Cocaine Addict Becomes On Fire Catholic

About this episode

John Edwards shares his journey from addiction to faith and the lessons learned along the way.

A Fortune 250 company's Salesman of the Year. Devoted husband. Faithful Catholic father and a 17-year addiction no one knew about, including his wife. John Edwards spent nearly two decades living two lives at once. He closed sales by day, chased down his dealer by afternoon, and kept the mask on at home so well that no one knew. It held together right up until the morning he sat in a jail cell on Good Friday with nothing left to control. This is the story of how a man hits the absolute bottom and finds out it was never the end of his story. Today, John Heinen and Devin Schadt sit down with John to talk about what actually drives addiction, why isolation is the devil's first move on a man, and how the wound of "am I enough" sends so many men looking for affirmation in all the wrong places. John Edwards is the founder of Pew Ministries and host of the Just a Guy in the Pew podcast. Get a signed copy of John Edwards' book: https://store.justaguyinthepew.com/collections/frontpage/products/power-made-perfect-finding-true-strength-in-christ-autographed-book Learn more - https://justaguyinthepew.com 🟢 Join Catholic Gentleman+ for over 31 sessions of exclusive formation, daily saint…

People in this episode

Hosts: John Heinen, Devin Schadt

Guest: John Edwards

Topics covered

• addiction
• faith
• redemption
• fatherhood
• mental health

Keywords

• addiction
• Catholic faith
• redemption
• fatherhood
• mental health
• isolation
• affirmation

Sponsors

Catholic Gentleman+, Sofia Institute

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pew Ministries, Just a Guy in the Pew, Sofia Institute

Books & works: Power Made Perfect: Finding True Strength in Christ

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