{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unashamed Unafraid","title":"EP 216: Mike's Story","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5e9dfba2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2998,"description":"In this episode of Unashamed, Unafraid, Mason and Sam welcome Mike Farr, a rock photographer, Spartan racer, husband to Jenny, and father to Wesley. Mike shares how his father leaving early, conflict with a stepfather, and feeling unlovable fueled a “character” that chased acceptance through music, drugs, escalating sexual behavior, and crime. He describes immersion in the late ’60s–’80s music scene, cocaine dealing, and eventual heroin addiction, repeated arrests, rehab attempts, and a Salvation Army program that helped him rebuild sobriety and career. After a six-year relapse, an overdose coma, and another arrest, he surrendered, returned to meetings, and found sustained recovery and service, including coaching sobriety on the Vans Warped Tour, framing God as his Father and a source of healing.\nMake a donation and become an Outsider!\nFollow us on social media! Instagram, Facebook & TikTok\nSubscribe to our YouTube\nCheck out our recommended resources\nWant to rep the message? Shop our MERCH!  \nFor more inspiration, read our blog\nDo you have a story you are willing to share? Send us an email! contact@unashamedunafraid.com\n00:43 Recovery Check In\n02:34 Introducing Mike Farr\n04:03 How We Met\n05:23 Childhood Wounds\n07:49 Music And Drugs\n12:08 Sex Addiction Escalates\n15:54 God And Fatherhood\n19:40 Tahoe Marriage Fallout\n20:19 Stevie Ray Vaughan Wakeup\n21:52 Wicked Wanda\n22:34 Heroin Hooked and Sick\n24:07 Intervention and Jail\n26:00 Rehab Fail and Rick\n28:02 Tank Talk and Release Mistake\n30:33 Salvation Army Turnaround\n32:35 Relapse\n33:45 Overdose and Two Week Coma\n37:23 Surrender\n39:30 God's Tender Mercy\n43:06 Service Life and Father God\n45:14 Closing Song","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xBq0be7ZF-X6TyZj47iS9o16I19puDtXlnLtw6sBN1s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk5NTgvMTcwNTEy/MjA3Ny1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}