Addiction, conversion story, troubled childhood, faith, healing through Jesus Christ, LDS testimony, mission, temple marriage, overcoming shame.
Steve learned early how to survive.
He learned which doors not to open, which streets to avoid, and how to become whoever people expected him to be. By high school, he was already living a life that felt almost impossible to escape.
Then a girl invited him to church.
What started as curiosity slowly became something far more dangerous to the life he had always known.
A road trip. A testimony meeting. A question he could not stop thinking about.
Soon Steve found himself caught between two worlds: one pulling him backward and one quietly asking him to believe he was meant for something more.
This is a story about the life Steve almost lived… and the God who would not stop reaching for him.
Listen to this powerful episode of Anchored.
0:00 — From Addiction to Anchored Faith
2:02 — Joining the Church Changed Everything
3:14 — Growing Up in Addiction and Chaos
8:54 — Feeling Accepted by Latter-day Saints
10:38 — Church History Sparked His Testimony
13:39 — Baptism and Leaving the Old Life
15:36 — Rick’s College Helped Him Escape Addiction
18:55 — A Mission Call Funded by Faith
21:18 — Building a Covenant-Centered Family
27:53 — Seeing God’s Hand Through His Life
34:45 — Healing Father Wounds Through Heavenly Father
37:29 — Learning Christ’s Grace Applied to Him
43:19 — Walking Daily With Jesus Christ
45:24 — Ministering to Inmates Through Christ’s Love
51:06 — Why He Chooses to Stay
