Unashamed Recovery

Has anything ever taken your serenity away? Work? Kids? Financial Stress? Your favorite sport team looses? Addiction? More than likely some thing at some time has taken your peace. Some things happen that are outside our control. On this episode Josh, Drew, & Palmer talk on how we in recovery can live in a way where we can keep our serenity even in times we have no control and live to accept t...

It's been awhile Recovery Fam! After a 5 month break, the guys are back in the studio talking all things Faith Recovery. Josh, Drew & Palmer sit down and talk about Principle 4, Openly Examine and Confess my hurts, hang-ups and habits to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. For a successful recovery, we must come to a place where we can honestly examine ourself, our hurts, our hang ups...

The wages of sin is death. Sin is derived in the flesh and God is delivered to us, delivering us in, and with the Spirit. What are you choosing to live in? Can you not hear God's voice? You might be living in the flesh. Come check out this conversation with Drew and Palmer about the personal, yet inevitable battles of Spirit vs Flesh.  Todays episode verses are: Galatians 5:16-17 Galatians 5:2...

Recovery Fam have you ever had an Answered Prayer? Join Palmer as he sits down with our guest Grady who shares his 'Jesus Story'. Grady walks us through his story that starts off with a childhood living the 'American Dream' that came to a screeching halt at 10 years old when his father commited suicide. From there, Grady went down a downward spiral in his teenage years trying to nu...

On this episode, Josh & Drew sit down with guest Amy Frank to hear another powerful story of redemption. Amy takes us back to her childhood where her story starts in "complete blindness". Amy grew up in an abusive home in Texas and came to Mississippi with her mother and siblings to get away. Because of the abuse, Amy lived a isolated childhood. Even as a kid, Amy found herself in a ca...

Is there something in your life that you are truly powerless against? It can be anything really. Fresh and hot donuts for example. Even something like shopping. When something has such a hold over us that it becomes unmanageable, that is when we can see "serenity robbers" in our life. Join Josh on this solo episode as he talks about what it means to be powerless against the hurts, habits,...

Has the consequences of a choice you made in the past finally caught up with you? There is a old saying in the rooms of recovery, "You are free to make your own choice, but you are not free of the consequences of that choice." On this episode of Unashamed Recovery, Josh, Drew, & Palmer talk about a common topic that involves us all.... CONSEQUENCES . We will all make bad choices, some...

Buckle up Recovery Fam! Because on this episode of Unashamed Recovery, Josh, Drew, & Palmer are joined by Matti Aughenbaugh from Pensacola, Fl & what a story our guest has. Matti literally takes the guys down the rabbit hole! Just when you think you have heard it all & that it can't get any more crazier, Matti's story pushes the boundaries. From a early childhood rooted in a fa...

Have you ever mishandled what God has given you? For Real is about being for real about the blessings that God has given us. In this episode we find out how to keep the blessings that God has bestowed upon us. Josh , Drew, & Palmer take a deep dive into how God's word & promises that give us simple instructions on how to relieve & honor various blessings & gifts. We get an actu...

Josh, Drew & John Gallagher of Black Sheep Recovery Warfare Recovery Podcast sit down with the Ministry Leader of Foundry Celebrate Recovery in Vicksburg, MS, Danny Ivey. It's not often that Kindness follows the word Chaos Danny's life starts off born in the pit, with the world immediately stacked against him, born into an environment of chaos and violence. Danny's story is the liv...

What would your life look like, if you knew without a doubt that God would rebuild the ruins of your life? Would your life be any different? Josh, and Drew are joined by John Gallagher of the Black Sheep Recovery Warfare Podcast to talk about just that on this episode of Unashamed Recovery. This episode topic is centered from ACTS 15:16. In the context of that scripture we see prophecy about rebui...

Buckle up Recovery Fam, this episode of Unashamed Recovery is one you don't want to miss a single second. Josh, Drew, & Palmer are joined by self proclaimed sharp dressed author, poet, tattooligan, 80's metal fan & Mississippi's own Steve Robertson. With a brand new book out, When the Bottom Falls, Steve stops by to share his story, talk recovery, the infamous Rose Bowl, bridge...

