Remember Your Why

I can truly get to the depths of the dreaming I used to do as a 5, 6 year old little boy.

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Dan has a list of amazing accolades on Broadway for over twenty years, but his biggest gifts of sobriety are his two-year-old son and his husband. Dan shares his powerful journey from a late start with alcohol to the darkest moments of addiction- and how recovery transformed his life. In this episode, he opens up about the struggles that nearly broke him, the lessons he learned along the way, and the hope, healing, and purpose he's found in sobriety. If you or someone you love has been impacted by addiction, this is a conversation you don't want to miss.

Sobriety gave me a second chance at life

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:00:00 -0400

It took me over 20 years to get sober. The mountain I had to climb was monumental & it turns out, I was the mountain. I was my own worst enemy. Definitely the hardest battle I have ever faced, but also the most rewarding because sobriety is beautiful. It's an everyday battle when suffering from addiction, but we're all worth a chance at a second chance at life.

I drink and do drugs. That's who I am. It's in my bones. It's in my soul.

Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

My dear friend Jesse shares so much strength and hope in this episode, as well as his wisdom about addiction and recovery. Be sure to check it out!

Turn your pain into purpose.

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Janice grew up in an alcoholic home, but did not fall into her full blown addiction until after she had kids. Hear her story here and what that looked like for her.

Dear future me... I don't know what's ahead of us, but I'm ready for it.

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Candice struggled with addiction for over twenty years. For her, she had many different emotional bottoms. Hear her story and how she uses the tools she has learned and her higher power, to tackle whatever life throws at her today.

I got to that point where I was pretty sure this thing was gonna kill me.

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500

Mike's story is one that is filled with detoxes, rehabs, homelessness and institutions. Listen to hear how he overcame serious low bottoms time and time again and is now living a beautiful life in recovery.

You really owe it to yourself to give this a shot, because this can be life changing for you if you're really struggling.

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Jacob had a serious health scare from his drinking at just 39 years old, which prompted him to take action and make some changes in his life, especially because he had a wife and 3 young girls to think about. Hear his story here...

I experience pain now but I experience joy too. I was so hopeless for so long and now my life is filled with hope.

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Julie, who is a fellow podcaster herself, recently celebrated three years of sobriety, and has an amazing story to share. It is one that encompasses family, mental health, addiction and recovery. Listen here...

We believe that life is for growth and growth, though painful, is always worth the effort.

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Judas & Magnolia have quite a story behind their nine year sobriety journey together. Listen here...

I was very blessed to be in a situation to get better. You're worth it.

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Kate has been sober since December 21, 1999, as she recalls it to be the first day of winter, and to her, the longest night of the year.
Hear her story of strength and resilience here.

You can't get too high or too low. It's the rhythm of balance.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Hear my chat with Dr. J, who has been sober since 1987, here...

You are never too young or to old to shuffle the deck of life.

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Lisa was a binge drinker who, after years and years of addiction , got to the point where she wanted to die. She laid down in the middle of a street hoping that would be the end. That is where her disease took her. To the darkest parts of her mind.
Listen to her story and how she overcame her crippling past and has been living a life in recovery for 30 years.

Sobriety gave me a second chance at life

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0400

I can see myself in that lens because I was there, and now I'm here.

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Chrissy has been sober since November 2022. She and I spoke a lot about alcohol and its negative effects, why we think addiction and mental health need to be talked about much more and so many other hot topics surrounding alcohol and addiction. Listen here!

You're still going to get to that same destination. You just have to change that way.

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Michelle spoke about how time and money are the most gratifying things about being sober. Can't get time back or money back, but in sobriety, we don't waste time anymore. We get to do things now.

Hear our discussion about her story here...

I remember my why through my purpose.

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Jimmy has been sober since 2016. He just turned 50 years old which seemed like a feat that was unattainable back when he was in active addiction. Now, 50 and sober, is a beautiful thing.

Hear his story here...

Great is one of those little words that doesn't even begin to cover what I feel about my sobriety.

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Check out Duncan’s story here…

Waking up motivated instead of wanting to die is a great day.

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Dan's sobriety date is January 7, 2023. His started drinking at age 15, but at age 23, cocaine came into play and that was something he wasn't ready for... how addictive it truly is. It became an everyday thing for him and got a hold of him. Things did get pretty dark for him mentally and some health issues arose as well.

Listen to Dan tell his story here...

It is glorious when you get to the other side.

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Erinn is a mom that now gets to show up for her children. She has been sober for almost five years and has found peace and serenity in her recovery which is truly incredible. She talks a lot about that aspect in our discussion.

