My Journey With Addiction

About the Book

Wow! This autobiography is powerful. The author is an ordained minister; however, this is no ordinary sermon. Thinking her husband bipolar, she endures his degradation and insults hoping that one day he would get help for his disorder. Finding his drug paraphernalia was a relief but it meant even more cruelty towards her. Addiction is powerful but no match for the power of the Holy Spirit. Co-dependency almost destroyed her but God said, “No”. Her candid, detailed account of what her life was like living with crack and cocaine will give you new insight and courage. Although clinically depressed for years, she fought back and rebuilt her life. He divorced her. The divorce was truly a blessing. Then he came back to the only place she had been safe from him for the ultimate humiliation and destruction. Instead God strengthened her to reach out to others still living with the pain and abuse of addiction. You will laugh, cry and find hope for your future. Hold your head up! This journey with addiction will move you past shame and hopelessness. Be encouraged, you are not alone. It’s time to live again!

About the Author

Versey is an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. 

She is a staff chaplain and the Director of Christian Education for her church conference.  In addition to chaplaincy and teaching, she combines pastoral clinical skills and biblical principles; conducting seminars and conferences to help people realize the power that God has already given them.  She believes the power of prayer and forgiveness as the key to overcoming brokenness and becoming whole again.  She is also the adult child of an alcoholic, so she has a special love and commitment to children struggling with their parents’ social ills and abandonment.

Rev. Versey has a BA in the Management of Human Resources, MA in Educational Ministry and is presently a Doctoral student at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, MI.