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Experience, Strength and Hope

by Alcoholics Anonymous. World Service Meeting

Experience, Strength and Hope is a story about perseverance and healing. It touches on elements of the humanness in all of us, bringing a motley group of characters together and creating an unanticipated cohesiveness. Each member of this recovery group reveals their brokenness and vulnerability in a heartwarming story of triumph and hope. In their short treatment journey together, these broken spirits find a spark of something in one another that lifts them up and propels them forward. The unsuspecting counselor, Hope Chadwick, finds herself humbled by the growth she personally experiences along the way. Her belief in one young man, Jesse Sheppard, takes her to the depths of her own recovery journey and ignites a passion for her work. For everyone who reads this story, my hope is that you find a bit of yourself in it and a better appreciation for human diversity.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?