Successful business owner, writer, volunteer, wife, mom, grandma, lost Christian, addict.
It is a must-read for anyone whose soul has been Broken by the chains of any addiction, or for loved ones who need to understand..
Broken and Chained: My First Thirty Days in the Hell Called Detox tells her story in raw, gut-wrenching detail.
In 2012, she truly hit rock bottom.
A counselor told her in 2011, that if she didn\'t get help for her addictions, she wouldn\'t be alive in a year.
My life had spiraled out of control.
But it was the codependent relationships, primarily with friends, that nearly killed me.
I had gained nearly one hundred pounds in twelve years, and couldn\'t even walk to the end of my block, Lori said.
In addition, she was addicted to people-pleasing, alcohol, food, and codependent relationships.
Behind closed doors, I was taking medication that stole my soul so gradually that I had no idea anything was even happening to me, the author said.
As a result, she became addicted to prescription painkillers.
But Lori was suffering from a chronic back condition, for which doctors had no answers.
To the outside world, it looked like they had it made.
The couple was very visible in the community.
Lori had written feature articles for the Falls City Journal for fifteen years.
She and her husband, Randy, had owned the only grocery store in Falls City, Nebraska, for more than twenty-two years.
In October 2012, Lori Gottula was all of those things.
Successful business owner, writer, volunteer, wife, mom, grandma, lost Christian, addict
