Eric Clapton, Alcoholism, Christianity And Sobriety..

This article is not new but is interesting…Here is an extract from ChristianityToday.com

As Clapton’s legend grew, so too did his destructive behaviors. Within a year of his conversion he became addicted to heroin, kicked it, but moved on to alcohol, sexual promiscuity, and a string of failed relationships. “Bad choices were my specialty,” he said. In 1987 he hit the bottom. Failing through a month of rehab, he fell to his knees and finally “surrendered” to God, dedicating his sobriety to his newborn son, Conor. Four years later, when Conor died in a fall from the window of a 53rd floor of a Park Avenue apartment, Clapton admitted, “There was a moment when I did lose faith.” Still, he found the strength to present a session to his Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on “handing your will over to the care of God.” Afterward, a woman confessed that he had taken away her “last excuse” for drinking, a confirmation to Clapton that “staying sober and helping others to achieve sobriety” is “the single most important proposition” in his life.

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Tags: addicted to heroin, Alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous, Eric Clapton, rehab, sexual promiscuity, Sobriety, surrendered to God

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