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by Alison Jacaruso (Author)
A story of surrender, discernment, and the kind of healing that doesn't fade.
What if the anxiety you've been trying to silence... is actually an invitation?
In The One Who Saved Me, Ali shares a raw, unfiltered journey through hidden depression, quiet desperation, and the exhausting pursuit of peace through everything the world said would work-but didn't. From the outside, life looked successful. On the inside, something ached deeply, persistently calling her toward something more.
This book gently-but boldly-pulls back the curtain on modern "healing" culture, exposing the difference between temporary relief and true restoration. Through deeply personal storytelling, Ali explores the subtle deceptions that often appear as light-practices that soothe in the moment but quietly keep us striving, searching, and stuck in cycles.
From breathwork and spiritual frameworks to performance-based self-help, she shares her own experience of chasing peace-only to discover that what she truly needed wasn't another method, but a Savior.
At her breaking point, everything shifted.
Not through a technique.
Not through striving.
But through surrender.
In a powerful turning moment, Ali cried out-not to the universe, not to a system-but to Jesus. What followed wasn't a temporary lift, but a complete transformation: anxiety broken, depression lifted, oppression gone, and peace that remained.
The One Who Saved Me is more than a testimony-it's an invitation.
With compassion and clarity, Ali walks readers through laying down counterfeits and rediscovering the simplicity, authority, and nearness of Jesus. She shares what it looks like to live from a place of rest, identity, and relationship-not maintenance.
The final chapters offer a direct and heartfelt invitation for anyone who feels burned out, overwhelmed, or quietly searching: come and meet the One who truly heals. Including a guided reflection, prayer of surrender, and a powerful closing testimony, this book doesn't just tell a story-it opens a door.
If you've tried everything and still feel like something is missing...
this book will help you find what your soul has been reaching for all along.
Because real peace isn't something you manage.
It's Someone you walk with.
