- Five nights a week, herein this studio in Dallas,

Michael Molthan reachesan audience of people

from all walks of life,tackling tough topics

like drug and alcohol addiction,

an issue he knows all too well.

- Gather round, gatherround, gather round clowns.

Michael Molthan, M2-TheRock, comin' to you live

from Dallas, Texas, D-town baby!

- I never imagined in my life,

and what a great feeling it is

to help people, to help save their life.

You know, I get messages every day on how

God is using me to touch people.

We reach over half amillion people a week.

- We have got a lot to talk about today.

- [Charlene] Via hispodcast and Facebook shows,

called M2-The Rock, Molthanshares about his dark past

as an alcoholic and drug addict,

and how he went from buildinghomes to being homeless.

- When I had the home building company,

and I was married at the time,

my behaviors were getting worse and worse.

My consequences weregetting worse and worse.

And I'll never forget, in 2009,

I got pulled over and I got arrested.

I had a large amountof cocaine in my truck.

I was intoxicated.

And I was arrested.

And I'll never forget, whenthey took me down to the jail,

I had my very first mug shot.

- [Charlene] 26 mug shotslater, Molthan hit rock bottom.

- When I look back, that'show, the word powerless.

I'm powerless over this deadly disease.

- [Charlene] Agitated andfacing three years behind bars,

he experienced a spiritual encounter,

after an inmate asked him to read to him.

- And I grabbed thisbook from a gang banger,

a Black Panther, andhe used it as a pillow.

Brand new book, and it wasthe Living Recovery Bible,

New Living Translation.

Now, these are black wordson white paper, at the time.

They're not meaning anything to me.

And the next thing I know,four days have passed by.

And I started thinkingabout this and I go,

four days just went byand I wasn't anxious.

I wasn't in fear.

I was calm and I was at peace.

- [Charlene] Later that night,another life-changing moment.

- I couldn't breathe.

I was like ahhh, ahhh, like that.

And all the sudden I felt all this trash

and hatred and anger and resentment

and everything just comingout of my body like flies.

All this stuff was just coming out.

And I just took thisbreath and I just go, whoa,

and something magical happened.

And I was full of love.

And looking around and I loved everybody.

- [Charlene] That love motivated him

to hold Bible studies behind bars.

- And I started preaching

and I didn't realize what I was doing.

And I did it at the end of every dinner.

- [Charlene] In 2017,a paperwork error led

to Molthan's accidental release.

So with no money or food,he walked 300 miles,

to ask Judge Jennifer Bennettto send him back to jail.

- I walk in there to turnmyself in and I'm excited.

You know I'm like, I'mgonna go back to prison.

I'm gonna go do my timeand get this over with

and get this behind me.

I'm in complete acceptance.

God is runnin' the show, right?

And I walk in thereand Judge Bennett says,

"Mr. Molthan, there'sobviously someone a lot bigger

"working in your life than me."

"And I'm not gonna get in the way."

And she set me free.

And she says, "I wantyou to come back tomorrow

"with a self-correct program."

And she goes, "I want youto go pay it forward."

- [Charlene] And Molthanis doing just that,

by sharing his storyof freedom and sobriety

with those seeking help for addiction.

- I was the biggest messin the state of Texas.

Today the judges call meto ask me for my advice.

There are judges in thestate of Texas that have

reached out to me that Ihave personally helped them

with their family membersto get them into treatment

to get help.

There are judges that familymembers who have watched

this show that have reached out

that are now clean and sober today.

- [Charlene] Judge Bennetthas even appeared as a guest,

and the impact of Molthan's work

is reaching around the globe.

- I've been on podcastsall over the world.

But you know, the majorityof them are from America,

but it's all over.

- [Charlene] In the end, Molthansays his message is simple.

If God changed him, He can change anybody.

- I don't wake up inthe middle of the night

craving a drink.

The mental obsession of drugsand alcohol has been removed.

My drug of choice today is God.

I am grateful that through all the pain,

my story and everything thatI've been through in my life,

is that I finally understand better

on what forgiveness means.

- [Charlene] CharleneAaron, CBN News, Dallas.