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Rebuilding Life After Addiction
by Shenandoah Valley Adult Teen Challenge
Rebuilding Life After Addiction is the podcast for people who got clean and realized that was just the beginning. Hosted by Justin Franich and Robert Grant out of the Teen Challenge network, this is where faith meets the real work of recovery. Not clichés. Not surface-level fixes. Honest, Christ-centered conversations about what it actually takes to rebuild after addiction, stay free, and follow Jesus through the messy middle. Justin is a Teen Challenge graduate with 20 years in the network and Executive Director of Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge. Robert brings lived experience, wisdom, and the kind of honesty that keeps conversations grounded and practical. Together they sit down with Teen Challenge graduates, families, pastors, and people who are walking proof that God isn’t done yet. What you’ll hear on this podcast: Real addiction recovery testimonies from Teen Challenge graduates, families, and Christ-centered
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Clean and Sober. Now How Do You Get a Job? | Shayne Weister
You did the hardest thing already. You got clean. But then you're standing there thinking, all I've known is drugs. How do I even get a job? That's the conversation here. Shayne Weiser knows the work of rebuilding from the ground up. As a young man, legal trouble and a string of bad choices…
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How to Rebuild Your Finances After Addiction | Jacob Dobscha
You did the hardest thing already. You got clean. Then comes the part that rarely gets talked about: the debt, the wrecked credit, the bills you can't look at. I sat down with my friend Jacob Dobscha, a business insurance agent with LD&B Insurance in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to lay out exactly how...
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The Warning Signs of Relapse Most People Miss | Nathaniel Gray
Relapse almost never starts with the drug. It starts long before that, in the warning signs most people miss. I've known Nathaniel Gray since 2008. Back then he was coming out of an active heroin addiction with a stack of charges, and he couldn't read. A man in his cell wrote his letter into the...
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What If the Crushing Is the Blessing? | Jason Stuhlmiller
We set up to sell furniture and ended up recording one of the most honest conversations we've had in a while. No studio, no stage, just three of us on the floor of an empty garage at The Table 61 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It started with one question. What if the crushing is the blessing? From...
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Why People Relapse (It's Not the Drug) | Clip
Three and a half years sober. Gone in 30 days. Everybody assumes relapse starts with the drug. A trigger. A craving. A bad day you couldn't beat. It didn't. In this clip, Rocco says it straight. He stopped staying plugged in. The church family, the brothers, the community God built around him. He...
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The Calling Stayed, But the Plan Changed
Ashley and I sat down during a rainy work day at the center to talk honestly about where things stand with the ministry, the building, and this next season. Support the 6043 Broad project: https://svtc.info/6043-broad For the first time in ministry, I don't have a clean five-year plan. We thought...
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She Fed 50,000 Meals After the Flood Took Her Own Home
In February 2025, historic flooding tore through McDowell County, West Virginia. Sandy's basement filled with five feet of water. Her daughter lost everything. The food pantry she had been running for nearly a decade was destroyed. And while her own home was still under water, Sandy helped...
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What Happens When Pain Meets Easy Escape
He watched God work what felt like miracle after miracle in the NICU. And then, the moment he crossed back home, everything unraveled. Jeremy puts words to a moment many people recognize but rarely admit: the split second where faith feels distant and the old escape routes feel close again. We…
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God Retired Me From Atheism | Bill Gates, Living Free
Yes, his name is Bill Gates. No, not that one. This Bill is from Boston originally, lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida now, and spent twenty years of his life absolutely convinced there was no God. Then life fell apart. A divorce he didn't want. A rebound relationship that broke his heart.…
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Why "Just Say No" Missed the Point with Jeff Arp
Jeff Arp serves as Vice President of US Operations and Training for Living Free. He gave his life to Jesus at four years old. He went through Bible college and seminary. He pastored for twenty years. And for most of that time, he looked at addiction the same way a lot of church people still do.…
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The Bail Bondsman Pastor Who Shows Up When Everyone Else Walks Away
In McDowell County, WV, a little girl hides her food kits under the porch so her mom won't find them when she's sober. That's the world Pastor George works in. Bail bondsman, biker church pastor, and missionary to the communities everyone else forgot. This week on Rebuilding Life After Addiction…
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Progress Over Perfection: Why I Mulched Before the Paint Job
Sometimes momentum matters more than order. I'm at the 6043 Broad Street chapel working on the renovation, and I wanted to talk about why visible progress, even small and out of sequence, keeps you from stalling out. The sober living home page has been up for three days and we've already gotten...
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We're Not Closing. We're Relaying the Foundation.
We recorded this from the empty chapel at Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge. No students, no program, just an honest conversation about what's next. The ministry isn't closing. We're relaying the foundation and building something that serves the community differently. Full show notes and…
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What I'm Learning About Letting Go (And What You Might Need to Hear)
How do you honor the past without getting stuck in it? Sitting in an empty ministry building after sixteen years, Justin wrestles with gratitude, nostalgia, and the fear that the best days are behind him. Full show notes and transcript:...
