Page 136: Chad Mattson: Unspoken Lead Singer's Journey Out of Addiction
The Unfolding
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🗓️ 29 December 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Chad Mattson is best known as the lead singer of the band Unspoken. For nearly 20 years, he's been touring the country, writing hit songs like "Reason," "Call it Grace," and "Start a Fire." Before he set foot on a stage or even realized that music was going to be a part of his life, Chad was living under the weight of contradiction. He knew God was real, he'd felt His presence. Yet his life was driven by addiction. From cigarettes, to alcohol, to drugs, to living in drug houses, his addictions grew stronger. He moved further away from the life God wanted for him and spent every day chasing the next fix.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Meredith. Boy, I hope you're enjoying a wonderful holiday season. We're going to take |
| 0:04.9 | this week off to enjoy some time with our families. So while you're undecorating or driving to see |
| 0:10.5 | friends or extending your holiday or maybe trying to decide whether or not to keep that sweater |
| 0:15.2 | or exchange it, we wanted to put a great story for you in this feed from our archives. |
| 0:21.4 | Chad Mattson is the lead singer of the band Unspoken. |
| 0:25.1 | He's a passionate guy with an incredible voice and equally incredible story. |
| 0:30.6 | We'll be back with a brand new episode in 2024 for you, but for now, enjoy this one from the archives. |
| 0:38.0 | Page 136 of the unfolding is the story of Chad Mattson. |
| 0:42.5 | So I'm an addict, and I have spent six days sober in three years. |
| 0:46.2 | I think the difference between me and a heroin addict is that I wasn't going to wind up dead |
| 0:50.8 | in the morning, but still all day, every day, Drive two and a half hours if I didn't have any. |
| 0:55.0 | That was my life, 100% my life. |
| 0:58.2 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 1:01.5 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 1:04.6 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 1:13.7 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 1:25.3 | Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 1:30.6 | Chad Matson is best known as the lead singer of the band Unspoken. For nearly 20 years, making music's been a big part of Chad's life, touring the country, loads of hit songs like reason, call it grace, start a fire. |
| 1:39.5 | But before he ever set foot on a stage or even realized that music was going to be a part of his life. Chad was |
| 1:44.9 | living under the weight of contradiction. He knew God was real. He'd felt his presence, and yet his life |
| 1:51.0 | was driven by addiction, from cigarettes to alcohol, to drugs, to living in drug houses. |
| 1:57.1 | His addictions grew stronger and he moved further and further away from the life God |
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