Episode 254: He Hid a 17-Year Addiction From His Wife. A Radical Catholic Conversion.

Salesman of the year. Devoted husband. Faithful Catholic father and a 17-year addiction no one knew about. John Edwards spent nearly two decades living two lives at once. He closed deals by day, chased down his dealer by afternoon, and kept the mask on at home so well that his own wife never saw it. 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 we 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. His book, Power Made Perfect: Finding True Strength in Christ, walks men down the same road he took back. Learn more, grab the book, or start a men’s group at your parish at https://justaguyinthepew.com

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