All of the letters in this book are written by prison or jail inmates in response to reading my book, Once Life Matters: A New Beginning.

To protect the privacy of those involved only the state where the inmate is incarcerated is listed. Each letter received a follow-up response along with resource lists.

The testimonies the inmates shared in their letters are positive proof of lives being changed through the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives...

I always sensed I was missing my true calling in life prior to becoming a Christian. Nothing ever seemed to go my way for so many years. I never realized my life would be in such turmoil for so long.

It wasn't until I reached rock-bottom in 1981 when God miraculously touched and began transforming my life into the person I always hoped and dreamed I could be.

Leaving nothing to my imagination I set out in my mid-30s with my electrifying Christian conversion experience to find the truth for my life by trusting God (who I knew was now living in me and a never-ending...

Introduction - 2014

Book update - 2nd Edition

A lot has happened since I first released "Once Life Matters: A New Beginning " back in 2005. So far the book has been read by over 420,000 prisoners, 3000+ patients in drug rehabs and by hundreds of troubled celebrities. I've received thousands of letters from many of these readers and have included some of them at the end of this book.

The book has received very positive reviews in numerous publications and new doors were opened for personal interviews on numerous radio and television programs as well as in print and...

Drug and alcohol addiction has been called a disease way too long. This book takes an in-depth look at why the medical and insurance industries have changed the face of recovery.