One woman, Emily Cain, the wife of the lead singer of the band CAIN, shared her stunning and moving testimony of overcoming a drinking problem and finding the Lord.
The world is often a dark, sad and lonely place. It’s inhabited by fallen and lost people who desperately need God’s comfort and healing. No one is perfect. Everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. But through Jesus Christ, forgiveness and redemption are possible.
Even before she had her first drink, alcohol impacted Emily's life. It made for an unpleasant and chaotic childhood.
“The disease of alcoholism runs really heavily in my family,” Emily said in a video posted on YouTube. “And that caused a lot of chaos as a child growing up around that.”
However, those early unpleasant childhood experiences did not keep Emily from trying alcohol. In fact, she mentions that she started drinking before she could even drive. At just 12 years old, Emily said she began drinking.
“I started drinking when I was 12 years old,” Emily said. “I took my first drink. Whenever I could get it, whenever I could get away, any way to escape, I would, even as young as being in middle school.”
Over the years, Emily’s issues accelerated and multiplied. In addition to her drinking, Emily experienced anxiety and panic attacks while in college.
After graduating from the University of Kentucky with a nursing degree, Emily secured her dream job. She was a labor and delivery nurse at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. However, she still wasn’t fulfilled. She felt like something was missing.
“And I thought, like, ‘This is it. Like, I’ve done it.’ I overcame all these circumstances and here I am. I’ve got my dream job, but why do I still hate myself? Why do I still feel so sad and empty and lonely?”
These feelings of emptiness and sadness caused Emily to drink even more. During this time, her future husband, Logan, reached out on Instagram. The two bonded over cheerleading and became fast friends.
Logan then downloaded the Bible app on her phone. She was reluctant and resistant, believing she would never use that application. However, she then began attending church services.
But soon enough, Emily slowly began drinking again. But one night, after a shift, while driving home, God changed Emily’s life forever. She began thinking that maybe God was for her. Maybe she was designed for something greater.
“And again, these thoughts, they’re just, like, incessant. They just keep on coming, and I couldn’t get the thoughts to quiet down,” Emily said. “So, I was just, like, ‘OK, OK, God, if you’re real, then I’ll follow you. But I need you to show me because I don’t have anything left. I don’t know where else to go or what else I’m gonna do.’”
She felt the presence of God in her car that night. While driving down the road, the Lord met her and changed her heart and life.
Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.”
