A Better Life - Brianna's Hope

A Better Life - Brianna's Hope A Better Life Brianna's hope is a participant-driven, faith-based, and compassion filled support and We are also taking suggestions for our next guest!

ABLBH has an outreach effort called Faith In Your Recovery podcast which is conducted in an interview format. Each week, an episode is released on Friday mornings at 6:00am. FIYR podcast can be found on SoundCloud, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, and Spotify. This podcast is in effort to help individuals gain insight into the effects addiction can have that they might not have otherwise had available to them. We also hope inspiration can be found as there are many recovery stories that will touch your heart just as they have many others. Guests to be interviewed include strugglers, overcomers, professionals in the recovery and health fields, politicians, loved ones of strugglers, and so much more. If you have someone in mind, please email podcast@ablbh.org.

12/24/2025
12/19/2025

I am ready to “guest” on your podcast. After hosting 200+ episodes of “Faith In Your Recovery” I have plenty to offer in the addiction recovery genre. 11 years of leading a recovery movement has equipped me with much knowledge and experience. I have authored 4 books, participated in jail ministry and am about to make the jump to Roku TV. I almost forgot to mention my 40 years plus of church leadership as a pastor. Let’s talk! Leave a message.

So proud of our Post Rd Chapter.
12/19/2025

So proud of our Post Rd Chapter.

Thank you to A Better Life - Brianna's Hope , Post Road Chapter, for the thoughtful toy drive for the women at Heart Rock Recovery Center ! Your generosity brought so much holiday joy, and it truly meant the world to our moms and their families. 💜

12/17/2025

Ian Fee lived the “work hard, play harder” lifestyle—and alcohol was at the center of it all. From early drinking and bartending as a teen to building and selling a business while fat and drunk in Las Vegas, his success masked a deep addiction. Two failed marriages and total personal collapse forced Ian to confront the truth. In this raw conversation, he shares how getting sober in 2017 allowed him to rebuild his relationships, mindset, and purpose. Now an author, entrepreneur, and founder of Make It Great (MIG), Ian helps others escape the same destructive cycle. His story proves that real success starts with clarity and sobriety.

Helpful links:
https://www.facebook.com/ian.fee.98
https://ianfee.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Sobriety-Transformation-Oblivion/dp/B0DHYR1YST/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PJ66F4PUF80G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tyR-dlOZCXJsZ7jWDm_7SG_Dji3WlcwvvD9wMIdZMoWItSulQtSaxAW43TfuxfHWLjcyjrpjHbFbwRWBEzikaaybew1RIB62Y2zFjTL6FD5L6ttkX8ogwZJFWR_LIm2lLCitmhwZDYQ9de8l5N1zWpP2cyZc44R-js438OyC5-s0Qp-4GpZVoE80bg1YUV2EVlVJsp8C8-aWf58FOQI0AA.hjS6udaNs47rBnyFhy1Pg3j4_XfNUu8xSBW5Nn8Fbak&dib_tag=se&keywords=wild+ride+to+sobriety&qid=1765898721&sprefix=wild+ride+to+%2Caps%2C339&sr=8-1

12/13/2025

Unless it is a salvation issue can’t we agree to disagree?

12/11/2025

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12/10/2025

Awesome job, Gary.

12/10/2025
12/10/2025

I started young with w**d and alcohol, then graduated to co***ne and acid. By my twenties, the party life was all I knew. After getting hurt at work in 2014, pain pills took over, and I was eating enough every day to knock down an elephant. I quit the pills in 2015, thought I was free, but I just traded them for more drinking and drugs. I left Illinois trying to outrun addiction and crashed into an even darker m**h addiction, su***de attempts, and hurting people I cared about. At rock bottom, the recovery community found me, and for the first time, I found hope. Today, I’m living a life I never believed was possible — sober, present, and grateful to be alive.

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This group happened because of one young woman, and her struggles with addiction. Brianna DiBattiste was much like most other young women her age. She grew up in a small town. She was a cheerleader, played softball, loved spending time with family and hanging out with her friends. She usually made friends easily and would give a stranger the coat off her back if they were cold. She showed an unconditional love and concern for those around her. But, like you and me, she was far from perfect. Unfortunately, she made a bad choice and experimented with drugs at a very young age. It was then that he**in began to take control of her life. She tried rehab several times in an attempt to beat her addiction, but the temptation was too much for her. She felt she had no other choice but to continue using.

One evening in June 2014, Brianna left her home to meet a "friend". But she didn't come home that night. Calls and texts to her phone went unanswered. Sadly that was the last time anyone in her family would see her again. After several months of hoping and searching, her body was found in a somewhat secluded and wooded area in Jay County. Although it wasn't the outcome her family had hoped for...finally, she was home.

During the time she was missing, Brianna's mother had found a note that Brianna had written. It was a prayer to God. In the note, she begged the Lord to help her find a better life for her and her family. It was this prayer that would plant the seed for "A Better Life" to grow.

After leading the memorial service, Pastor Randy Davis approached Brianna's family about the idea of establishing a faith-based addiction support group in her memory. A few months later, on November 8, 2014, "A Better Life - Brianna's Hope" was formed. What began as a small neighborhood group meeting in a quiet rural town with about a dozen or so people in attendance, has grown to a full-fledged non-profit organization with 26 chapters in 18 counties throughout most of Indiana and 1 in Ohio. Brianna's Hope has been blessed with the opportunity to assist more than 450 people with finding and receiving detox and/or rehabilitation services that they otherwise would not have been able to afford.