Addiction and the Local Church

While the authors’ experiences are focused on Scotland, its principles transcend nations and continents. Both authors introduce themselves, offering helpful insight into their very different upbringings: McConnell began experimenting with drugs at 11, while Constable describes himself as a naïve, middle-class, privately educated boy who was too frightened to try drugs at all. Despite these contrasts, both were converted and came to a ministry among addicts. As a result, the book has broad appeal for Christians with little or extensive experience of addiction.