On this special episode of Unashamed Recovery, we are joined by Pastor Kelly Kopp of Limitless 405 Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is a special episode that was jointly recorded with Unashamed Recovery, Black Sheep Recovery Warfare and Audio Alchemy Productions. Before coming to Jesus, Kelly K was a musician and tour manager for some of the biggest rock bands in the World. After a near death car c...

It's a new year, so let's talk about Renewal. Renewal can't happen in 2024 if you are bringing the baggage of the past decade with you. Sometimes that baggage can be our own, or handed down to us like generational curses. Maybe you've inherited a family curse, or maybe the curse has begun with you. Either way, God has a plan for your freedom that will shatter the chains of that cyc...

2023 has come to an end as quick as it began and we have found ourselves in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. The holidays are notorious among the recovery community for being a rough time of the year to stay sober and maintain success in recovery. Josh, Drew, & Palmer sit down with Shandra Wilson of the Recovery Room in Philadelphia, MS and talk about how to navigate t...

It's that dreaded time of year again, it's another Season Finale of Unashamed Recovery. As we say goodbye to Season 4, we are going out with a bang! The guys sit down with the director of Voice of Hope Men's Recovery Program, Jon Layton. Jon's story starts off like a lot of our stories, with a lack of accountability. From a lie from the enemy planted early in life, Jon finished hig...

Josh, Drew, and Palmer are joined by the founder of End It For Good founder, TED talk speaker, and author, Christina Dent. Christina takes us through her amazing story that led to the founding of End It For Good, a Mississippi non-profit leading the way in changing the way we talk about drugs and addiction; working behind the scenes on advocacy and education around drug policy not only in Mississi...

Gratitude and November go hand in hand like Thanksgiving and Turkey. For the Recovering Addict and the Christian living life attached to the vine, gratitude must be more than just 30 days a year. Josh, Palmer, and Drew dive deep into the theme of gratitude in recovery in this episode of Unashamed Recovery. The trio explores the biblical perspective on gratitude and its significance in the recovery...

After much delay to technical difficulties beyond our control, we finally present our latest testimony episode with guest Jonathan Clark as he tells of his inspiring story of overcoming the pit. This testimony is powerful because it can be the story of anyone and it showcases the power of the grace that is second chances. Jonathan's story isn't crazy, filled with drama, nor is it far fetch...

Originally Ep 050 was suppose to be "from the pit to glory" with Jonathan Clark sharing his story, but since we are still having computer issues and cannot release that episode, check out this spare episode that has been sitting in the Unashamed Recovery vault. On this episode, the guys sit down with Amber Thomison of Strong Towers Recovery once again but this time to talk on how we can we...

On this episode, the guys are joined by Amber Thomison of Strong Towers Recovery in Philadelphia, MS. There is not many episodes that leave Josh, Drew and Palmer speechless, teary eyed, and in awe but this testimony definitely checked the boxes on all three. In this episode, Amber's amazing story starts immediately in the worse case scenario, in the trenches of chaos and hopelessness. With the...

On this Labor Day holiday, enjoy this special episode of Unashamed Recovery with a rebroadcast of NorthPark Church's Pastor Jim Feirtag's sermon "avoiding spiritual apathy" from August 27th 2023. • Thanks to our amazing sponsors : -Dee's Automotive :  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100041354634847 -Sober  Life Love :  https://soberlife.love -End It For Good :  https://...

Are you working a honest recovery program? If so, it’s safe to say that your sobriety from the self destructive behavior that brought you into recovery has been hard earned. Working a honest recovery is not only mandatory for successful sobriety but also very demanding. An honest recovery forces us to be continually self examining ourselves through a magnifying glass searching for any areas denial...

On this episode of Unashamed Recovery, the guys sit down with Sydney Miller who is no stranger to the pit of addiction nor the hope of sobriety and recovery. Sydney takes us through her real story of overcoming addiction. Filled with grief, hopelessness, growing up too fast, bad decisions, and the pain that is addiction, Sydney's story is sure to connect with all our listeners on some level. B...

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll…..the teenage musician dream right? Today we dive into the testimony of our newest co-host, Captain Chaos himself, Palmer. Palmer has been on stage almost all his life, but it wasn’t always for God. While his story may be different from a lot of the other testimony’s we hear, he does have a recovery story. As we find out drugs and alcohol were never really an addictio...