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Andrew Drasen

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Born

in Racine, WI, The United States

Website

https://www.avisionofhopebook.com

Genre

Memoir, Self Help, Spirituality

Influences

Michael Crichton, Norman Mailer, Dean Koontz, John Grishom

Member Since

May 2025

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I’m Andrew Drasen. I wrote A Vision of Hope during my last incarceration and finished the final chapter minutes before walking out. I spent years cycling through addiction, relapse, and jail. I’m rebuilding with faith, honest work, and a plan to live on purpose.

The A Vision of Hope series grew from that season. The memoir tells what happened and what I learned. Reflections gathers the lessons so others can use them. The Workbook turns those ideas into daily action. My mission is simple: everyone has something to recover from, and change is possible.

I speak with recovery communities, faith groups, and reentry programs. When I’m not writing or teaching, I’m walking my dog Eeva, reading, or outside getting quiet enough to listen.

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Andrew Drasen liked Elena Jones's review of A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose: "A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose by Andrew Drasen is an unfiltered, structurally inventive account of addiction, incarceration, and the relentless pursuit of change. Written during Drasen’s final incarceration in 2019 culminating j" Read more of this review »
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Andrew Drasen made a comment on Jan Mawdesley’s review of A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose " Thank you for such a thoughtful and deeply considered review. I genuinely appreciate the time and care you put into engaging with the book. "
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“The fact of the matter is, we need to do something different. Compassion, love, empathy, and understanding are the keys.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: change, change-the-world, compassion, connection, empathy, love, understanding

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“I want to live my best life, an impactful life, and I know I can, so long as I get out of my way.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: actualization, growth, progress, roadblocks, self-awareness, self-improvement, self-love

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“We all need support, especially those who are the most vulnerable in our society. We need to care. These are our neighbors. They are our community.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: community, compassion, empathy, empowerment, interconnectedness, mindset, society

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“A decision without action is nothing more than a thought.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: decisions, faith, inspirational, motivational, procrastination, productivity, recovery, self-help, taking-action, willing

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“We can choose to be the Incarceration Nation or, once again, become the land of the free.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: advocacy, advocate, criminal-justice-reform, justice, justice-system, law, policy, political, politics, reform

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“The fact of the matter is, we need to do something different. Compassion, love, empathy, and understanding are the keys.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: change, change-the-world, compassion, connection, empathy, love, understanding

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“Whether we grow or stay stagnant, the choice is ours.”
― Andrew Drasen, A Vision of Hope: A Story of Redemption and Purpose

tags: choices, growth, healing, personal-development, personal-growth, recovery, self-help, self-improvement

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