Mind Over Meth By Debra Hedgcorth This book is for the long-time Christian who may have forgotten the beauty of a life transformed. It is a book for the “Anything” addict who has given up hope. Everyone else will sit back in amazement as they read Mind Over Meth! A couple of years ago at church, I heard Debra Hedgcorth and her husband, Chris give their testimony of deliverance from Meth-addiction. My sad confession is that it had a “Wow that sounds really good but I wonder how long it will last” feel to it. This book was fascinating to read. Debra pulls no punches. She describes in vivid detail a childhood not unlike others all around us have experienced. She describes the generational cycle that every child says will never happen to them when they become adults. The teen and adult decisions she made are described with detail and in honesty. She never glamorizes those decisions, actions, or consequences of the lifestyle she describes. The author reminds you that people like her shop at Wal-Mart with you, pass you in the mall, sit at your kid’s ballgames with you, and see you in the lobby at church. People affected by Meth and similar drugs have to read this book. There is hope! One of the things I found particularly encouraging was to read how as a child she had on-and-off attendance at the Christian Church in her town. There are people who set examples for her, taught her, provided rides for her, and smiled at her, displaying the love of Jesus. They will never know how much impact they have on a hurting world today through the writings of the one they touched, Debra Hedgcorth. Another addict will come to know Jesus because someone back in the 70s and 80s did at the Christian Church with a little girl named Debra that which Jesus would have done. A good number of Christians may not be familiar with the world the author describes. We need to be familiar with it and do all we can to reach to the Debra and Chris Hedgcorths all around us. God smiles when we do. My thanks go out to Debra for communicating with such clarity the pain of sin and darkness and the phenomenal goodness of our God who pulls people from that to Himself. Read Mind Over Meth and give it to those who have never heard that God loves them just as they are and that there is hope. The rest of us need to read and say “Thank you!”