We also talked about how alcohol affects mental health as well as how toxic it truly is for our bodies... things everyone should know about.

Hear our chat here...

I get to live life now.

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Steve is a podcaster and also an alcohol addiction recovery coach. He has been sober since March 2021. He started drinking around age 19, which was just the beginning of the insidious of alcohol. Drinking made things easier- being outgoing, feeling included... until it became more frequent and during the daytimes as well.

Listen to my chat with Steve here...

I never imagined what all sobriety could be until I finally surrendered and gave it a chance.

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:00:00 -0400

Kristen just turned three years sober. She had a dual addiction to alcohol and Xanax. She also suffered from anxiety and OCD. She used alcohol to mask the anxiety in social settings. Things escalated quickly between the pills and the drinking.

Hear her story here... it is a powerful one!

Follow her on Instagram: sobergirltribe

Don't Quit On Quitting

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Greg has been sober since October 2023. He is doing something really special and amazing. Starting August 10th and finishing August 31st he will be walking from Lake Superior in Superior, WI to Lake Michigan in Cudahy, WI to raise awareness about addiction and mental health. This will be his second walk and he will be raising money to help those that are at the United Community Center, which has helped Greg along on his journey to sobriety. Many of the people there come in with just the clothes on their back.

During our pordcast, Greg said something that has stuck with me: "don't quit on quitting." Though it has taken Greg a few tries to get sobriety under his belt, he never stopped trying. That is so important to remember. Don't ever give up.

Hear Greg's story here...

I was definitely using alcohol to switch my brain off.

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Louisa is a therapist in the UK that specializes in anxiety and and habit change. She was doing this all while struggling with her own battle with alcohol.

She now shares her story of sobriety to help countless others who are struggling. Hear my amazing chat with her here...

Anything we put before sobriety, we lose.

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Sam has been sober since 2011. She and I actually went to high school together and it was really special to reconnect as were both on our sobriety journeys now.

Her addiction began during those teenage years of wanting to fit in and be social around others and that's where her love affair with alcohol started.

Now married with a baby, Sam overcame all of the adversity and troubles life through her way and is living the life of her dreams now.

At the end of the day the only why is love because we have to love ourselves to stay in recovery.

Thu, 30 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Michela spoke to us from Italy about her sobriety and recovery. She has been sober since 2001. She spoke about relationships with alcohol, her loved ones and her faith.
Hear her wisdom and strength as she tells her story.

Alcoholism, addiction- it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you're in it.

Thu, 23 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Shana has been sober since November 2021. She had tried to get sober for close to two decades prior to that.

As most alcoholics, the booze had a hold on her. She went to treatment centers, sober living, AA and struggled to find recovery, but she never gave up. Shana also struggled with mental health issues, and you will hear her share about that during this podcast.

Now a mom, recovery and life coach, Shana is helping others get sober and healthy.

Try to find it within you to want to get clean. Don't ever give up hope.

Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Mary and Ralph got sober together back in October 2020.

When they met they were both using and drinking heavily and not their best selves, but they knew deep down that they were good people so they pushed through all of the struggles, the violence and arrests to get to the place they're at today. They have their own apartment, dogs and living a happy life in recovery.

But meth and drinking took quite a hold on them and they faced many obstacles. They tried to get sober multiple times, but it never stuck, until one day Mary asked for help and her sister answered that call.

Hear Ralph and Mary tell their story here...

I'm not a bad person. I made some bad decisions, but I'm not a bad person.

Thu, 09 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Joe recently celebrated a year of sobriety. He picked up in his teen years with school parties- drinking and weed- weekend warrior type of scenario. But that quickly progressed, as it does with addiction. For the most part, it became a daily thing.

Once he got out of high school, he got an apartment with a girl in the Bronx. He thought he was in love, but he was still young and unsure of his future. He started to meet people at work and that's when the pills took off. He was taking roxy's and oxy. He still thought it was fun, but had no idea the hold it was going to have on him for fifteen years.

Joe went to numerous rehabs to try to get clean and landed himself in some legal trouble as well, landing himself in jail. Eventually, he realized that things had to change and made the decision to get clean.

Check out Joe's story here...

Maybe there's a reason we had the past we had, so we can give back now.

Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Ryan is a speaker and humanitarian who speaks his truth and inspires others on the daily. But he has had many serious struggles and situations that he's needed to overcome.

Ryan was one of Canada's most well known marijuana smugglers and he earned the title, "King of Weed." He was featured on an episode of National Geographic's 'Locked up Abroad.' Prior to that, he was a serious hockey prospect, but those dreams were plagued with injuries and his drinking. Suffering from serious anxiety, Ryan found himself facing a prescription drug problem. He was always full throttle with everything he did and his mental health battles severely suffered. He lost his path.

