Robert Hawkins and The Recovery Gathering Band will release “Worth It” Friday, Sept. 11, through NRT Music. The gospel single features Minon Bolton and arrives during National Recovery Month.

Hawkins wrote the song with Adulphus Scott and Lamontt Blackshire, who also produced the recording. Rather than hiding the difficult parts of recovery, the song names addiction, depression, relapse, overdoses, homelessness and broken relationships.

Robert Hawkins Makes ‘Worth It’ a Testimony

The recurring response, “It was worth it,” could be misunderstood outside the larger story. Hawkins is not calling addiction, trauma or abandonment good. Instead, he is looking back from the other side and refusing to let suffering have the final word.

The song’s hope is not that the pain was somehow necessary. It is that grace can keep pain from becoming the end of the story.

“I want people who feel like giving up to know their story isn’t over,” Hawkins said. “Healing, redemption, and purpose are possible.”

Minon Bolton joins Hawkins as the track moves from personal reflection into a full gospel declaration. By its closing moments, Hawkins is testifying that he survived only by the grace of God.

A Recovery Ministry With Music at Its Center

Hawkins’ work extends beyond recording. He serves as founder and executive director of The Recovery Gathering, a nonprofit serving people and families affected by addiction, trauma and mental health struggles.

The organization brings together live music, worship, testimony and community partnerships. Hawkins also takes its recovery-centered message into churches, correctional outreach programs and community events.

September has been observed as National Recovery Month since 1989. The timing fits a song built from lived recovery rather than a slogan added after the fact.

“Worth It” will also appear on The Recovery Journey Project, scheduled for release Nov. 6. The album draws from stories of addiction, recovery, faith and second chances.

Listen to Robert Hawkins and The Recovery Gathering Band’s “Worth It.”