🎙️EP170. We're All Addicted to Something | Jon Seidl on Trauma, Freedom & Following Jesus
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Steve Adams interviews Jon Seidl about addiction, trauma, and finding freedom through deeper intimacy with Christ.
What if addiction isn't the real problem? In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Steve Adams sits down with author, speaker, and storyteller Jon Seidl to discuss his new book, Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic. Jon shares his journey through anxiety, trauma, addiction, recovery, and ultimately deeper intimacy with Christ. Together they explore why addiction often begins long before substance abuse, how unresolved wounds shape our behaviors, the danger of hidden struggles in the Church, and why true freedom comes not from behavior modification but from healing the deeper places of the heart. Whether your struggle is alcohol, work, pornography, approval, control, comfort, food, success, or something else entirely, this conversation is for you. As Jon says: "We're all addicted to something." Topics include: • Trauma and addiction • The role of shame in keeping people stuck • Why Christians often hide their struggles • Radical vulnerability and authentic community • Identity in Christ • Abiding in Jesus as the path to freedom • The concept of "messy sanctification" • Finding healing beneath the habit Guest: Jon Seidl: Author of Confessions of a…
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