As I’ve written about how God released me from the grip of alcoholism and despair over the past year, I’ve felt many of the emotions from early recovery, and remembered much of what I was told. So as I think about the need to share my experience, strength, and hope...

Early on, I was told I only had to change one thing to overcome alcoholism—and that was everything! I admitted I was powerless, and when I did, God removed the terrible obsession for alcohol that had kept me drunk for many years. I was free! But in order to stay that...

Perhaps the greatest enemy to my recovery from alcoholism has been the persistent idea that I’ve somehow grown enough. I’m comfortable being sober, I no longer even think of alcohol, and many years have gone by since I was even tempted. But I am convinced that...