When Jim Groebner’s marriage quietly crumbled, he never imagined the war that would follow — for his children, his sanity, and his life. What began as a drifting apart turned into parental alienation, a biased family-court system that punished calm and rewarded chaos, and a spiral into relapse that nearly finished him. In the wreckage he faced lost time with his kids, a body broken by stress-induced illness, and nights he wasn’t sure he wanted to see morning. This is not a polished success story told from the other side of healing. This is the raw, unfiltered account of a man in the middle of the storm — funny, broken, furious, and clinging to a whisper from Psalm 46:10 that refused to let him go. Be Still is for every father (and mother) walking through divorce, alienation, addiction, or the slow unraveling of everything you thought your life would be. It’s for anyone who’s ever sat in a courtroom that didn’t see them, stared at a bottle that promised relief, or wondered if God still writes endings for people who’ve made a mess of things. Storms don’t get the final word. Family court doesn’t. Addiction doesn’t. Alienation doesn’t. God does. And sometimes His loudest answer comes in the quietest whisper: Be still. I am God. And you are mine. “Gut-wrenchingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny in the same paragraph. This book hands broken men (and the people who love them) permission to feel everything and still keep going.” — Matt, best friend who once broke into Jim’s apartment to save his life Be Still is not a redemption story polished after the fact. It's a clear-eyed account of what it feels like to live inside prolonged uncertainty — and to choose restraint when reaction would be easier. Groebner writes without self-pity or prescription, offering language for experiences many people carry quietly but rarely name. I didn't write this book from the other side of the storm. I wrote it from inside one. Be Still grew out of years marked by divorce, addiction recovery, illness, and the quiet unraveling that happens when life breaks faster than you can fix it. I learned—slowly and often painfully—that stillness is not weakness or retreat. It is sometimes the only way to see clearly enough to survive. This book isn't about having the right answers. It's about telling the truth while you're still standing in the middle of unanswered questions. If you're walking through your own storm and wondering whether clarity, faith, or peace are still possible, my hope is that these pages remind you of one simple thing: You're not finished yet. — Jim Groebner Be Still is not a guidebook, a manifesto, or a story told after everything worked out. It is a clear-eyed account of what it feels like to live inside prolonged uncertainty — when fixing stops working and restraint becomes the only honest option. With humor, humility, and unflinching honesty, Jim Groebner writes about divorce, addiction, illness, and faith without sentimentality or blame. The book doesn't rush toward resolution or offer easy answers. Instead, it stays with the questions most people are taught to move past too quickly. This is a book for readers who value truth over polish, clarity over performance, and presence over control — especially when the storm hasn't passed yet. Be Still is not a guidebook, a manifesto, or a story told after everything worked out. It is a clear-eyed account of what it feels like to live inside prolonged uncertainty — when fixing stops working and restraint becomes the only honest option. With humility, dark humor, and unflinching honesty, Jim Groebner writes about divorce, addiction, illness, and faith without sentimentality or blame. The book doesn't rush toward resolution or offer easy answers. Instead, it stays with the questions most people are taught to move past too quickly. This is a book for readers who value truth over polish, clarity over performance, and presence over control — especially when the storm hasn't passed yet. Jim Groebner is a writer and speaker who learned through lived experience that not every storm can be fixed. Years marked by divorce, addiction recovery, and serious illness shaped a deeper understanding of stillness — not as a concept, but as a way of surviving when everything else falls apart. He is the author of Be Still and the founder of The 46:10 Project, which grew out of the same hard-won lessons explored in these pages. Jim writes with honesty, restraint, and dry humor, offering language for experiences many people carry quietly and rarely name. He lives in Minnesota and continues to write and speak for people navigating loss, faith, and the long road forward after life breaks in ways no one prepares you for.