Dennis Quaid’s Gospel Album: A Testament of Redemption

Dennis Quaid Releases First Gospel Album and Credits Return to God for Saving Him from Addiction: ‌’A White Light Experience’

Hollywood ‌star Dennis Quaid has released a gospel album that he says was inspired‌ by his recovery from addiction and a desire to tell his story‌ of redemption.

“I’m grateful‍ to still be here, I’m ⁢grateful to be alive really every day,”

says the award-winning actor.

“It’s important to really ‍enjoy your ride in life as much as you can, because there’s a lot of⁤ challenges ‌and stuff to ⁣knock it down.”

Quaid, 69, recently released “Fallen: A Gospel Record for ​Sinners” on streaming services. The album is available for purchase in a hard copy, but has also been⁢ uploaded in its ⁤entirety to YouTube here.

Thirty-three years after he⁤ recorded a Christian single ⁢as‌ a way to tell his mother he was doing all right after⁢ having spent years addicted to cocaine, he told People magazine last week ‍what motivated him to put together a collection of classic hymnals and original songs.

“I grew up at the Baptist church; ⁢I⁣ love the hymns that I ‌remember from being a kid,”

says Quaid.

“The songs are self-reflective and self-examining, not churchy. All of us have a relationship with ‌God, whether you’re⁤ a Christian‌ or not.”

Quaid’s battles with addiction are well-documented. He told​ CNN’s Larry King in 2002 he had previously used two grams of cocaine on a daily‌ basis.

“Cocaine at ​that time was ⁢considered harmless,”

Quaid said.

“You know. I remember magazine articles‍ in People magazine of doctors saying, it is ⁢not addicting. It ⁢is just — alcohol is worse. So I think we all fell into that. But that’s ​not the way it was.”

But his path‌ in life included ⁢a stop at rehab, which​ he referred⁣ to as “cocaine school,” wherein he felt at one point he was ⁣close to losing​ everything.

As a solo artist,‍ Quaid said​ he quit ⁣using ‌drugs and ⁤filled the void left behind with the ⁢faith he had​ abandoned.

He also recorded 1990’s “On My Way ⁣to Heaven” ​which he said was a way to let‌ his mother Juanita know he ⁣was going to turn his life around.

He also ‍studied scripture and began to prioritize faith in ​his life. That‍ journey has also ‍strengthened his marriage to his fourth wife​ Laura Savoie.

Quaid told Extra on Thursday that he ⁤and Laura pray together, which is something he had never done with any⁣ of​ his former wives, including Hollywood ‍star Meg Ryan — who he was with from 1991 until 2011.

“God is in my wife and I’s relationship,”

he told the entertainment industry⁣ outlet, adding,

“and it’s another thing that I never really had⁤ before.”

But a marriage blessed by God could not have come to ⁤fruition until the actor had found a place for God in his life.

“That’s when I started developing⁣ a personal relationship,”

Quaid told People of finding sobriety.

“Before that, I didn’t have⁤ one, ⁣even though I grew up as a Christian.”

On his recovery from drug addiction, The Texas native said, “It’s a ⁢struggle.”

“We’re all looking‌ for the ⁤joy ⁣of life, and drugs give that to you and alcohol and whatever it is for anybody give that to you really quick,”

he said of his past.

“Then they’re fun ⁢and then they’re fun with problems, and then they’re just problems after a while. That’s really what we’re looking for, the joy of life, which is our gift, actually, the relationship with God that we all have. It’s at the ⁢bottom​ of it,​ the joy ​of being alive.”

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