Path of the Sober Seeker is a podcast at the crossroads of recovery, spirituality, and lived experience. It explores addiction and sobriety not as fixed formulas, but as personal, evolving paths shaped by faith, nervous systems, and the realities of modern life.

The show is hosted by James H., an American Muslim revert in long-term recovery, AuDHD, Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (CDCA), Licensed Peer Recovery Supporter, and author of From Liquor to Dhikr: Islam and the 12 Steps. His work is grounded in lived experience, clinical training, and sustained engagement with Islamic spiritual tradition.

Each episode approaches recovery as an unfolding process rather than a one-size-fits-all solution. Alongside conversations about faith, sobriety, and spiritual practice, the podcast gives particular attention to neurodivergent experiences, such as sensory overwhelm, masking, rigidity, hyperfocus, social exhaustion, and deep pattern-seeking, that often sit beneath substance use and compulsive behaviors but are rarely named in traditional recovery spaces.

Rather than framing these experiences as pathology or moral failure, Path of the Sober Seeker treats them as meaningful data. The show examines how unmet neurological needs, spiritual hunger, and systemic pressures intersect, offering listeners language, clarity, and relief from models that never quite fit.

Grounded in Islamic spirituality yet open to universal human questions, this podcast resists spiritual bypassing and simplistic answers, honoring both discipline and gentleness, structure and mystery. Whether you are Muslim or not, in recovery or questioning your relationship with substances, neurodivergent or simply exhausted by systems that weren’t built for you, Path of the Sober Seeker offers a space for honesty, reflection, and slow, durable growth.