Ep 1413 | Nashville Couldn’t Free Me From Addiction, but Jesus Did: Ben Fuller’s Story
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How did Ben Fuller’s secret addiction begin and affect his early life?
I am unashamed. What about you?
Welcome back to the Unashamed Podcast. So Jay's last night I'm flying in from New Jersey. And you know how you go and you get to Atlanta. And you kinda look around 'cause you're in the you're getting ready for the Munro flight. So there's usually somebody usually you'll know or you know, I kinda
the last leg. The last
leg. It's usually late at night. I look around, I don't see anybody I know, which is very unusual. So I'm there, me and Lisa, Jersey Joe and Christine were traveling together. We go to get on the plane and Alice Lindsay's there and I had missed her somehow, but she was the first one in line and she was also the first one seat on the plane. So I hug her and I said, Hey, how you doing? Uh she said, Great. I just met Ben Fuller.
Mm.
And I said, The singer? And she said, Yeah. And I was like, Well, he's coming on our podcast tomorrow. She was like, Really? Well, I've bought tickets to the next one. He's coming back here. And so then I knew Ben was on the plane, but I had never seen I had no idea what Ben looked like. So everybody's walking by saying, Is that him? Is that him? And finally I I guess I missed, I blinked or something when you walked by Ben, 'cause I thought, Well, I don't think he's on this plane. Oh, yeah, I think uh Ben, I think you
are a victim of facial profile. He did not equate you. He didn't
know as I just I when I walk on planes I do this. I just don't
And I just thought you hadn't washed your hands, right?
Look, I I'm sorry, I forgot to wash my hands this morning.
So Ben Fuller, welcome to the podcast. And then look, then here comes here comes uh Lil Will and and uh and the other crew from the Sadie Singers. Yeah. And they've LO Worship. Yeah, the LO worship. They've been out in California. And then this woman sitting in front of me is out. She said, Oh, I heard your brother preach. I mean your cousin preached this morning in Black Mountain. I was like, Really? And it was then I knew everybody on the plane. And they're not going to be able to do maybe you were
in a fog.
I probably was because I was very tired at the end of the street. You weren't paying attention. But I met the Amen. Ben, this is the only podcast you'll ever be on where we literally kill things the whole time of Welcome to Louisiana. I love how
Dace is slapping mosquitoes already, but what I noticed was the paper clip here. I was like, Well that might come in handy. I'm gonna put that in my Bible too, along with everything else.
Psalm ninety one, Al. Well, Genesis nine, they're the things that fly, they'll be food for you. But I I'm not I mean, I got bit earlier by a mosquito and I love all God's creatures, but they have a place that they belong. Yeah. And it's not here. And he's given us that authority to rule over all the time. Well in our
last studio we had, which is out on the river. There's a running loop over in our tour behind us that goes. I just saw it the other day when I went through there with some people. Of me getting stung by a purple tail wasp while we were doing the podcast.
Kidding
me. Yeah, where's happened? Did he
scream?
Oh I Oh yeah I didn't scream. Uh
he met a he did have a pitch.
Dad starts laughing. Dad's sitting over here. Dad starts laughing. He said, Al, I've never seen you move that fast in your life.
It was a little embarrassing. He thought the Holy
Ghost just come along. Oh it it I looked like I had gotten slain. Yeah.
We broke the fourth wall and we left it in the podcast. It was funny. And now it's on the loop,
Zach, in the tour. So it's it was
a viral moment. That was the moment.
So Zach, you have met, you're the only one that's well, Jace, you met him too. Tell me. Where did we not meet? Uh we did something.
What church
was that, Jace? Where
was that?
I don't remember, but I remember I remember everything that happened. Here's what's crazy though.
I I Conway. Conway. Thank you,
Madden.
What state? Arkansas.
Arkansas.
Yeah.
We were in Conway, Arkansas. That doesn't seem right.
It doesn't sound right. Maddie would know she's from Argentina. South
Carolina. Is there a conway set? Oh, sorry.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Ben Fuller’s secret addiction begin and affect his early life?
0:01–6:40
2
What drove Ben to move from Vermont to Nashville and pursue a music career?
6:40–13:02
3
How did the unexpected church invitation change Ben’s direction?
13:02–21:13
4
What was Ben’s first personal encounter with Jesus like?
21:13–28:35
5
How did Ben’s relationship with his father finally break through?
28:35–35:53
6
What steps did Ben take to overcome his addiction and stay sober?
35:53–42:27
7
How do Ben, Jase, Al, and Zach connect the story to fatherhood and masculinity?
42:27–50:18
8
What hope and encouragement does Ben share for listeners struggling with addiction?
50:18–57:26
Speakers
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