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Can one moment of surrender change a lifetime of pain? Discover Phil Cohen’s raw, unfiltered story of overcoming trauma, addiction, and anxiety to build a legacy of hope and transformation. Join us on this powerful episode of Humans of Surrender as Phil shares his emotional journey from a violence-filled childhood marked by deep trauma recovery and crippling self-doubt. After years of struggling with substance abuse—including addiction to heroin, LSD, and PCP—Phil experienced

“I was a straight-A student and an athlete. We had a really good basketball team.  We went to the state tournaments my sophomore, junior, senior year.  I was also involved in the church, like most of my basketball team, they were also part of my church family. My family was not involved in church at all. There was a church, I'll never forget, Williamsburg Baptist Church. They had a summer camp.  My parents dropped us off there just so that we were not home for the weekend. I

“The Pastor got in trouble with the law and he spent time in prison. I thought, ‘if that's what religion is, I don't want anything to do...

“They set a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon in front of me and said, ‘Here you go son, you won.’ I was around 12 years old. We were at a...

“He gave me marijuana at 12 years old. My dad basically said, ‘There's a lot of addicts in our family. I don’t want you to be an...

"I was one of the worst drug addicts. I just wanted to get high. I just wanted to feel the buzz. I started around 16 or 17. I ended up...