Jacoby Shaddix

And it evolved into the pills and some of that, but I just felt enslaved, like truly in bondage to it.

And so, you know, to see people go through that transformation, it's so powerful.

And it's like...

what we can do with our lives once we like shed the, that old shell of ourselves.

It's like, I mean, that's another reason why I'm still in the game.

It's like, the sky's the limit.

It's like, it gives me, it gave me another shot at life.

It gave me, you know, like a renewed, like

passion sense of purpose yeah just it just gave me so much it helped me like restore relationships you know rebuild relationships rebuild a relationship with myself you know like looking in the mirror and like just for years just going

fuck you.

You know, and that like, just that raw feeling of like, just kind of self-hate and to just not be in that place anymore.

It's like, gosh, freedom.

Yeah, it is.

I'll tell you this, like my faith walk has been, it's been like a wrestling match, you know, and it was, it started with my sobriety.

I started going to meetings and going to recovery houses and stuff like that.

And, you know, they're like, yo, you need to find God or a God of your understanding, right?

And it was a journey for me for years.

And I'll tell you, the two things I never wanted to be in my life was sober and a Christian.

And here I am now.

You know what I'm saying?