Addiction & Recovery

Listen to the 11-minute podcast version Watch a 1-minute overview video Is it okay to drink alcohol? Yes, it is okay. As long as you read the rest of this… Read More »Is It Okay to Drink?

Listen to the 7-minute podcast version  Watch a 90-second introduction video (previously published on June 2, 2019) Hi, I’m Steve, and I’m an alcoholic. When some people hear those… Read More »The Lifestyle of Recovery

– by John Griffin Schou (Samford University student interning at STEPS Ministries)  I see the students hunched over their desks, bare eyes staring at open books. I see their desks… Read More »Release

There are people who relapse after being sober for years, even decades. Others after only weeks or months, and they repeat that backsliding cycle over, and over, and over. Some… Read More »Relapse is a Battle (and a War)

Hi, I’m Steve, and I’m an alcoholic. When some people hear those words, they instantly know we share a special bond and a common experience. Perhaps their last recovery meeting… Read More »The Lifestyle of Recovery

You would think life would be easier than it sometimes seems to be. Unfortunately, we often make it harder on ourselves. Because we make the same mistakes over and over.… Read More »Taking the Right Steps

Many people don’t like to change. But to protect your kids from addiction, you may have to. There have long been misconceptions about addiction that needed to be adjusted. In… Read More »Changing How We Think About Addiction

The little girl was as cute as they come. About 2 years old, she sat up in her stroller laughing and waving at everyone in sight.     Her carriage was… Read More »Writing a New Story