Derek experienced addiction at a young age, how the enabling power of Jesus Christ's atonement helped turn his life around.

Come Back Podcast

Ashly Stone

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

"A lot of people hear my story and they're like, wow, you used heroin? Like what programs did you go through? And with my story, I'm not recommending this to people that have true addictions, but the gospel was my recovery. It really was. I'm not saying to just read your scriptures and you're fine. Seek professional help, go to AA, NA -- there's all these amazing programs. But for me, I didn't do that stuff. I went back to church. I engulfed myself in the gospel. There's a quote by Elder Packer, he says: studying the gospel will change behavior faster than a study of behavior can change behavior. I'm living proof of that. Again, not saying everybody should do that, but that was my recovery. God can change you. I'm a changed person because of God and Jesus Christ and the gospel. And I am so grateful."

Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

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0:00.0	This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to the Comeback Podcast.
0:07.0	Derek, I am so excited to have you on the podcast. We go way back. Like...
0:19.3	We do. We do. I don't know when we first met, but I want to say it was like middle school at least I mean
0:25.9	2004 probably both of our stories like have intertwined at different points and I know your brothers
0:37.2	really super well and then you're friends with my brother who yeah so we just go way back. It's just so special to have you on the
0:47.7	podcast. And it's a long time coming and I'd be lying if I didn't say I wasn't nervous to you know to tell my story but ever since I heard about your podcast which was actually from Paul your brother
0:59.1	So I started following your social media and I just think it's so cool what you're doing but I've had
1:03.7	multiple people at different times say like hey you got to go on Ashley's
1:07.8	podcast and I even talk to you and it's just finally I get you know it's like that when you're sitting in sacram
1:13.7	meaning and you feel like you got a bigger testimony, but you don't really want to do it and
1:16.7	you're like, this is God telling me I got to do this. So here we are.
1:21.7	I love it. Also another connection we have is Trey, Derek's cousin Trey.
1:27.6	I've actually kind of referenced Trey not naming, but he was a huge influence on me when I first started coming
1:37.7	back to church.
1:39.5	We worked together in California and I was only like a year sober and I used to watch Trey and Jed,
1:47.1	shout out to Trey and Jed and I would watch how they would incorporate the spirit into everyday life.
1:56.4	And I'll just never forget Trey,
1:59.6	listening to conference talks,
2:01.2	like we were doing summer sales together and we would always be in the car
2:05.9	Trey and I like fought like brother and sister it was good times but like I just remember him
2:11.8	playing conference talks on the way out to our area and you know he would be reading
2:16.7	his scriptures and I just saw how somebody interacts in the gospel and like how they apply it into their life and it was
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