12/30/2025
I have copied this short essay from Mason Cain from unchainedleader.com. Watching videos does not take the place of therapy, but it can certainly add to its value. Please call us when you are ready to be free from p**n addiction
Mason states: I was doing chores tonight.
Working out between sets because I have ADHD and can't just do one thing at a time.
Country music playing in my AirPods.
I grabbed the trash bags and headed to the curb.
My phone was still inside. In the gym.
As I walked farther away, the music started to distort.
Then it became unrecognizable.
Then it cut out completely.
Silence.
I tossed the bags in the cans and turned around.
And the second I started walking back toward the house?
The music came back.
Crystal clear.
Like it never stopped.
Because it didn't.
The transmission never stopped. I just walked out of range.
I stopped walking.
Felt something lift off my chest.
And God spoke.
He reminded me of the pit.
The years I spent in addiction, believing He had gone silent.
I'd pray and hear nothing.
Read scripture and feel nothing.
I felt abandoned. Isolated. Like I was too far gone for Him to reach.
But here's what I didn't realize:
God never stopped transmitting.
I just buried my receiver under layers of lust, shame, fantasy, and fear.
And then I walked farther and farther away from Him.
Out of range.
Apple didn't design AirPods to work 100 yards from your phone.
And God didn't design you to operate outside of proximity to Him.
When I finally turned around…
when I faced my darkness, confronted my sin, and started walking back toward Him, my receiver started picking up the signal again.
Immediately.
Not because God suddenly decided to talk.
But because I got back in range.
The closer I moved toward alignment with how God designed me, the clearer His voice became.
The peace came back.
The joy returned.
The direction I thought I'd lost forever? It was there all along.
If you can't hear God right now, it's not because He stopped talking.
It's because you're operating outside of the proximity you were designed for.
And the longer you stay out there, the more you'll convince yourself the silence is permanent.
It's not.
But you have to turn around.
You have to face the thing you've been avoiding.
You have to start walking back.
If you're ready to stop wandering in silence and start walking back into range, I want you to watch something.
It's called The Art of Freedom, a documentary that shows you exactly how men break free from the cycle and get back into alignment with who God created them to be.
No fluff. No shame. Just the truth about how real freedom works.
God never stopped transmitting.
It's time to start receiving again.
Always with you,
Mason