Hear his story here... Ryan has become a huge advocate for mental health and has a film set to come out, "Radical Forgiveness," that dives into his journey and how he has come out on top after all of the dark and ugly he faced.

Addiction is an actual illness... an actual mental illness that makes my brain works differently.

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Caroline lives in a small village just outside of Bristol in the UK. She has been sober since November 2012.
When she was 13/14 years of age she started messing around with drinking and weed. She was very attracted to the people who were doing things more exciting and fun. Pills came into the picture and the disease of more was prevalent. Heroin was next at the age of 17, and she felt that she'd finally found what she had been looking for her whole life. It had a hold on her and her life was not her own anymore. She became consumed. Game over.

Hear her story here...

You're not alone and you're certainly not unique.

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Patrick has been sober since 1986. His addiction began around 13 years of age at a friends house with some punch that was different from what he drank as a kid. He says he became an "instant alcoholic." He felt peaceful and accepted, which we all longed for. His interest in playing sports changed because he just wanted to drink. It was a psychic change. Knowing the drink was there was always a relief.

Hear about Patrick's progression in this episode and how he overcame his addiction.

All we need to do is humble ourselves, put our hand out and ask "Help me, help me please. I don't know where to go."

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Anora's date of sobriety is December 8, 2018. Took her two years before that to be gifted by the program. It was a struggle and a gift. She had two stints in rehab before that.

A large part of her drinking was filling up what was empty inside. It filled a void. It's crazy to think how many of us had good parents, good education, kind siblings and beautiful children, but still had that emptiness.

Anora was once turned away from the wine shop due to her excessive drinking, even living in Italy, where wine is widely accepted and a way of life. She was cut off. Another time, she ended up in the psych ward due to her children calling her mother in America saying "Mommy's threatening to jump out the window."

Add on top of everything else, the fact that she had a turbulent marriage which complicated things and in turn, is now estranged from her daughters. Hear Anora's story and how she turned her life around and is living a life in recovery.

It's not until I get to a meeting that I realize why I'm there.

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Mal has been sober since 1987. Alcoholism did run in his family, mostly in his uncles, who were great role models to him growing up.

He first picked up a drink playing around with it here and there at the age of twelve/thirteen. It got serious when he was fifteen going to a school dance and he was going to meet girls, and he felt the need to feel comfortable, so he drank Southern Comfort and that worked wonders. This was a memory he remembered. It was a matter of fitting in and feeling good about himself.

When his father died, he was only sixteen years of age. That's when the drinking escalated. There was no way of coping for him. He didn't have a lot of courage about him, so he felt he needed the alcohol. After that, it just progressed as time went by. At the time it didn't ring any bells that the drinking was what was causing all of his problems. This realization came later on when he couldn't stop once he started.

Mal should have died over and over again, but thankfully he lived to tell his story. Listen here.

Everyday I thought, this is it for me, this is how I am... I'm a drinker. I'm just a drinker.

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Lindsey is a sober coach with 3.5 years of sobriety under her belt.

She offers one on one coaching as well as a group coaching program called 'Sobriety is Your Edge.' She feels everyone is at different stages in their journeys so it varies to a degree. This helps spread the word that recovery is possible and that you do not have to drink.

Lindsey was 'Friday Night Lights' in high school, and it was so normal that it seemed everyone was living the same lifestyle. Football games and the house parties after. She wanted to be popular, she wanted to fit in. She lived in a divorced family so her dad was not always home, and she threw parties all the time. College came and she drank every night of the week. Her grades suffered from the partying, but was able to graduate in the end with a respectable GPA.

She was a blackout drinker in college which later flowed over to her adult life before she got sober. After work, it was always happy hour. She created this life that revolved around socializing still, outside of work. This turned into drinking after the bars by herself at home. She always thought once she had a family she would have to stop drinking. But that unfortunately never happened for Lindsey.

Hear her story here.

I honestly believe that nobody is beyond redemption.

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Nicole has been sober for five years now. This is her second date. She was thirty three months when she relapsed.

She grew up in a community in Canada where drinking alcohol, no matter the age was widely accepted. Did not seem out of the ordinary. The drinking culture was to "work hard, play hard." She first got really drunk at twelve years of age. She was very social and quite the planner, but this was because she was always loaded.

She didn't want to be by herself because she was lonely. That big hole was filled with alcohol and drugs, and when she was by herself again the next day, the anxiety came back ten fold.

