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Empowering Women in Recovery: Sherry Hoppen’s Powerful Sobriety Journey

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Sherry says, "take it, please take it. I surrender" after removing every condition.

1. She Speaks Life - Christian Women, Strengthen Your Faith, Bible Study, Grow Spiritually In Christ features Sherry Poppin and her sobriety story in the episode "Empowering Women in Recovery: Sherry Hoppen’s Powerful Sobriety Journey." 2. Jamie Elizabeth hosts Sherry Poppin, author of Sober Cycle and founder of She Surrenders, and both names matter because the episode centers on faith, recovery, and testimony. 3. The episode asks how a Christian woman can move from hidden alcoholism to sobriety, and Sherry frames the answer through scripture, surrender, and a long bike ride. 4. Sherry says she grew up in the country, drank a little in high school, and did not start as a heavy drinker. 5. She links part of the slide to the death of her brother and his best friend in a drunk-driving crash when she was 28. 6. She describes the drinking as gradual, saying it became a pattern that made her want the weekend to come sooner and led her to hide alcohol in the bathroom. 7. She says her later drinking became secretive enough that she kept a stash under the sink for a daytime event at her house. 8. She says a 1,000-mile bike ride from Michigan to Texas became part of her story, even though it did not immediately end her drinking. 9. She explains that the book Sober Cycle uses the bike rides as a framework for thinking clearly about life before and after alcohol. 10. She says she completed four of those rides while still drinking and two after sobriety began. 11. Sherry names Ephesians 3:20 as the verse she signs in every book, and she quotes it as "he will do more than you can ever ask or imagine." 12. She says that verse matched her experience when she quit drinking and later finished the bike ride. 13. She says her husband only knew how bad the drinking had become in the last two years, because she and her family hid it from the children. 14. She describes a weekend when her drinking caused sickness, no sleep, and alcohol poisoning. 15. She says the decisive prayer came on her knees on the living room floor, where she asked God to take the addiction without adding conditions. 16. She says the result was not an emotional spectacle but a clear conviction that drinking would never be an option again. 17. The conversation is an interview with direct questions, long personal answers, and repeated back-and-forth about recovery, marriage, and faith. 18. Jamie Elizabeth keeps the tone supportive and reflective, while Sherry speaks plainly about shame, fear, and surrender. 19. Listeners wanting Christian testimony about addiction recovery and scripture. 20. Listeners seeking clinical addiction advice or fast summaries only.

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