"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!" 2 For 5:17. Behind addictions are pain and/or trauma. The substance only masks what's really going on. Whether you are beginning your recovery journey or have been navigating the path for a while, the road to sobriety can be a long and lonely one. Melissa Huray, is the Executive Director of The Lindell Recovery Network/The Hope Report and an Emmy-award-winning news reporter and anchor. She has appeared on television programs such as His Glory Ministry and CBS Minnesota's WCCO-TV. She is the host of The Hope Report podcast you can find wherever you listen to your Podcasts and on her youtube channel.  She is the author of her memoir, "Blackout to Blessing", and devotional - "Radical Freedom; Breaking the Chains of Addiction For Good." Growing up with an alcoholic father, she struggled from a young age with feelings of fear and abandonment and yearned for acceptance. During her teen years, however, she found a temporary escape -  through alcohol, and the consequences quickly consumed fifteen years of her life.