Come Back Podcast

"All my problems aren't gone, but with the Savior I know that getting through it is something that I can do through my faith in Him. It's just a phenomenal difference in my life. Every day I wake up now and I'm just so grateful to be here, compared to where I have been in the past in those dark places."00:00 Spiritual Psychosis02:49 Welcome from Australia08:49 Public School and Fitting In17:50 Tarot, the Occult and New Age28:36 Addiction and Losing Herself33:15 A First Prayer in Ten Years36:50 Atonement and Repentance40:02 Quitting Everything44:36 The Dream RevisitedMemor November code COMEBACK for 25% offhttps://memor.comServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"I didn't understand for sixty one years of my life, really, really what the atonement meant, what the sacrament means, what garments represent. I didn't understand it fully the blessings that come from the washing and anointing. Initiatory blessings are just so real and true. It's like I was blind and now I can see. I was deaf and now I can hear." 00:00 Event Reflections and Community Spirit8:16 Miracles Before Stepping Away22:28 Truth Crisis and Working at BYU28:11 A Mother's Influence: The Call to Return39:19 Understanding the Atonement and Personal Growth43:26 Finding Solace in the Temple46:13 A New Perspective on Life and DeathServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"I love my Savior. He is my friend. He loves me when I haven't loved myself. He's been there for me, sometimes as a silent partner. But as I reflect on my life, I know that He's been there. I know He's carried me when I haven't been able to carry myself."00:00 Trapped by Oxy08:15 Childhood Abuse Revealed13:08 Foster Care and Healing19:05 Mission Trials and Hinckley23:31 Marriage and Relapse26:59 Oxy Addiction Spiral32:16 Cancer and Hardship42:39 Quitting and Rebuilding52:21 Zac's TestimonyServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"I think that's the biggest thing, is knowing that there's always room to grow and that we are divine children. We have a purpose here on this Earth, to continue to learn and grow to take it with us after this life."00:00 Feeling Unworthy02:52 Growing Up LDS03:56 Anxiety and Falling Away07:36 Pregnancy Wake Up Call10:47 Choosing Conversion Daily20:19 Advice on New Age Fallout36:38 Belonging in Ward FamilyServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"The only thing I can put it to is the true power of the atonement like it went from so negative to clean and positive. Such a testimony builder to me that it's possible for everyone."00:00 Rock Bottom Doubt04:01 Diabetes And Isolation06:45 First Exposure Spiral15:10 Illness And Going Deeper17:49 Marriage Mask And Relapse27:48 Bishop Help And Healing31:36 Mountain Prayer Breakthrough34:29 Rebuilding Through AtonementServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"  Everything that we go through in life, all of it, is part of our education, and more than that, it's part of our ministry. It's our ability to help, love, and care for other people. I feel like it has been an honor and a privilege to have lived my life, even though it has been incredibly hard. I want other people to know that the Lord lives and loves them, even if it doesn't look like He does."00:00 Losing Trust in God06:12 Parents Backstory and Fallout16:50 Childhood Instability and Poverty38:45 Father Wounds44:30 All In Conversion47:10 Utah Transition And Staying Strong49:14 Healing Trauma With Therapy01:07:10 Worth AdvicePurchase Come Back to Christ Event 2026 Tickets Here: www.comebackpodcast.orgServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

" I've come to know that Heavenly Father does know. He knows not just what we do or choose to do or the mistakes we make, He knows who we are and what we want. And He's just waiting for us to just even look at Him or acknowledge Him. He has so much for us. He has so much for me. He's given me so much already."Tickets to the Come Back to Christ Event: www.comebackpodcast.org00:00 Highway Wake Up Call02:32 Levi Background And Home03:21 Childhood Faith And Doubts06:23 Early Smoking And Rebellion11:46 Heroin And Rock Bottom20:16 Prison Mentors And Letters26:35 Relapse And Arrest Spiral31:15 Church Return, Love And Marriage46:01 Miracles And AngelsServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

" My life is not what I expected it to be, but it's beautiful and it's wonderful and it's mine and I built it and I made it this and I'm proud of what I did and I'm proud of how I built it and I'm proud of the relationship that I have with my Heavenly Father. Everything that I went through doesn't define who I am, but it helped me become who I am and it helped me to find the fortitude that I needed to get through it and to power through and power on."00:00 Infertility Heartache05:28 Freedom and Self Destruction09:42 Infertility Anger and Isolation13:14 Caregiving and Breaking Point17:08 Crisis Prayer and Strength24:36 Overcoming Church Struggles and TriggersPurchase Come Back to Christ Event 2026 Tickets Here: www.comebackpodcast.orgServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

"Those answers just don't matter as much as my relationship with my Savior. It's like a weight system, you know? I'm not gonna give up something that's so important to me for the tiny weight of this one particular answer. I'm weighing my options, and I'm gonna choose Christ every time because He is who put me back together and it doesn't matter if I really believe in polygamy or not. He was there, so I'm with Him."Tickets to the Come Back to Christ Event: www.comebackpodcast.org00:00 Abandonment and Doubt00:57 Live Event Announcement04:50 Family Upheaval and Abuse08:06 Speaking Up and Silence21:21 CES Letter and Marriage Strain31:09 Years of Doubt38:59 Scriptures Rebuild Faith43:32 Healing and Hard QuestionsServe Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell

" You really become a new person. You become who you are, who you really are... It took me a little bit of time. It didn't happen overnight for me. But when I decided to change, when I really wanted to change...The other time that I tried to change, I didn't pull the Savior in much. It was, "I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna change friends." This time was different. I really put the effort in to bring Him into my life."Tickets to the Come Back to Christ Event: www.comebackpodcast.org00:00 Rock Bottom00:48 Podcast Event Announcement07:34 Early Substance Experimentation11:26 Hard Drugs Arrests and Wake Up Call20:50 Homeless After Graduation22:12 Rock Bottom Dream Warning23:30 Return Home Spiritual Reset25:09 Mission Struggles Coming Clean30:26 Made Whole Through ChristMike's Auto Shackhttps://mikesautoshack.com/Serve Clothing code COMEBACK for 15% offhttps://serveclothing.com/If you have a story to share please submit here: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For inquiries contact [email protected] Back Team:Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly StoneEditor: Cara ReedOutreach Manager: Jenna CarlsonAssistant Editor: Britt SmallzeArt Director: Jeremy GarciaProduction Director: Trent Wardwell