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You Can Win at Life and Still Feel Lost | Aaron Gordon
What if the story you tell about yourself is the very thing holding you back? We sit down with Aaron Gordon—raised in DC during its most violent years, humbled at West Point, and now a leader, speaker, and unexpected children’s author—to unpack how identity gets built, broken, and rebuilt on a...
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Going Back to Where We Started: The Future of SVTC in 2026
We share why we’re selling our long-time building and returning to a community-based model to reach more people with sustainable recovery. The mission stays the same—help a few people rebuild their lives with Christ-centered hope—while the methods shift to meet real needs. Full show notes and...
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Why Sobriety Didn’t Save Me (But Jesus Did)
What if the first year after quitting isn’t about grit, but grace? We sit down with Matt to unpack the overlooked stretch between an altar moment and a polished testimony, and what actually turns survival into freedom. Full show notes and transcript:...
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How Porn Creates Strongholds (And How to Break Them)
A single moment can open a door you never meant to walk through. For one of us, it started at age seven with a neighbor’s video and grew into years of replayed images, false hope, and a mind trained to spiral. The story we share isn’t neat or sanitized; it’s a ground-level tour of addiction’s...
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Why Sobriety Isn’t the Same as Peace
Ever notice how “peace” feels great until life gets loud? We go straight at the counterfeit calm that fades with circumstances and unpack the kind of peace that guards your heart and mind when the storm won’t quit. Full show notes and transcript:...
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The Real Reason Men Self-Sabotage in Sobriety
Most men don’t fall back because they’re weak; they fall back because stepping into a new identity feels risky. Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/the-real-reason-men-self-sabotage-in-sobriety 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen...
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I’m Finally Sharing My Story: 20 Years After Meth Addiction
If you’ve ever stared at the mess of your life and wondered whether anything good could grow from it, Justin’s story will meet you there. Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/im-finally-sharing-my-story-20-years-after-meth-addiction 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich |…
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How to Welcome Them Home Without Enabling Them
Boundaries don’t have to feel like a trap. They can be a bridge back to trust, dignity, and peace when a loved one returns home from a recovery program. We get honest about how to welcome someone back without sliding into control, enabling, or constant conflict—and we offer a practical framework...
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Why Recovery Broke Me Before It Saved Me
We share how early recovery can hurt more than addiction and why that pain signals healing instead of failure. We move from seeing rehab as punishment to recognizing God’s rescue, and we offer three truths that kept us from quitting. • early sobriety feeling harder than addiction • grief over...
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The Secret Pain of the “Good” Christian
What if the real battle in the Prodigal story isn’t the wild run away from home, but the quiet resentment that grows in the one who stayed? Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/the-secret-pain-of-the-good-christian 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director,...
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Leading While Healing: Honest Fatherhood After Addiction
Your kids don’t need a perfect dad. They need a present one. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info 🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate...
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How to Feel Forgiven When You Don’t Feel Forgiven
Exhaustion isn’t a virtue meter; it’s a warning light. When recovery starts to feel like spiritual probation—constant meetings, perfect prayers, spotless days—you might be trapped in a quiet negotiation to pay God back. Full show notes and transcript:...
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Should We Tell Our Kids About Our Addiction?
What if the most powerful gift you give your kids isn’t perfection, but honest hope? We open up about telling our children the truth about past addiction—where the line sits between healthy vulnerability and harmful oversharing—and why the goal is to serve their hearts, not our egos. Full show...
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How Churches Are Keeping Kids Out of Foster Care
A car repair away from missing work. A set of bunk beds away from a safe home visit. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info 🙏 Support this ministry:...
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One Injury Ended His D1 Career. Cocaine Took Everything Else.
What happens when a life built on performance finally cracks? Shane Curtis once wore the armor of a D1 athlete, a driven student, and a hard worker who could push through anything. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources:...
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Willpower Didn't Keep Me Sober. This Did.
Two stories, 33 combined years of sobriety, and one driving question: am I focused on God or on myself? We trace the everyday systems that turned fragile early recovery into lasting freedom, from Scripture texts and quiet prayer to choosing a worship night over an old escape and discovering a...
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When Forgiveness Hurts but Healing Depends on It
What if love isn’t about comfort at all—but about telling the truth even when it hurts? We open Matthew 5 and face a hard instruction: don’t bring your gift until you reconcile with your brother. Full show notes and transcript:...
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He Tried to Control His Way Out of Addiction. It Didn't Work.
Ever tried controlling everything in life—addiction, illness, or daily struggles—only to realize it's exhausting and ineffective? 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery guides:...
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This Is What’s Keeping You Spiritually Weak in Recovery (and How to Fix It)
Getting sober is hard—but staying spiritually strong in recovery is where the real battle begins. In this episode, Justin Franich sits down with Ashley to unpack the habits that actually help you grow in faith and stay free. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen...
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He Lost His Wife and Kids to Addiction. Here's How He Got Them Back.
In this powerful episode, Justin Franich sits down with Rob Reynolds to discuss the real process of rebuilding life after addiction. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery...
