Matt Grace - God Doesn't Relapse

Matt Grace. The first half of Matt Grace’s grippingly honest memoir, GOD DOESN’T RELAPSE (Lasega Books; August 11, 2026) reveals the story of a selfish, entitled, lying, cheating, manipulating, unfaithful, abusive, cruel, worst-case drug addict. From a young age, Grace was a self-indulgent, abrasive, disrespectful bully who manipulated his mother, playing on her guilt for cheating on his father and blaming her for the divorce and his enabling father, continually in denial about his son’s drug addiction and never making him pay for his mistakes. If he destroyed a car inebriated, he got another one the next day. If he rang up the credit card to thousands, he was never made to pay it back. This tragic, but inspiring story takes Grace through a life getting high on various substances, from alcohol, to cocaine and crack, to Ritalin to oxy to meth and basically anything he could get his hands on. As with others like him coming from a world of wealth, he had an easy time getting money to pay for his habits, and found jobs through his enabling father who also had the connections to help him avoid the law. He ruined many lives on his chaotic, rudderless journey. But just when he seems the most horrible person imaginable, Grace experiences a coming-to-god moment, really sees the light in a room while he’s on his knees, at his lowest ebb, praying. And because he was one of the lucky ones whose addictions didn’t kill him, the direction of his life was able to change for the better and he is now on the road to redemption and helping to serve others. More than 48 million Americans are battling substance use disorder—and more than half of those who find their way to recovery will relapse. Grace’s story is not just personal—it’s urgently relevant. As prescription drug abuse surges, as fentanyl turns every relapse into a potential death sentence, and as families across the country grapple with loss, disappearance, and exploitation, this memoir exposes the deep fractures in the lives of addicts and the often-inadequate approaches within the addiction treatment industry. About the Author Matt Grace is an author, speaker, and transformational recovery expert who has devoted his life to helping people break free from addiction and reclaim their future. With more than twenty years of sobriety, a bachelor’s degree in Addiction Studies with a focus on Integrative Healing, and over 10,000 hours mentoring individuals and families, he has become a trusted guide to both the highly privileged and the deeply overlooked. He is the founder of Saving Grace, a practice designed to help families navigate the painful intersection of generational wealth and generational wounds. His work has taken him from Manhattan boardrooms and Palm Beach estates to church basements, recovery homes, and state-funded programs in Michigan, reflecting his belief that addiction knows no boundaries—and neither should recovery. Today, Matt speaks nationally on addiction, recovery, and redemption, bringing raw honesty, practical structure, and hard-won wisdom to audiences across every walk of life. His mission is simple: to dismantle the lies of addiction, restore families, and prove that rock bottom is not the end—it’s the beginning. Matt Grace stands as proof that when service becomes your higher power, transformation becomes possible.