Silence the Lion: How God Breaks the Chains of Addiction

In this episode of The Devout Route, Pastors Michael Braden and Mick Veach host Sam and Noelle Borgia, who share the raw and powerful testimony behind their book, "Silence the Lion: Winning on War and Addiction." Sam's story spans two decades of addiction beginning with prescription opioids following a severe motorcycle accident, progressing through heroin, crack cocaine, and multiple failed attempts at recovery through jails, prisons, rehabs, and medical treatments. After marrying Noelle, whose faith in God remained steadfast throughout the marriage's most devastating seasons, Sam's addiction nearly destroyed their family entirely. Following two near-fatal overdoses, a suicide attempt, and a medically grim prognosis, Sam experienced a sovereign encounter with God in a dark hospital room at approximately 3:00 in the morning. In that moment of desperate, sincere surrender, he felt the unmistakable presence of God lift the weight of addiction from him completely. The testimony is not only about physical deliverance but about the transformation of an entire identity, a marriage restored, faith deepened through suffering, and a ministry born out of pain that has now reached over 2 million prison tablets across the country.