Hope Is the First Dose

<b>A practicing neurosurgeon and award-winning author shares his roadmap to finding hope and even happiness when the worst happens&#151;by placing trust in God&#151;in this powerful memoir of personal tragedy grief and recovery.<br><br>&#147;There are no empty platitudes in these pages. No helium-filled empty promises. Look elsewhere for plastic smiles. But look here for genuine hope.&#148;&#151;Max Lucado</b><br><br>The question isn&#146;t whether you will face the hardest thing. It&#146;s what to do when it&#146;s staring you in the face.<br><br>Because whether in your past present or future trauma will reconfigure your life. And it will do so as <i>your</i> massive thing: someone left someone cheated the biopsy was bad the baby didn&#146;t have a heartbeat a loved one died you suffered abuse or your dreams ended abruptly. The devastation is both immediate and ongoing leaving a wake of emotional spiritual and even physical pain.<br><br>Dr. Lee Warren a neurosurgeon and former combat surgeon in Iraq knows this firsthand. A medical doctor with more than twenty years&#146; experience wrestling with the tensions between faith and science he faced unspeakable tragedy in losing his nineteen-year-old son.<br><br>In <i>Hope Is the First Dose</i> Dr. Warren offers tender empathy and hard-won insights to give you tangible hope. No matter what you&#146;re facing it doesn&#146;t have to be the end of you. Let Dr. Warren help you find your way back to a new season of hope faith peace&#151;and even happiness.<br><br>The first dose is hope&#151;and it comes in the form of grace from the skilled hands of the Great Physician.