericka Andersen, Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith