I think a lot of people get caught up and like, oh god, it directly me down this path. I really feel like I heard his voice on this and then it didn't work out as planned.

That's because you don't know the end of the plant, right? Maybe a year from now you're gonna look back and say, yep, I understand. It's just like me that I tell the story often, right?

I got an oral opportunity in my freshman year hated it. Loved the thought of going back at Christmas break and I've said, I thought god, why don't me to be here. I thought I was, I was tuned in to the right frequency and that god led me here.

I can hate this. I must have heard the wrong voice, right? And transfer back home fast forward to what I'm doing today. Probably doesn't happen the way that it happened. If not me, going to a robber's second semester, learning about Bill Phillips and Body for Life.

Right for magazines, having a book that flops all the way to where I am doing this podcast, right? It's amazing. It's all part of the process. It's all part of it.

All right. What is up guys? I'm welcome back to another impactful episode of the Born to Impact podcast today is a special episode because we get to continue the conversation that we started last week with Justin Black.

This is part two of that interview. I know it's going to bless you and speak to you. Cue up part two with Justin Black.

So let's talk about the business stuff. You experience this freedom from prescription drugs. More or less as you said, you drug addicts for a couple of years.

High functioning. Nobody knew about it. You started to be able to minister to other people who have similar issues. People weren't talking about it.

We air a lot of our dirty laundry on this podcast. Things that happen in our past or imperfections. Things we don't get it right because if nobody's talking about it, nobody's being real. Nobody's being helped. Right. So we do that.

And before you finish that, I would like for Justin to tell everyone at home right now. If they think there is a possibility that they're a drug addict, but they're in denial.

What do you say to them from being there and being in the shoes of two years of not sleeping and using drugs all the time?

What do you say to the person right now that's listening to this that they may be doing it every other day. They may be doing it every day.

They may be doing it every week and then maybe a couple days off. What do you say to them? Are they addicted to drugs? Are they not? Are they? Do they need help? What do you say to them?

You're playing with fire. It took a year for that addiction to settle. First year I started taking those pills. I'd do it on and off. Do it when I needed it. Didn't sink.

But there's a moment in that. If you're pursuing that road, if you are open to that door being a possibility in your life, one day it'll come and it'll sink you hard. If that's something that, you know, I know a lot of people have a lot of pride. I'm not going to struggle with that. I can mess around with this stuff.

I pray you never go down that road, but you're playing with fire. It's very, very possible to go in. Also, I'd love to just take a second to speak to parents who are dealing with a child who's going through addiction. If you are an addiction, please get help. Please just tell your friend. Tell your parents.

If you are a parent, I just want to give you permission to break shame off of your life, to break any kind of this is my fault that this happened. This is I should have done something different. I just want to break that off of your life and just encourage you to come into a place of power, to pray for your child, and to do whatever it takes, but also set boundaries.

I love parents that need to set boundaries with their kid. I love you, but this isn't okay in my house. That doesn't mean that you're not loving them. That's sometimes the best form of love. You are not welcome through that door if this is still in your life. That was something I found with my parents. I can't continue in this because they literally, that is not cool in this house.

That's a big part of it. The other part of it is I know so many parents struggle with just so much shame and fear and guilt over that whole process. I would really love to give you permission just to step into a place of power, to pray, and to know that your Heavenly Father, that their Heavenly Father is a much better parent than you could ever be.

And pray him in because he'll lead your kid to the right things. So awesome. Thank you for sharing that. Yeah.

Yeah. And this is deep. It's getting deep here because there's some people who maybe are listening to this or maybe you are listening and it's yourself you're struggling or you're realizing that you're struggling or you're realizing that you're going down a slippery slope and you're playing with fire or maybe thinking to somebody who you have some concerns about.

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