Pursued: God's Relentless Pursuit and a Drug Addicts Journey to Finding Purpose

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Pub Date 26 Mar 2023 | Archive Date 5 Sep 2023

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Description

We had lit a forest on fire...

We were stoned as crap...

My sister was calling 9-1-1...


As I watched the flames dance across the twilight sky, consuming everything in their path, I realized they represented my life.

In my pursuit of pleasure and partying, I had ignited an addiction worse than any forest fire. After five arrests, a dozen allegations, a v-squad of cop cars chasing me down center street, and years of worshipping all the wrong things led me to the brink of death, I finally found hope in life. This is a story of how the initially enthralling and sometimes humorous pursuits of drugs, sex, and success cannot satisfy in the way that they promise, but there is One who can.

Embark on a journey of hysteria, tears, and joy that will help you realize you are not quite so alone in your brokenness as perhaps you once thought.

This book is just as much for those who are facing addiction as it is for their friends, mentors, counselors, and teachers. For anyone growing up in public schools, in college, thinking that drinking and partying is the high-life, this will hit home. For anyone striving relentlessly to build a name for themselves through accomplishments, wealth, status, luxury, and success, this book will resonate. Maybe you're at your wits end, and you're starting to believe you'll never heal, you'll always be broken. Maybe you're in the trenches of addiction or maybe you haven't even had your first hit, either way these humorous pursuits, sorrowful stories, and powerful truths will help you know you're not alone in your addiction, and be there for those you love!


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We had lit a forest on fire...

We were stoned as crap...

My sister was calling 9-1-1...


As I watched the flames dance across the twilight sky, consuming everything in their path, I realized they...


Advance Praise

The author courageously and honestly recounts his teenage years as a drug addict, using details and personal stories seldom seen in a book for young people. His portrayal is visual and visceral, an unforgettable and well told tale with an ending that is not only hopeful, but sublime. You name it, he tried it─pot, cocaine, heroin, opium─along with a sexual party life that could only lead to disaster--and redemption. As a lifelong teacher of creative writing (UCLA Extension) and author of over 40 books, I can honestly say that Pursued is one of the most gripping and well developed books for teens that I have ever read. I predict it will become a classic in the field of non fiction. The book has heart and great meaning for young people.
Award Winning Author of Journey to America and 40 other Novels, Sonia Levitin


This excellent book is about a young man's often hilarious, at times heart-wrenching, but always riveting journey to find the reason for, and meaning of, his life. From the confines of living in a predominant culture where he realizes he is an outsider, in his teen years he seeks friends among some questionable characters who introduce him to alcohol and drugs. Innocently at first, he progresses to the point of heavy drug addiction. He has multiple encounters with police, jail, lawyers, judges, counselors, all the while being "Pursued" by the God of the Universe Who lovingly will not allow him to self-destruct.  After a tragic accident and a miraculous encounter, he realizes his life's meaning, adamantly follows Jesus, and works tirelessly to enlighten and spare young people from their substance abuse, dependencies, and related tragedies.
─ Michael L Printz Award Nomination, Edward Thomas

The author courageously and honestly recounts his teenage years as a drug addict, using details and personal stories seldom seen in a book for young people. His portrayal is visual and visceral, an...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781637462096
PRICE US$27.77 (USD)
PAGES 284

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