Hope Is the First Dose: A Treatment Plan for Recovering from Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things

Hope Isn’t a Platitude. It’s a Prescription.

At some point, life will knock you off your feet. Maybe it already has. The loss was devastating. The betrayal cut deep. The diagnosis changed everything. When the worst happens, where do you go from here?

Dr. Lee Warren, a practicing neurosurgeon and former combat surgeon, has lived this question. He’s spent decades navigating the intersection of faith and science—but nothing could have prepared him for the heartbreak of losing his nineteen-year-old son.

In Hope Is the First Dose, Dr. Warren doesn’t offer empty clichés or quick fixes. Instead, he shares the hard-won wisdom of someone who has walked through deep loss and found a way forward. With raw honesty and compassionate insight, he helps you process grief, wrestle with faith, and take hold of hope and healing.

Because this isn’t the end of your story. There’s a way through. And the first dose? It’s hope—delivered by the hands of the Great Physician.

W. Lee Warren, MD, is a practicing neurosurgeon and award-winning author. His book, I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know, won the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award for Biography/Memoir

Dr. Warren has appeared on The 700 Club and CBS Evening News and his writings have been featured in Guideposts magazine. His appearance on Focus on the Family was chosen as one of the “Best of 2021.” The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast, heard in more than 75 countries around the world, explores the connections between faith and science and how to find hope even when life is hard. Dr. Warren lives in Nebraska with his wife, Lisa. Learn more on his personal website: WLeeWarrenMD.com