I'm overwhelmed. And that's because of you.

A quick note to say thank you.

Friend,

I’m writing this from the shadows of the Rocky Mountains in Estes Park, Colorado. On Wednesday, we packed up our kids and started on a road trip, and we’ll be touring the state my wife and I first called “home” when we got married.

(Side note: We even took a brief pit stop in Denver and visited our first ever apartment as a married couple. Talk about nostalgia!)

I’m hopping on to say a quick thank you. Your responses — the comments, the texts, the direct messages, and the emails — to my admission that I am a recovering Cristian alcoholic have been nothing short of amazing. They are encouraging and inspiring, and have left me in tears.

It's time to come clean and tell you my secret.

What’s also been incredible is to hear how many of you out there have a similar struggle, or know someone that does. I got one email about a Christian man who had been sober for over 400 days, only to relapse twice in 18 months. It’s an ongoing battler. That’s why I’m writing about this, that’s why I’m opening up. Because there are people like me — …