Growing Up in Chaos and Choosing Sobriety with Jasper Wilkins | The Hopeaholics Podcast


In this raw and deeply emotional episode, Jasper Wilkins shares his life story of growing up in chaos, addiction, and trauma, and how those experiences ultimately led him to the brink of death before finding recovery. Jasper opens up about being raised by parents battling substance use, enduring neglect, sexual abuse, and repeated loss, including the devastating death of his mother to addiction. He recounts years of numbing pain with opiates, surviving an overdose, and reaching a moment where asking for help became a matter of life or death. Through sobriety, Jasper began confronting long-buried trauma, learning forgiveness, and discovering purpose in helping others who feel unseen and hopeless. His story is a powerful testament to resilience, the impact of reaching out for help, and the possibility of breaking generational cycles of addiction. Jasper also reflects on how recovery restored his ability to feel, connect, and truly live for the first time. He speaks to the daily choice of sobriety and the responsibility that comes with surviving when so many do not. This episode serves as a reminder that even at rock bottom, hope can still find you.


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Timestamps:
00:07:17 - Parents in Prison and Alcoholism From the Start
00:09:29 - Being Left on His Mom’s Doorstep
00:11:00 - Asking Why His Parents Couldn’t Choose Him
00:11:37 - Realizing He Never Truly Forgave His Mom
00:16:43 - Finding the Podcast While Praying for Help
00:17:35 - Texting for Help at 3 AM Knowing He Would Die
00:18:59 - Overdosing at Work
00:21:03 - Breaking Down in Front of His Family
00:22:01 - Saying the Podcast Saved His Life
00:26:11 - Finding His Mother After She Died
00:27:17 - Learning His Mom Had a Rehab Date Scheduled
00:29:29 - Trauma and Nightmares That Drove His Addiction
00:33:02 - Being Sexually Abused and Not Believed
00:36:18 - Living Without Food, Water, or Safety as a Child
00:31:22 - Surviving When He Should Not Be Alive