447 From 16 Arrests to a $2 Million Business: Daniel Chase's Road to Recovery447 From 16 Arrests to a $2 Million Business: Daniel Chase's Road to Recovery
The One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast
Daniel Chase shares how he moved from meth addiction, repeated arrests and family tragedy to long-term sobriety, faith-based recovery work and business success. The conversation highlights a blend of Christianity, 12-step principles and DBT aimed at people who need a different route than traditional meetings.
1:07:11•10 Sept 2026
From Meth Addiction to Mental Health: Daniel Chase’s Faith-Fuelled Recovery
Episode Overview
- Recovery doesn’t have to follow traditional programmes; finding what genuinely works for you is crucial.
- Faith-based support like Celebrate Recovery can offer structure and emotional grounding for those who connect with Christianity.
- Addressing mental health issues, through tools such as DBT, is just as important as treating addiction itself.
- Radical honesty, including deep work on childhood trauma and family patterns, can reduce the load that fuels anxiety and relapse.
- Maintaining sobriety over time involves evolving self-care, from frequent meetings early on to sustainable routines that fit work and family life.
“You'll always get what you've always got if you always do what you've always done.”
What remarkable journeys have people faced head-on against addiction? This conversation with Daniel Chase offers a raw look at meth addiction, family trauma, faith, and a very unconventional path to long-term recovery. You’ll hear how Daniel went from 16 arrests and running a plumbing company across three states while still using meth, to building a $2 million kitchen and bathroom remodelling business in sobriety.
His story is aimed at people who don’t quite connect with traditional recovery meetings and are searching for something that feels more personal, more practical, and more rooted in mental health. Daniel talks about growing up with a severely alcoholic father who checked into The Salvation Army rehab 11 times before dying by suicide, and how those experiences shaped his own recovery.
He explains why AA and NA "didn't work" for him, and how a Christian programme, Celebrate Recovery, gave him the structure and spiritual connection he needed, with Jesus named directly as his higher power. A key part of this episode is Daniel’s focus on mental health. After years clean, a sudden sense of abandonment and intense self-doubt pushed him into dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT).
He describes learning tools like radical acceptance, TIP skills and STOP skills, and how they helped him manage a mind that "doesn't shut off" without turning back to drugs. You’ll also hear the emotional story of forgiving the man who harmed his daughter, and the moment of surrender at a men’s retreat that led Daniel to commit his life to service.
Out of his own 12-step work he created a new curriculum blending faith, the traditional steps and DBT, now used in several inpatient programmes and a church setting. For anyone wondering if recovery can look different from the standard route—and still be real, messy, and meaningful—this episode offers plenty to think about. What kind of tools and community feel right for your journey?
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