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I never was a Korn fan. It wasn’t my kind of music. Recently, I came across 2 books by members of Korn.  Save Me From Myself by: guitarist Brian “Head” Welch and Fieldy’s Dreams by: bassist Fieldy.

The books  are both autobiographical.  Fieldy and Head had both toured as members of Korn for 10 years, so, many of the stories overlap.  The writing is simple, raw, and honest.  They were living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.  Addicted to booze and drugs, these are the stories of how they hit bottom and cleaned up.

First Head became a born again Christian and emailed his band mates to tell them that he was quitting Korn to play music for Jesus.  He experimented with speaking in tongues, read the Bible daily, attended church 3 nights a week, quit meth, which he had used heavily for years, quit drinking, and began parenting his daughter.  He booked a hotel room for three nights and privately detoxed off of meth in a fourth of the time that it normally takes to detox.  His battle with addiction led him to Jesus.

A few years after Head’s transformation, Fieldy’s father passed away and he started to re-evaluate his lifestyle of drinkin’, cheatin’, and just being a big meany to everyone.  He quit drinking and smoking pot and began to read the word of God.  He stopped cheating on his wife, quit cussing, and became more attentive to his family.  He did not feel that he needed to attend church in order to have a healthy spiritual life.  He began praying with his children, but was nondenominational.

It is not because both men found freedom from addiction through faith that I was touched by these books.  I was moved by the candid account of how each guy overcame addictive and destructive behavior.  Because I struggled with alcoholism, I find it empowering to read other people’s stories about how they found the confidence and heart to fight for their freedom.

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