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“I've had one brother pass away from addiction.  My 47-year-old nephew overdosed, it took eight days to find his body. They dumped him on the side of the road in 105-degree weather.  My brother, his son, and his grandson have been in prison with addiction.  Three generations.  It's hard on the family to watch it. That's addiction.    I tell the men and women of Adult and Teen Challenge in St. Louis  what their family is really thinking.  They do love them.  If they're cuttin

"I grew up in a devout Catholic family. I went to Catholic school. Starting in seventh grade, my parents couldn't afford to send me to private school anymore. My father had a really bad gambling addiction and was also an alcoholic. My dad passed away in 2022.   I went from private school to public school. I started hanging out with people that I shouldn't have been hanging out with. I got expelled my senior year of high school. Thankfully, I was allowed to graduate and walk w

"Jesus brought me through taking chemotherapy and radiation. I have a brain tumor. They also found I have colon cancer. In surgery they took out a foot and a half of my large intestine. Before the surgery, the doctor said, ‘Allen, I know that God is the only One that can heal you but I’m going to try to do my best to help things along.’ I thought wow, this is coming from the surgeon. That really gave me comfort. The colon cancer has metastasized to my liver. My son was there

"I walked into a bank and robbed it. I got caught later on in the night. That was the last time I took a drink. My case was all over the local news, and I thought my life was over. I was incarcerated for eight and a half years. Alcohol was only a symptom of the problem. The problem started off with the abandonment. My mom drove three plus hours to a babysitter and didn't pick us up. In 1967 nobody called the police or family services. My mom was what we'd call the old school

“My mom passed away when I was five and my dad passed away when I was 12.  I had three older sisters. My sister Angie passed away when I was 18.  We didn't know Jesus. Jesus actually introduced himself to me when I was around 15. Ironically through a Mormon friend. From that moment on I couldn't stop thinking about Jesus, however, it didn't mean that I changed my life.   A couple years after that, I ended up going down a really dark path for 10 plus years. I met a girl and st

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