Heroin Addict Dies and Angels Restore His Faith and Family

When Landon Dennis flatlined in an ambulance after an overdose at his home in St. George, Utah, his story was far from over. What happened next challenges everything we think we know about divine love, redemption, and the reality of spiritual help available to each of us. During his near-death experience, this former Latter-Day Saint encountered beings who revealed truths about prayer, angels, and God's unwavering commitment to His children that transformed his understanding of faith forever.

Landon's journey to that bathroom floor began with legitimate prescription pain medication following multiple accidents and injuries throughout his youth. Like countless others, what started as medical necessity gradually evolved into dependency, leading to addiction, and eventually to a complete surrender to drugs, costing him everything he held dear. His story mirrors that of thousands struggling with addiction across America, making his eventual spiritual awakening back to his LDS faith all the more significant for those who feel trapped in similar circumstances.

In this latest episode of the One by One Podcast, hosts Nick and Austin explored Landon's transformation through his near-death experience that demonstrates the atonement of Jesus Christ in action. His account offers hope and healing to anyone wrestling with addiction, shame, or feelings of spiritual unworthiness, proving that building a relationship with God remains possible and that faith and family can be restored even in the darkest circumstances. Through soul-to-soul communication with heavenly beings, Landon discovered that becoming one with Christ doesn't require perfection, only willingness to seek divine help and rebuild self confidence through understanding God's infinite love.

The Descent Into Darkness and Spiritual Isolation  

Landon's addiction journey shows us exactly what substances can erode beyond just physical health and relationships - they destroy spiritual connection and self-worth. After suffering numerous accidents, including being hit by multiple cars and falling off buildings, prescription painkillers provided both physical relief and emotional escape. The transition to street drugs happened incrementally, each step seeming logical at the time but ultimately leading him further away from his LDS upbringing and the person he wanted to be.

The psychological toll of addiction extends far beyond physical dependency. Landon describes reaching a point around age 21 where he questioned whether any loving Creator could want anything to do with someone who had caused so much pain to family members and friends. This spiritual isolation represents one of addiction's most devastating effects - the belief that certain behaviors place someone beyond redemption or divine love. When addiction forces individuals to prioritize substances over relationships, it creates a cycle of shame that reinforces feelings of unworthiness and separation in their relationship with God.

Years of homelessness followed, including nights sleeping on gravel under bridges and holding cardboard signs outside Walmart asking for money. During these lowest moments, Landon continued praying despite seeing no immediate answers or relief. His experience reveals what addiction can create - a spiritual prison where individuals feel condemned and abandoned, unable to believe that hope and healing exist or that they deserve divine intervention. This sense of spiritual separation often proves more painful than physical withdrawal symptoms, especially for those raised in faith and family traditions like the Latter-Day Saints.

The Moment Between Life and Death  

The events leading to Landon's near-death experience began with what seemed like another typical day of drug use. After being revived once with Narcan (Naloxone), he ignored warnings and rode his Vespa home, only to be struck by a car along the way. Despite injuries, he made it home and immediately went to his usual routine of preparing drugs in the bathroom. The combination of head trauma and another overdose created the perfect storm that would change his life forever and eventually lead him back to his LDS faith.

When his wife discovered him unconscious in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor, paramedics found him in critical condition with pupils that indicated severe brain trauma. Despite multiple attempts at revival, Landon flatlined in the ambulance. At this moment, his consciousness separated completely, allowing him to observe the medical team working frantically to save his life while floating above the vehicle. This separation marked the beginning of an experience that would restore his self confidence and rebuild his relationship with God.

The initial phase of his near-death experience was marked by intense emotional and spiritual anguish - experiencing every negative emotion simultaneously while watching the paramedics work. This period of suffering served as a teaching moment, helping him understand that the feelings he had been numbing with drugs were the very emotions he was experiencing in that spiritual realm. The substances had merely provided a temporary escape instead of the acknowledgment and healing of those feelings required through faith and the atonement of Jesus Christ.

Encountering Divine Love and Angelic Ministry  

The transition changed instantaneously when Landon found himself standing in a field of grass where each individual blade of grass communicated that same love and acceptance. This experience challenges our earthly understanding of communication and connection, suggesting that spiritual interaction transcends verbal language and operates through direct soul to soul transmission of emotions, thoughts, and experiences. The grass itself became a conduit for divine love, surrounding him with comfort after the intense spiritual pain he had endured and beginning his journey back to faith and family.

Behind a distant hill, Landon perceived lights that he intuitively recognized as deceased family members, including his grandfather and niece who had died in a car accident. These beings were able to approach him in the field, offering embraces and love that transcended physical sensation. Their presence confirmed that death does not sever the bonds of family love and that departed loved ones maintain awareness of and care for those still living on earth. This reunion began restoring his understanding of eternal families, a central doctrine in LDS theology.

Two beings in white robes appeared and began communicating through the same direct spiritual transmission, sharing truths about prayer, angelic ministry, and divine love. They revealed that angels and departed loved ones constantly surround each person, ready to provide assistance when requested through prayer. However, they emphasized that our agency requires individuals to actively seek this help rather than having it imposed upon them. This principle explains what happens when prayers sometimes seem unanswered - divine help often comes in ways we don't recognize or at times when we're not spiritually prepared to receive it, but hope and healing remain available through developing our relationship with God.

Answered Prayers and Divine Intervention  

Perhaps the most significant aspect of Landon's experience was when the beings addressed his questioning about divine help during his years of suffering. They showed him a specific moment during his time holding signs at Walmart, revealing exactly what his prayers had accomplished in ways he never recognized. This vision demonstrated that God's responses to prayer often come through subtle influences, changed circumstances, or protection instead of the dramatic interventions we might expect. This revelation became central to his journey back to his LDS faith and understanding of the atonement of Jesus Christ.

The Heavenly beings taught Landon several key principles about prayer and divine assistance that align with Latter-Day Saint doctrine:

1. Angels and loved ones are constantly available to help but cannot override our agency

2. Prayer must be offered in both weak and strong moments to maintain spiritual connection

3. Divine protection often prevents worse outcomes rather than eliminating all difficulties

4. Spiritual help comes through Heavenly Father, though He may send specific loved ones to assist

5. Recognition of divine intervention requires spiritual sensitivity and faith

This revelation transformed Landon's understanding of his addiction years, helping him see that even in his darkest moments, he had never been abandoned. The shame and unworthiness that had prevented him from believing in God's love were revealed as lies that had kept him separated. This knowledge became the foundation for his recovery and renewed relationship with faith, eventually leading him back to active participation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints  and rebuilding connections with faith and family.

Finding Your Way Back to Divine Love  

Landon Dennis's story offers hope and healing to anyone struggling with addiction, shame, or feelings of spiritual unworthiness, particularly those within the LDS community who may feel they have strayed too far. His experience reveals that no behavior, no matter what destructive path it takes, places someone beyond the reach of divine love and redemption. The atonement of Jesus Christ provides healing not just in forgiveness but also in removing the shame and spiritual isolation that often accompany addiction and other struggles.

If you or someone you love is battling addiction or feeling spiritually lost, remember that prayer remains available regardless of past actions or current circumstances. Divine help surrounds each person, waiting to be accessed through faith and sincere petition. Recovery and spiritual healing are possible, and the first step often involves simply believing that help exists and that you are worthy of receiving it. Building self confidence comes through understanding that becoming one with Christ doesn't require perfection, only willingness to seek divine assistance.