DAY 5: The Addiction Beneath Everything

What if your addiction isn't a character flaw — but a brain chemistry problem? In Day 5 of "The Day I Decided Not to Die," we pull back the curtain on the science of addiction. Ryan Hunter explains how dopamine dysregulation affects food the same way it affects drugs — and why understanding your biology is the first step to defeating it.

This episode bridges faith and science, showing that understanding the enemy isn't an excuse — it's how you finally win.

Scripture focus: "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." — Romans 7:15

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DAY 4: The Label You Accepted

What if the label you've been wearing your whole life was never yours to begin with? In Day 4 of "The Day I Decided Not to Die," we confront the false identities we absorbed when we were too young to know better — the names spoken over us that became the names we answered to.

Ryan Hunter shares how childhood labels shaped his adult identity, and how God's Word speaks a different truth over every one of us.

Scripture focus: "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." — Psalm 139:14

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What if the thing that comforted you was slowly killing you? In Day 3 of "The Day I Decided Not to Die," we examine what happens when survival strategies become sabotage. Ryan Hunter shares how food became his first language of self-destruction — not as rebellion, but as survival.

This episode explores the dangerous path that appears right but leads to death, and how to recognize when comfort has become a killer.

Scripture focus: "There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death." — Proverbs 14:12

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