Max Lucado has given a frank account of a period in his life when he depended on alcohol.
In his new book, God Never Gives Up on You, the bestselling pastor and author reflects on a time when drinking became a way to help him cope with the stress of ministry.
In an excerpt published by Fox News, he describes the lengths he went to to keep his drinking a secret from others, including driving over to the other side of town to buy booze and drink it in his car.
It was a double life of secretly drinking while outwardly continuing in ministry.
“The staff needed me. The pulpit required me. The publisher was counting on me. The entire world was looking to me,” he said.
“So, I did what came naturally. I began to drink. Not publicly. I was the guy you see at the convenience store who buys the big can of beer, hides it in a sack, and…
