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Mormon Stories 800: Overcoming Opiate Addiction - Graham Pt. 1

1,581 views · Published 2 October 2017 · 58:19 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Mormon Stories Podcast · 2017 · Education

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Continuing our Mormon Stories series on drug addiction, we interview Graham.  In this interview, Graham discusses:

*His early years as a true-believing Mormon
*His battle with Cystic Fibrosis and chronic pain as a youth
*Being introduced to drugs as a teen
*Attending BYU and making the decision to leave and not pursue a full-time mission
*How difficult events in his life led to his addiction to “hard drugs” as a young adult, and his recovery attempts
*Graham’s current views on addiction and the recovery process

We thank Graham for providing his experience-based insight into the difficult process of recovery to all of our listeners.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B1Y4r2sFiQ&ab_channel=MormonStoriesPodcast
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x53JqkLS0XY

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
05:21 Graham introduces himself
07:09 Relation with the church
08:49 Testimony, taking comfort in belief
12:20 What did the ward feel like for your?
13:16 How did the drug use start?
16:56 Trying weed as a devout mormon
18:30 What role did the marihuana play for you?
20:54 Parents find out, confessing to bishop, but not stopping
22:02 Is marihuana addictive?
23:17 Why use it?
23:58 Effect on beliefs
25:28 Medicinal marihuana not against the WoW
26:25 Graham's story continues. Not sure what his future will be like
31:00 Guilt and shame in Graham's mormon life
35:15 Progress to hard drugs
37:45 Marihuana yes or no a gateway drug?
40:36 Experiences, and yes/no condone use by others
43:37 How did it advance? Going back to school
47:17 Breaking up with a girlfriend and not taking that well
51:08 Church contacting him
53:00 Starting to use heroin
56:00 Slippery slope
58:09 End titles

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