Hayden spent most of his teenage years in and out of juvie, jail, and homelessness — wandering the streets of Florida in active addiction and convinced the world was better off without him. Then a YouTube creator randomly paid his bond, a stranger named Andrew put him on a plane, and somehow Hayden ended up at The Way in Crossville, Tennessee.

In this episode, Hayden opens up about hitting rock bottom at 18, the moment he felt Jesus for the first time during an evening devotion, his baptism, the bumpy road of early recovery, and what it means to leave the bubble of a recovery home and step back into the real world.

If you're in the middle of your own darkness right now — this one's for you.