Step Into Fear

A Journey from Addiction to Courage and Purpose
A former addict’s extraordinary journey from deception and despair to faith, purpose, and courage on the front lines of America’s most dangerous stories.

Ben Bergquam should have lost everything.

Addicted to crack cocaine, trapped in lies, and slowly destroying his marriage, he was living a double life that seemed destined to end in disaster. By day he was a husband, father, and businessman. By night he became “Nick”a man consumed by addiction, secrecy, and self-destruction. Then everything collapsed. Forced to confront the truth about who he had become, Ben began a painful journey of recovery, faith, and transformation that would ultimately lead him far beyond anything he could have imagined.

Today, he reports from some of the most dangerous places on earth. From cartel-controlled territory in the Darin Gap to riots in American cities, from the U.S.-Mexico bor