Darlene Graves

Twelve Steps to Victory Darlene Graves

"My inspiration for writing my first book, "A Garment of Praise," came after the Lord sent me to Southern Maryland to participate in a twelve-step program designed to free people from codependency. Very late in life I had come to realize that I was responsible for many of my children's problems. I had been their worst enemy, enabling them to be less than their true potential. And, for far too long, I had been walking in denial and trying to play God, thinking that I could fix things I now realized were beyond my power to change. Celebrate Recovery taught me so much about codependency. "In the process of going through the Celebrate Recovery program, I was taught to journal, and it was in this way that I discovered my love for writing. That was a revelation that led to the books that have blessed so many. How ironic! I was 78 when my first book was published, and I was just discovering the most important reason I had been born." - Darlene Graves