The collapse was not the end of the story.

For two decades, Drew stood on stages and told people the truth about God. What he could not do was tell the truth about himself.

Like a lot of leaders, Drew learned early how to perform. He was good at it. Ministry rewarded the version of him that had answers, carried other people's pain, and never needed help. Underneath the platform was a growing gap between the man people saw and the man he knew himself to be. Addiction lives in gaps like that.

When his life collapsed, it cost him his role, his reputation, and the identity he had spent twenty years building. It also handed him something he had never had: the chance to stop hiding.

What recovery taught him

In treatment and in the years of recovery that followed, Drew discovered that his addiction was never really the problem. It was a symptom. Beneath it were shame, attachment wounds, loneliness, and a faith that had learned to bypass pain instead of walking through it. Healing meant addressing those things, not just managing behavior.

That conviction now shapes everything he does. He trained and credentialed as a Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional (PSAP), a designation earned through the same institute that trains certified sex addiction therapists, equipping pastoral leaders to address sex and process addiction with clinical understanding. He became a Certified Enneagram Guide. And he serves with Valiant Living, the Colorado treatment program where his own recovery began, hosting its podcast and speaking around the country to churches, treatment centers, universities, and men's groups. Valiant has been restoring men and their families since 2017 through clinically driven care for process addiction, betrayal trauma, and family healing.

In 2026 his story reached a wider audience when he appeared on I Gotta Ask with Annie F. Downs, a Wonder Project original streaming on Prime Video, joining a conversation about addiction, recovery, and how God speaks in our darkest moments.

Why churches invite him

Drew is not interested in sensationalizing failure, and he refuses to hide it. He speaks as someone who has lived both sides of the church's relationship with brokenness: the pastor who helped others carry secrets, and the man whose own secrets nearly destroyed him.

His conviction is simple. Churches often know how to preach repentance. Few know how to create cultures where honesty is actually safe. Drew helps churches become places where truth and grace coexist, leaders don't have to hide, families heal, and people recover.

Off the stage

Drew lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his family. He is a husband and a father, and those relationships remain the most honest measure of his recovery. Ask him about his kids before you ask him about his platform.