{"podcast":{"title":"Faith In Your Recovery Podcast","slug":"faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744","podcast_index_feed_id":5704744,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/recoverypodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.ablbh.org/podcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/recoverypodcast/podcast_cover_20260814_135958_6f7c17094f9d45deb7160ff72a207f27.png","author":"Randy Davis","episode_count":282,"summary":"Welcome to this interview/conversation-driven podcast, an outreach looking at all things recovery. We are raw, real, and faith-based in our effort to inform, educate and share the struggles facing those battling addiction/SUD.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T10:24:06.437632+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744"},"episode":{"title":"Ep245 Bullied, Broken, Addicted… BUT Justin Stephens Wasn’t Beyond Saving","slug":"ep245-bullied-broken-addicted-but-justin-stephens-wasn-t-beyond-saving","published_at":"2026-07-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744/ep245-bullied-broken-addicted-but-justin-stephens-wasn-t-beyond-saving","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/recoverypodcast/3012914","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/134733/3012914/recoverypodcast/2026_07_22_16_06_23_4cee12eb-4ac2-45a2-a51a-3def8b773ac4.mp3","summary":"I never thought my story was worth telling. My addiction didn’t start with anything dramatic — just dabbling, partying, trying to fit in, trying to escape feelings I didn’t understand. I thought I was alone; I was different. The only one like me. I had plenty of chances to walk away, but I kept numbing myself and building an identity in the drug world. Before I knew it, I was addicted — trapped in an underground life that pulled me further from reality. What I thought I wanted became the very thing destroying me. I grew up bullied, never fitting in, so when the darkness accepted me, I embraced it. That’s when it got truly evil. I wasn’t the sweet kid my family raised anymore. I was hardened, angry, spiritually controlled by the life I chose. For almost 20 years, I lived in a battle of good versus evil, light versus darkness. These drugs don’t just take your time — they take your soul. But you can overcome it. And you don’t have to do it alone. Find your people. Find your crew. Your breakthrough is out there.","meta_description":"I never thought my story was worth telling. My addiction didn’t start with anything dramatic — just dabbling, partying, trying to fit in, trying to escape…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2566,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744/episodes/ep245-bullied-broken-addicted-but-justin-stephens-wasn-t-beyond-saving/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-in-your-recovery-podcast-5704744/ep245-bullied-broken-addicted-but-justin-stephens-wasn-t-beyond-saving.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}