Page 221: Barry and Gina Copeland: Finding Hope When Your Loved One is Addicted

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Barry and Gina Copeland have learned when it comes to addiction, desperation is a good thing. That’s when you finally realize Jesus is your only hope. Barry and Gina have followed Jesus and worked in ministry for years, and yet their son struggled with addiction for more than a decade. They tried everything they knew to “fix” the problem. In the process, they lost their joy, their dreams, and lived in chaos. Then God used powerful experiences to teach them their son’s addiction was not their fault, and they couldn’t fix him. They changed how they prayed and demonstrated God’s love to their son. Today Barry and Gina help those who have loved ones trapped in addiction through the ministry of Finding Hope, a part of Hope Is Alive, an organization that exists to radically change the lives of drug addicts, alcoholics and those who love them.

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0:00.0	Page 221 of the unfolding is the story of Barry and Gina Copeland.
0:05.4	I said to God, is nobody hearing me up there?
0:08.2	Literally for the next hour and a half, I just yelled my son's name, just saying,
0:14.8	somebody's got to be listening to me up here.
0:17.1	Why my son?
0:18.1	Why is this happening?
0:19.1	You know, he's a good guy.
0:23.3	God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it.
0:33.6	Another page in the unfolding.
0:42.7	When someone you love is caught in addiction, it can make you feel so desperate. Hey, this is Meredith Foster. Barry and Gina Copeland have learned when it comes to addiction,
0:49.5	desperation is a good thing. That's when you're finally in a place where you realize Jesus is your only hope.
0:57.1	Barry and Gina have followed Jesus for years. They worked in ministry. They did all of the
1:01.8	quote-unquote right things when it comes to raising their family. And yet their son struggled with
1:06.6	addiction for more than a decade. He was in and out of rehab and it was scary. If someone you love is
1:12.6	addicted, maybe you fear for their life. It can seem like they will never be free. Barry and
1:18.2	Gina Copeland understand and their story will give you hope. So Barry and I are both Christians.
1:26.5	We went to a Christian university, met each other there, and got married, started our family.
1:31.8	And so everything that we built in our personal lives was based on the Lord.
1:38.2	We had twin boys, they're our only sons.
1:41.2	They're not identical.
1:42.8	One of them's name is Kyle. And so we're going to talk a little
1:46.6	bit today about our journey with Kyle. One thing that sticks out in my mind when he was baptized
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