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Ben Fuller: From Addiction to the Stage (Full Testimony)
Ben Fuller was drowning in addiction when he lost his best friend. One moment in church changed everything. Now his music is reaching millions. This isn't a celebrity puff piece. Ben opens up about generational pain, father wounds, and the addiction that became his escape. He talks about the...
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The Battle Isn't Around You. It's Inside You.
In this episode, we dive deep into the battle within—the fight between our flesh and our faith. We’ll explore what it means to truly surrender to God, take every thought captive, and tear down the strongholds that hold us back. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen...
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Angry. Ashamed. Done With Church. Then This Happened.
In this video we sit down with Ashely Marner, a recent graduate of SVATC and he shares his journey out of addiction, to relapse, and ultimately finding his way back. Welcome to Rebuilding Life After Addiction. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full...
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Why Community is the Key to Recovery Success
In this episode, Ashley and I sit down for an inspiring conversation about our transition from pastoring to leading a recovery ministry with Teen Challenge. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖...
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From Inmate to Minister—How Rob’s Encounter Sparked a Jail Revival
We have a conversation with Rob and Jason about harvest moments in their lives and how the transformative work God by leading them to ministries. Rob shares how God has led him back to the very jail where he once served time, now as a minister of hope and salvation. Full show notes and…
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No One Is Too Far Gone—Matt’s Story of Redemption and Purpose
Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, ‘How did I get here? ’ That’s exactly where Matt Cross found himself—until God stepped in. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based…
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He Was Addicted, Angry, and Lost—Until Worship Changed Everything
Addiction is serious. It doesn't matter what it is. Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/addicted-alone-and-angry-until-one-prayer-changed-everything 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources:...
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Drug Runner for the Mafia Finds Jesus in a Police Car! 😱 (MUST Listen)
"What happens when a life of crime meets the grace of God in the back of a police car? "In this riveting episode, Rob Reynolds and Justin Franich sit down with Joe from Crossroads Freedom Center, a man who once lived a life entangled with crime, addiction, and darkness. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich |...
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My Life Was Consumed by Drugs Until Jesus Stepped In
What happens when a life shattered by addiction encounters the life-changing power of Jesus? In this gripping episode, Justin Franich and Rob Reynolds talk with Curtis Pulaski as Curtis shares how his darkest days of drug abuse were transformed by a single moment of surrender to Christ. 🎙️ Host:...
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Hearing His Call: Young Voices, Bold Missions
Discover how these young adults traded ordinary lives for extraordinary mission! Join Justin Franch as he talks with part of the Eddie James Ministries team who've answered the call to something more. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes…
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Hope After Addiction: Rigo's Inspiring Journey with Adult Teen Challenge
Struggling with Addiction? Find Hope Here! 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info 🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate 📞 Need help?…
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Rising From Rock Bottom: Chipo's Journey of Trauma, Faith, and Community Healing
Imagine hitting rock bottom after a painful divorce, only to find the strength to rise again through faith and community. That's the transformative journey of our guest, Chipo Mathis, who candidly shares how moving to Winchester and engaging with her local church set her on a path to healing. 🎙️...
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A Journey of Faith and Humility: Jeff's Transformation from Addiction to Purpose
How does one rise above the depths of addiction to find a renewed sense of purpose and identity? Today, we’re honored to share Jeff’s gripping journey from struggling with low self-esteem and destructive choices to discovering a life enriched by faith and community. Full show notes and…
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Identity, Family, Recovery & Relationship
Check out our newest episode featuring a candid chat with Rigo Rodriguez. In this episode, we discussed identity and family. 🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge 🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast 📖 Faith-based recovery guides:...
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Rising Above Addiction: Perseverance on the Road to Recovery
Have you ever pondered the formative power of our missteps and the resilience of faith? This episode welcomes back John, who opens up about his transformative journey that led to the creation of a youth group, providing a sanctuary for young people to discover their identity in Christ. 🎙️ Host:...
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How to Prevent Relapse with Rob Reynolds
In this conversation I sit down with Rob Reynolds and we discuss the keys to living 13 years of free of relapse. Rob Reynolds shares his journey from a 17-year drug addict, alcoholic, and struggling with mental health issues to finding freedom and transformation through his faith in Jesus Christ....
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Rebuilding Life After Addiction is the podcast for people who got clean and realized that was just the beginning.
Hosted by Justin Franich and Robert Grant out of the Teen Challenge network, this is where faith meets the real work of recovery. Not clichés. Not surface-level fixes. Honest, Christ-centered conversations about what it actually takes to rebuild after addiction, stay free, and follow Jesus through the messy middle.
Justin is a Teen Challenge graduate with 20 years in the network and Executive Director of Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge. Robert brings lived experience, wisdom, and the kind of honesty that keeps conversations grounded and practical.
Together they sit down with Teen Challenge graduates, families, pastors, and people who are walking proof that God isn’t done yet.
What you’ll hear on this podcast:
Real addiction recovery testimonies from Teen Challenge graduates, families, and Christ-centered
HOSTED BY
Shenandoah Valley Adult Teen Challenge
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