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It is a work that defies genre and expectation: part memoir, part reckoning, part dialogue between a survivor and the man who violated her.

His conversion, he later writes, was “the most painful thing [he] ever did,” costing him friendships and familial bonds.

While this book is not about theology, it offers profound lessons for the Church, particularly for those engaged in ministry to the suffering and vulnerable.

Written by a minister who has spent decades walking with individuals and families entangled in the grip of addiction, this book refuses both reductionism and sentimentality. In an era when addiction is often reduced to a clinical diagnosis or a moral failure, Aaron White's book stands out as a work of rare theological depth and pastoral insight. It offers a clear-eyed yet deeply compassionate account of what addiction is, why it holds such power, and how communities of faith