When you’ve been stuck for a long time, hope can feel impossible. Maybe you’ve told yourself:

“It’s too late.”

“I’m too far gone.”

“This is just how life is now.”

In this episode, we’re talking about hope — why it matters, how it’s shown up in our own recovery journeys, and how you can hold onto it (even if it feels like it’s slipped through your hands).

Jay shares phrases and concepts he learned in recovery and how seeing real change in others made him believe it was possible for himself. Jennifer talks about the hope she borrowed from other people’s stories when she couldn’t find her own, and how faith reframed what was possible in her life.

💬 In this episode:

• • What hope looked like (and didn’t look like) in early recovery

  • Why hope is essential for lasting change

  • Faith, community, and the power of borrowed belief

  • Practical ways to keep hope alive in everyday life
  

  🔗 Resources:

• Find a Celebrate Recovery group near you: https://www.celebraterecovery.com/locator

  National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI):https://www.nami.org

  Find an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting near you: ⁠https://www.aa.org/find-aa⁠

  Find a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting near you: https://na.org/meetingsearch/

  Need support for codependency? Check out CoDA: https://coda.org/find-a-meeting/

  
  

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  We’re rooting for you. Always. 🖤