Worship Leader Kristian Stanfill Marks Five Years Of Sobriety
Worship Leader Kristian Stanfill Marks Five Years Of Sobriety. Worship leader Kristian Stanfill marked a quiet but powerful milestone as he celebrated five years of sobriety. He used the anniversary to give thanks, to encourage those struggling with addiction, and to point to the combination of counselling, community, and spiritual renewal that helped him find lasting freedom.
“I am five years sober today, November 9th 2025. Praise God. This is the good life. It feels amazing and im so thankful. I post about this every year, not because it’s my identity, but it is a part of my story and is good to look back and remember all that God has done.
And he has certainly done a lot. So i wanted to stop and give thanks but also I know that there is somebody out there who is bound up locked up in addiction like i was and you wonder is freedom even possible will i ever be free of this? Will I ever be free of this? Is freedom avaiable to me? I want to tell you today that freedom is possible, freedom is available I am living prof.”
Stanfill credited practical supports alongside spiritual insight. He said an intensive addiction program and counselors helped him excavate issues he needed to face. He praised friends and pastors who walked beside him and called his wife Kerri a “true hero” for her grace and support. He emphasized the daily practices that sustain recovery, naming confession, vulnerability, and transparency as essential.
For Stanfill, the deepest change came when his spiritual eyes were opened to see Jesus “high, lifted up, exalted, glorious, risen, reigning, returning.” That vision, he said, turned sobriety from running away from something into running toward someone. Seeing Jesus as Lord and being invited to participate in what God is doing on earth became the most compelling reason to choose sobriety, holiness, and righteousness.
He leaned on Scripture to extend hope to anyone struggling. Quoting passages that invite the weary to come and learn, and that promise finding to those who seek, Stanfill urged people to seek Christ and to expect transformation. He spoke directly to those “bound up, locked up in addiction” and assured them that freedom is possible and available.
As he thanked supporters both known and unknown, Stanfill framed his milestone as an example of community doing what it is meant to do. “That’s the church being the church,” he wrote, closing with gratitude and a simple rally: “Let’s keep going, love y’all.”
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