The Power of Coping Mechanisms

LZ Granderson: It's been more than 15 years since I went a single day without being drunk or high usually both. The story Van told himself about himself, the shame that dove into his gut like a parasite and he couldn't bear living so he escaped it every day. LZ: At the end of his rope and a moment of utter desperation, van came out of hiding. And when he did, in a way that we both experienced, but is really hard to explain, the presence of God began to fill that room. You see, love overwhelms fear for everyone courageous enough or desperate enough to come out of hiding."