Dethroned: A Journey from Brokenness to Restoration, Purpose, and Grace (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798177707068)

What happens when the very thing you thought you conquered finds its way back to the throne?

In Dethroned, Laurance McGriff tells the unfiltered story of a decades-long battle with gambling addiction, the choices that nearly destroyed everything he built, and the grace of God that continued to meet him-even when he fell.

From a young man with promise and purpose to a successful businessman, husband, father, and man of God, Laurance appeared to have everything moving in the right direction. But behind the success was a battle that had never completely disappeared.

Gambling became more than a habit. It became a stronghold.

What began with seemingly small decisions eventually led to deception, broken trust, financial loss, damaged relationships, homelessness, and moments when Laurance barely recognized the man he had become. Yet even at rock bottom, his story was not over.

Dethroned is not the testimony of a perfect man who never fell again. It is the testimony of a man learning to tell the truth, take accountability, repent, rebuild, and get back up.

With transparency about both his victories and his relapse after 495 days of recovery, Laurance refuses to present redemption as a perfect journey. Instead, he shares what it means to continue fighting when shame tells you to hide and to keep choosing God when addiction tries to reclaim the throne.

This book is for anyone who has ever battled addiction, experienced relapse, disappointed the people they love, lost themselves while chasing success, or wondered whether God could still use them after everything they have done.

Your failure does not have to have the final word.

You may have fallen.
You may have lost things.
You may have hurt people.
You may have to begin again.

But you are not finished.

The addiction does not get the throne.
The money does not get the throne.
The past does not get the throne.
God gets the throne.