A young woman named Laurie grew up in a nice church-going family while trying to hide a problem with alcohol.

There were times I definitely just was ashamed of who I was and what I had done and what I'd become.

A lot of people maybe didn't see me that way.

I did try to hide a lot of things, but you eventually become numb, you know, to those

feelings if you continue in that sin and you just desire to do that sin and you become none to God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamut, author of Adorned, for Thursday, February 23, 2017.

Don't be a slave to wine.

The Apostle Paul offered this council to women in the book of Titus.

Earlier this week, Nancy began unpacking what this principle means for us today. I think you'll find Nancy's teaching balanced and practical.

If you missed any of the programs, you can hear them at revive our hearts.com.

We'll continue on that theme today by hearing from a woman who knows firsthand the pain of addictions. Laurie, one of our production team heard yesterday that I was teaching on the whole

issue of addictions and alcohol, and he said,

do you know, Laurie? And we've connected before and some of your family, but didn't know

about your background and some of your story. And he said that you'd be real open to share that.

And you said you'd be open to share a little bit about your life message in this area.

Tell us a little bit about the family you grew up in, and when did you have your first exposure

to alcohol? Do you remember that?

Yes, yes, I do.

Well, I grew up in a family, first of all, that believed in Christ and professed Christianity.

And we were raised in a Baptist church, and we went.

They took me to church faithfully every Sunday,

most all the times that the doors were open.

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