Recovery Church Short Creek AL

Justin is passionate about the Lord and recovery! He is on fire about helping bridge the gap between the Church and the 12 Step meetings! He has a lovely Wife Angel and 2 sons Jace and Trey!

Misty Gomel is the voice behind The Fixed Fight podcast—a powerful, faith-driven platform born from real-life battles with addiction, relapse, and doubt, alongside a community of overcomers, Misty shares raw testimonies and honest conversations about healing, freedom, and the relentless grace of Jesus Christ. Every episode is a reminder that no matter how broken your story feels, God is still writing it. The message is bold and freeing: the battle isn’t yours to win—it's already been won. All you have to do is surrender. 

Misty Gomel overcame years of addiction herself through the power of Jesus Christ and is a resident of the Birmingham Area. She serves as a Life Coach at Hope Inspired Ministries in Birmingham, AL. She also leads small groups for Life Recovery in Hoover, AL, Mulga, AL, and Hayden, AL. She serves on the board of Mountaintop Life Recovery LLC as their treasurer. She is also an active board member of The Keystone Club Recovery Clubhouse in Hoover, AL. She also serves on the leadership team at Short Creek Church and is an active mentor and volunteer instructor at the Lovelady Center.

Why? Why can’t I overcome this anxiety, depression, these constant thoughts of hurting myself? Why am I willing to risk and even forsake my family for drugs? Why can’t I stop overeating, stop watching porn, stop gossiping? Why do I hate certain people? Why can’t I forgive? Why am I holding on to so much resentment, bitterness, and envy? Why am I jealous of the success of others? Why is my desire to be rich, powerful, and successful stronger than my desire to be a godly husband and father? I found a porn magazine in our neighbor's garbage at 4. I started sniffing gas at 5. I started fighting in the 3rd grade. A great-uncle molested me at around 9 or 10. I started stealing candy and selling it at school at 12. I started selling drugs at 14. And I was a pastor’s kid, raised by good parents, taught the Word of God, and had multiple powerful encounters with the Holy Spirit as a child and as a teenager. But I was broken, and the enemy exploited the pain, the hurt, the trauma, and the abuse and created an egotistical, self-centered tyrant, which made me successful in the World but worthless in the Kingdom of God. I was booted out of the Army for fighting and went to work, earning over 100k a year as an industrial radiographer. I opened a business at 28 and was a multi-millionaire within a year. I lost the company due to my drug addiction. I went to work in the car business, moved up fast, and within 18 months, I was averaging over 30k a month. I lost that job due to my drug addiction. I committed bank fraud, got caught, and spent 26 months in Federal Prison. And this is where I began to unpack “My Why!” I was not addicted to drugs, porn, excessively depraved sexual sin, money, power, or prestige. I was born addicted to sin. There is but one answer to overcoming addiction to sin: TOTAL Submission to the Lordship of Christ. This is the first step that must take place before healing can begin, but after this step, the real work begins.