By India McCarty
Rockstar Alice Cooper says true “fulfillment” can only come from a relationship with God.
“If you don’t have the Lord in your life, you’re always going to be trying to fill that hole with something,” he told TBN’s PRAISE. “It’s either going to be drugs, or it’s going to be Ferraris, or it’s going to be houses, or wives, or this, or that, or fame, and you’re never going to achieve it because there’s that inner thing of us, that when we’re born of reconnecting with God, that’s there, and even if you’re denying it, that’s what you’re searching for.”
Cooper added, “That’s where the fulfillment comes from.”
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The rocker has been open about his Christian faith and how it saved him from substance abuse and addiction.
“My pancreas and liver were being destroyed,” he told Page Six of his sobriety journey. “I woke up one morning and I threw up blood and that’s how I kind of knew it was over. My wife grabbed my ear and said, ‘Hey, the party’s over.’”
Cooper went to rehab, and “when I came out, I never had a craving for alcohol again.”
“I never went to AA,” he continued. “Everyone said, ‘Oh you have such great willpower,’ I said, ‘No, God has great willpower. He took it from me.’ My dad was a pastor, my grandad was a pastor, [his wife] Sheryl’s dad was a pastor. I had such strong prayer for me. Even the doctor said, ‘This is an absolute miracle.’ I said, ‘Why?’ They said, ‘Well, you should be hiding bottles all over the house and you should be sneaking drugs.’ I said, ‘I have absolutely no desire for that at all.’”
On an episode of THE GREG LAURIE SHOW, Cooper spoke about the strength of his faith, telling Laurie, “[Jesus is] the core of everything.”
“He’s life itself. He’s the light,” the musician continued. “I mean, if we don’t all revolve around Christ, then we’re way out in space somewhere. He draws you in. He’s the light. You’re drawn to that light. And it’s nothing you can explain in words. It’s something that happens to your heart where all of a sudden you realize who this is and you realize, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m not worthy of this.’ And yet still being hung on the cross, he knew your name, he knew my name. And that made me go, ‘How can I not believe in this?’ He changes your heart.”
Cooper explained that now, when writing music, “I always try to have some lyric pointing towards Christ.”
Cooper’s commitment to faith is an inspiration to anyone who is searching for fulfillment.
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