Fighting for Joy After a Setback

About this Episode

On this episode I get caught up with a previous guest, Beth Ottun. Beth came on a few years ago to share about her sobriety journey and how she was fighting for joy through addiction. Her struggle with alcohol had led her to some dark places. At the time of our previous conversation, Beth was about 2 1/2 years sober and was experiencing joy and hope! It was a powerful episode and many of you reached out after listening to share how encouraging it was…either because of your own struggles with addiction - or recognizing the problem and patterns in someone you love. I personally know of a couple of amazing stories of God using Beth’s story to help someone take that first step of getting help and beginning the fight for joy in sobriety as well. If you want to go back and re-listen to that episode, it was Episode Number 80.

But, the struggle with addiction can often include set backs. And this summer, sweet Beth reached out to me to share that she had suffered a pretty major one. As we messaged back and forth, she asked if she could come back on the podcast to share an update…so that is what you’ll get to hear today. I am so inspired by Beth’s courage to open up again about her struggles - and can’t wait for you to hear about all that has transpired. Really hard things…and really beautiful things!

We are ALL going to have set backs in life. One step forward, two steps back, right?! That is often how it works. The key is to keep pressing forward in hope, leaning into God’s strength and help, and finding ways to fight for joy in the process! And this episode will hopefully encourage you in that.