From Rock Bottom To Redemption: Eric Kennedy On Faith, Recovery, & Hope

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Can rock bottom become holy ground? Where does the journey towards recovery begin in the midst of addiction? Joining us to share his message of healing and hope through a Christian lens is Eric Kennedy, a speaker, writer, and founder of Recovery Vow.

Eric is a dedicated recovery advocate with over 13 years of sobriety from drugs and alcohol. Drawing from his own life experience, he brings empathy, wisdom, and hope to couples navigating the challenges of recovery. Together with his wife, Kristen, Eric serves their community through Stevens Creek Church in Augusta, Georgia, where they are raising three children.

In this episode, we unpack:

How Eric's personal story paved the way for his current aspirations.
The power of leaning on others for help.
Practical ways couples can support each other through the recovery journey.
How to approach faith-based recovery.

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0:37.3	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Fighting Genius podcast.
0:41.2	I guess today is Eric Kennedy.
0:42.7	He's the founder of Recovery Val.
0:45.6	We're going to talk about when Rock Bottom actually becomes Holy Ground and redemption,
0:49.7	turning around after, you know, having a really tough life, whether self-imposed or not.
1:29.0	So welcome Eric. Thanks for your time. Thanks for coming. Hey, thanks for time. Thanks for having me. Yeah, I don't want to spoil your story. Obviously, you'd be better to tell it than I would. So what made you decide to work with people that are that are having, you know, massive personal troubles in their lives? I mean, what's your backstory? What happened to you? Well, let's just go back to the last three days of my addiction journey. How about that? And that'll lead into the rock bottom. So the last three days were the just darkest times. And I really don't like sharing all of the gory stuff, you know, but you have to hear people's rock bottom in order for them to be able to take a step forward in the right direction. And so before I could take the step forward in the right
1:32.4	direction, I had to hit rock bottom. And those last three days were a suicide attempt, you know,
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