I Started Shooting Heroin at 16 | Childhood Abuse, Baker Acted & How I Finally Got Clean & Sober

Listen to this episode from Rise Above with Kevin Lanning on Spotify. Ben was s*xually abused at age 10 by a trusted camp counselor. That trauma led him to heroin by 16, methadone addiction, and eventually losing custody of his son. But through God's grace, relentless 12-step work, and a fierce desire to help others, Ben got clean—and stayed clean for 14 years. In this raw interview, he shares how he went from shooting up daily and nearly dying from withdrawal… to adopting a child whose mother overdosed in a trailer surrounded by syringes. This is one of the most powerful redemption stories we’ve ever featured. #AddictionRecovery #SexualAbuseSurvivor #HeroinAddict #MethadoneWithdrawal #TraumaHealing #SoberDad #AdoptionStory #FentanylCrisis #RiseAbovePodcast #FaithInRecovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices