::chad and amy's story
Two other participants, Chad and Amy, did not face the outward desperation that Dods faced when he joined the
program, but inwardly, they needed guidance, love, and support.
Both had lived a relatively successful life. Chad had launched himself on the fast track very early, spending his college
years drinking at fraternity parties and finding great success as a lobbyist soon after college. Amy had graduated from
college with honors and from a prestigious law school, and she had found a good job with a law firm very quickly.
Both Chad and Amy seemed to have found their niche and their careers, but both were suffering from immense pain.
Chad’s parents had divorced when he was younger, and he had seemingly gone unaffected, but by his late 20's, the fast
track had set him on the path to becoming a full-blown alcoholic.
After a near death accident, his parents intervened and sent him to rehab.
Two other participants, Chad and Amy, did not face the outward desperation that Dods faced when he joined the
program, but inwardly, they needed guidance, love, and support.
Both had lived a relatively successful life. Chad had launched himself on the fast track very early, spending his college
years drinking at fraternity parties and finding great success as a lobbyist soon after college. Amy had graduated from
college with honors and from a prestigious law school, and she had found a good job with a law firm very quickly.
Both Chad and Amy seemed to have found their niche and their careers, but both were suffering from immense pain.
Chad’s parents had divorced when he was younger, and he had seemingly gone unaffected, but by his late 20's, the fast
track had set him on the path to becoming a full-blown alcoholic.
After a near death accident, his parents intervened and sent him to rehab.
Amy, for her part, had been adopted as an infant, and her adopted parents had divorced. Her adopted father left Amy’s
life, and although her adopted mother tried to raise her, she became an alcoholic.
Having experienced rejection from all parental figures in her life, Amy tried to find love and acceptance from her husband,
but her marriage soon fell apart. Chad and Amy decided they needed 9 months to allow the Lord to work
something new inside of them, and they emerged as new creatures.
During his year as a Fellow, Chad found the strength to continue a life of sobriety and he and another Fellow in his
program, a trained drug and alcohol counselor, wrote “Grapes of Wrath,” a drug and alcohol prevention course that is still
being used at various Houston-area churches to steer teenagers away from the life that Chad led.
Chad married a year ago, and at his rehearsal dinner, his first thank you was extended to his St. John the Divine family
and the Fellows program. Amy also married again. Through the program, she experienced healing over her fear of
rejection, and she discovered that she is more than a conqueror.
life, and although her adopted mother tried to raise her, she became an alcoholic.
Having experienced rejection from all parental figures in her life, Amy tried to find love and acceptance from her husband,
but her marriage soon fell apart. Chad and Amy decided they needed 9 months to allow the Lord to work
something new inside of them, and they emerged as new creatures.
During his year as a Fellow, Chad found the strength to continue a life of sobriety and he and another Fellow in his
program, a trained drug and alcohol counselor, wrote “Grapes of Wrath,” a drug and alcohol prevention course that is still
being used at various Houston-area churches to steer teenagers away from the life that Chad led.
Chad married a year ago, and at his rehearsal dinner, his first thank you was extended to his St. John the Divine family
and the Fellows program. Amy also married again. Through the program, she experienced healing over her fear of
rejection, and she discovered that she is more than a conqueror.
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