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You're Sober! Now What?
Adam talks with Tamar about his journey from party drugs and fentanyl addiction to faith, fellowship and service through Touched By Addiction. The conversation highlights gratitude, higher power and community as key parts of building long-term recovery and helping others access treatment.
42:26•15 Dec 2021
Touched By Addiction: Adam’s Journey From Fentanyl to Faith and Fellowship
Episode Overview
- A loving, stable upbringing does not guarantee immunity from addiction, and stigma around “needing a horrific past” is challenged.
- Repeated attempts at short-term treatment without deeper change can leave people feeling broken, increasing shame after relapse.
- Spiritual surrender and accepting help from a higher power become turning points when self-reliance has clearly failed.
- Strong fellowship in rehab and ongoing community support help people feel less alone and create space for honest sharing.
- Touched By Addiction focuses on using shared recovery stories and merchandise sales to help fund long-term treatment for those who need it.
“"I was driving the car and I drove over the cliff. I was done. So then it's like, there's gotta be something outside of you."”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This conversation between Tamar Medford and Adam from Touched By Addiction pulls back the curtain on what long-term recovery can actually look like when gratitude, faith and community come together. The chat kicks off with Tamar sharing how gratitude and fellowship fuel her own recovery, setting the tone for an episode aimed at people who are clean and sober but wondering what comes next.
Adam then walks through his story, starting from a loving childhood and moving into a fast-paced, party-driven lifestyle that gradually slid into heavy opiate use, fentanyl and methadone cycles. He explains how repeated attempts at treatment left him feeling broken, describing relapse as "one of the worst things because now it's like, well, I tried, but I failed. I'm broken." Things shift when Adam describes crying out to God during intense psychosis and the moment he says he truly surrendered.
A key turning point comes when a detox centre initially refuses him, but another accepts him, and he notices he isn’t going through the withdrawals he expected.
His sister simply says, "Adam, I was praying for you," and he recalls falling to his knees and deciding, "Okay God, whatever you got, I'm all in." From there, Adam talks about meeting the Touched By Addiction team in a faith-based rehab, forming deep bonds with others in recovery, and turning that shared experience into a movement that helps fund long-term treatment for people who can’t afford it.
Tamar and Adam swap honest reflections on higher power, surrender, and the power of recovering out loud to smash stigma. Anyone feeling alone, stuck in early sobriety, or unsure how to move from surviving to thriving will find this episode geared towards them. It’s packed with honesty, faith, humour and a strong message: you’re not alone, and your story might be the lifeline someone else is waiting for.
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