Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic: A Candid Conversation on Drinking, Addiction, and How to Break Free

by Jonathon M. Seidl

Publisher:

Revell

, 2025

Overview

While the Christian community loves stories of salvation, it struggles with stories of sanctification--the often-messy journey of becoming like Jesus. As a result, many Christians who stumble are mired in shame, especially when it comes to one of society’s biggest post-Covid obsessions: alcohol. But there is hope for those willing to rethink their drinking.

In Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic, Jonathon M. Seidl vividly tells his own story of disordered drinking. Not only does he address the roots of addiction, trauma, and the often-overlooked reality that Christians aren’t immune to sin struggles, he also reframes the term alcoholic and shares the practical yet spiritual four-step process he used to break free--a process readers will find helpful for working through many of life’s struggles.

Written in an engaging, conversational style, Confessions shows that there’s hope for Christians who become alcoholics, not just for alcoholics who become Christians.

Praise for Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic

For over twenty years as pastor of The Village Church, I have had a front-row seat to the messy, slow process of sanctification in the lives of the saints. I have witnessed the miraculous breakthrough where addiction or anger seems to supernaturally lift and never return, but I intentionally used the words miraculous and supernatural because I have watched hundreds of people surrender to Jesus, love him, and have a hard time breaking free of certain indwelling sins. I’m grateful for books like Jon’s. It reads like real life to me: grimy, hard . . . honest. The Lord is faithful to deliver us. Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic is a testimony to that faithfulness.

—Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church

In a highly relatable and raw exposure of the battle within, Jon takes us through his personal relationship with alcohol . . . first grabbing our attention with the book’s title, Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic (with words that almost seem contradictory), and then delving deeper into the nuances of the drinking spectrum. This book tackles the ‘quiet part out loud’ that so many of us sitting in the pew on Sundays wished someone would talk about on a Monday morning . . . or better yet, a Friday night! No matter if you’re questioning your drinking habits in this alcohol-centric society or if you know it’s something that needs to change--this book is for you.

—Jenn Kautsch, author of Look Alive, Sis and founder of the SoberSis community

Jarring title for a book, right? We think Christian and alcoholic are two identities that shouldn’t (couldn’t?) be mingled. And yet, if we’re honest, isn’t that all too common within the church--a believer in public while struggling in private? Jon just had the courage to state it with a refreshingly raw combination of boldness, humility, and transformation. Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic exposes an ailment of the church: Once we confess Christ, we cease confessing sin . . . and to be silent with sin is to be ensnared by sin. Jon gives us Jesus, who both saves us and keeps us safe.

—John Elmore (nineteen years sober), local pastor of Harris Creek (Waco, TX); author of Freedom Starts Today

Product Details

• Title: Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic: A Candid Conversation on Drinking, Addiction, and How to Break Free
• Author: Jonathon M. Seidl
• Publisher: Revell
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781493451548, 9780800747305, 0800747305, 1493451545
• Resource ID: LLS:9781493451548
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-25T17:21:26Z

About Jonathon M. Seidl

Jonathon M. Seidl writes and speaks all across the country on the power of storytelling, radical vulnerability, faith, mental health, and addiction. He has written more than 10,000 posts in his lifetime while working with the likes of Kirk Cameron and I Am Second. He currently publishes the popular daily devotional The Veritas Daily, where his conversational style has attracted an ardent following. In addition, he consults with businesses, leaders, creatives, and nonprofits on how to tell their stories through his company, The Veritas Network. Originally from Wisconsin, Jon lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife and two children.