Jail House Preacher: Addiction Recovery Interview With Ronnie Mardis

Published: June 28, 2022, noon

"They offered me 35 years for my drug charges. I didn’t take the plea and I have no idea what will happen."

Ronnie went from prisoner to social worker. He spoke at schools, worked with inmates, and preached at the local jail.

But in 2016 the threat of losing his children through divorce took him back out.

"I ended up getting raided by law enforcement in September 2021. At that time, I had no desire to stop using. I was mad at God. Very upset, bitter, and carrying lots of resentment. One of the requirements with my bond, the Judge had me get into a drug program. It was in AA meetings, working the steps, hearing stories of addiction, my heart started to be softened."

Join us this week and listen to Ronnie #takeofftheblinders around the realities of addiction, recovery, and what it took him to find a safer way to live.

"By all odds, I should be dead, but I have another chance of sharing the same hope I have with others. If you are reading this, it isn’t too late."

You won't want to miss this one friends as we go from prison to preaching the word of god, and possibly back again this week right here,

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