Two World Series rings. A dream career in professional sports. From the outside, Tyler Stelter’s life looked perfect, but behind the highlights and the celebrations, he was crumbling. Depression, heartbreak, and multiple suicide attempts brought him to rock bottom, forcing him to face the hardest question of Was life worth living?
The Choice to Live is the raw, vulnerable story of Tyler’s journey through the darkest valleys into unexpected redemption. It’s about the quiet resilience of therapy, time, the unshakable hope of faith, and the power of community that carried him when he couldn’t carry himself. It’s about falling apart, and then being rebuilt.
More than a memoir, this book is a reminder that healing is possible. That God never leaves, even when we push Him away. That the bravest thing you can do is choose to stay, choose to fight, and choose to live.
For anyone wrestling with mental health, faith, or the weight of unspoken struggles, this book is for you. Your story isn’t finished, and there is hope on the other side of pain.