I feel like I’m sinking.

It’s as if I’m treading water and I can’t find the strength to keep my head above water. I go up and down – water gets into my mouth – I spit it out – I take a breath. Then I look up because God is...

When I was using and drinking back in my dark years of substance abuse, I did not have certain words in my vocabulary, words like hope, peace, or contentment. Their definitions were not in my brain. But the following experience is one that I now can describe as having hope and receiving peace,...