resilience | Robert B. Routt

Stories of Survival, Recovery & Second Chances

Through these articles, I share lessons from my own journey—survival, recovery, family, faith, health, and rebuilding life after a near-fatal medical crisis. My hope is that these stories offer perspective, encouragement, and a reminder that even after everything changes, life can still move forward.

Robert Routt’s memoir Almost Gone beside a winding path toward a golden sunrise

Almost Gone: A Journey Through Recovery and Resilience

After everything fell apart, rebuilding my life took family, faith, hard work, and the determination to keep moving forward. These are 10 lessons that helped me through recovery and taught me the power of a second chance.

Robert Routt

Aug 207 min read

5 Steps to Rebuild Your Life and Find Purpose: A Guide for Trauma and Coma Survivors

After surviving a near-fatal medical crisis and a three-and-a-half-week coma, I learned that survival was only the beginning. These five lessons helped me rebuild my life, find purpose, and move forward after everything changed.

Robert Routt

Jun 295 min read

Robert B. Routt during rehabilitation after surviving a three-and-a-half-week coma

Almost Gone: Surviving a Medical Crisis and Finding New Life

After surviving a near-fatal medical crisis and a three-and-a-half-week coma, I had to learn how to live again. This is my journey of recovery, faith, accountability, and finding new life through a second chance I never expected to receive.

Robert Routt

Jun 126 min read

Finding Support During Recovery: Strength, Hope, and Second Chances

Recovery taught me that strength doesn’t mean doing everything alone. Family, friends, healthcare professionals, faith, and accepting help all played a role in rebuilding my life after a near-fatal medical crisis and coma.

Robert Routt

May 116 min read

Robert B. Routt with Almost Gone memoir artwork

Inside Almost Gone: The Story Behind Robert B. Routt’s Memoir

Go behind the story of Almost Gone as Robert B. Routt shares how family, prescription medication dependence, a near-fatal medical crisis, coma, faith, and recovery shaped his memoir and his second chance at life.

Robert Routt

May 56 min read

Surviving a Coma From Prescription Drugs: 5 Things No One Tells You About Recovery

Surviving a Coma: 5 Things No One Tells You About Recovery

After spending three and a half weeks in a coma, I learned that waking up was only the beginning. Here are five lessons about rehabilitation, family, faith, accountability, and rebuilding a changed life.

Robert Routt

Jan 195 min read

Robert B. Routt recovering in the hospital after a coma

A True Story of Survival and Faith

After a coma that should have ended everything, I woke up to a body that was broken and a future that looked uncertain at best. Recovery wasn’t inspirational—it was brutal.

Robert Routt

Jan 15 min read

Robert B. Routt during rehabilitation after his coma

Discovering Resilience: My Journey Back After Almost Losing Everything

After nearly losing everything, I had to learn what resilience really meant. My journey through a near-fatal medical crisis, coma, rehabilitation, faith, and recovery taught me how to rebuild a changed life and keep moving forward.

Robert Routt

Dec 12, 20256 min read

Empty hospital room representing Robert B. Routt’s coma and recovery journey

Almost Gone: A Journey of Survival and Resilience

After a near-fatal medical crisis and three-and-a-half-week coma, I learned that survival was only the beginning. This is my journey through rehabilitation, faith, resilience, accountability, and the second chance that changed my life.

Robert Routt

Nov 28, 20256 min read