She ended up in prison because of drugs. She was first introduced to drugs by her dad. It started as being more recreational, which was weed, but turned into acid and mushrooms. The booze was always a constant. Her marriage is what changed everything, because he was a drug dealer. Nicole was a lawyer, and doing very well, until everything spiraled downward about six months into being married.

Her story is very intense, and filled with a lot of dark, scary and low moments. I am going to let her tell you... Please take a listen.

There is literally an entirely different life ready & waiting for you... you just have to be brave enough to take that first step.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Chloe has been sober since October 5, 2022. She first picked up when she was 13 going on 14 and things progressed quickly- one day she was smoking week, the next doing pills, then she was doing ketamine. The drugs made her feel less depressed, but as we know- the cycle is: it takes it all away, but brings it all back ten fold. The height of her addiction included homelessness, sleeping on drug dealer floors, stealing, lying... and then some. Things got very dark and her health took quite a toll.

Hear Chloe's story here...

How did I even deal with life being impaired, because life itself is hard in general. How did I do this drunk & high?

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Vince has been sober since 2022. For 40 years he had a lifetime of using substances to cope with his life. He experienced a lot of childhood trauma and a lot of loss. He had been running from his addiction from a young age.

Now he is present and stops to see the little things in life, such as a butterfly landing, or looking at a cardinal, or having best friends. Clarity is a beautiful thing. And he's found it. He has found peace.

Hear Vince's story here...

At the end of the day I must take care of myself first above everything else. I have to maintain my spiritual condition. I have to stay on point.

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Chas 'Colicchie' is a recovering addict, hip hop artist and loving father. He is also incredibly motivational and inspiring for fellow addict and alcoholics.

His sobriety date is June 7, 2015. Not the first date he has had but the one he is keeping. When he was younger, he never felt whole. Just felt like an outcast. Once he found drugs and alcohol at a young age, it seemed to be the solution to every problem he had. He gravitated towards that euphoric feeling throughout the years that followed.

It didn't matter which treatment center he was at, he would use almost instantly after being released. He didn't have anything to combat this illness, and he would always give in to the familiarity of the disease of addiction.

After overdosing six times, Chas is lucky to be alive and I am so grateful he joined me to tell his story.

Gratitude is one of the key elements in my recovery. Everyday I wake up grateful to be alive.

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Matthew is from Brooklyn, born & raised, and recently celebrated 14 months sober.

His drug of choice was crack cocaine. That drug brought him to his knees and took everything from him. His higher power was a crack pipe. It quite literally beat him down.

He had a very unpredictable childhood living with his father, and lots of trauma stemmed from that. It's been a long road working through this all, but I will let Matthew tell his story in this episode... please check it out.

My why is because I still feel... I know physically, mentally what it feels like to be on that 5th day of a bender.

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Darren is a happily married, soon to be father and together with his wife, they will be welcoming their first child. He has been sober since 2008.

When things got to the height of his addiction, it became "bender city" and just wasn't fun anymore. Waking up with a hangover and needing a bump of coke and a beer just to "level out." That is where his addiction took him. He was escaping from fear, from life, from everything.

Now today, Darren says there is nothing better than putting your head on a pillow at night sober and then waking up sober.

Find somebody who has something you want & ask how they got it.

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Seth has almost five years of sobriety. He picked up his first drink at 16 years old, and started drinking to feel accepted, as many of us alcoholics/addicts do. He was alcoholic drinking early on. Growing up he was around all the men in his life using alcohol as a tool to deal with stress, and masking emotions, yet on the flip side, it also was how they celebrated. It was prominent in his life.

Seth has been to jail, a few DUI's and ended up intubated twice. Hear how Seth 's recovery has helped him with both good and difficult situations in his life, both before sobriety and during sobriety.

Sobriety is this amazing string of miracles I get to be a part of.

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Michele got sober at age 19 and has 28 years of recovery under her belt. Alcohol and drugs brought her down fast and she just needed something from a very early age just to be "ok." Existing in her own head was painful and drinking made all of that go away. It was amazing until it wasn't. Hear her story here...

Sobriety gave me a second chance at life

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Take it minute by minute. Take it step by step.

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Skyler Ray is an addict in recovery & a Hip-Hop artist based out of Portland, Oregon. At the height of his addiction he was homeless at 18 years old, living under bridges, in the food lines or in prison for drug related charges. His 20's looked like that. He spent over 5 years incarcerated.

He now goes on his 'Road to Recovery' tour across the states talking to addicts in prisons and treatment centers about recovery, as well as performs with his fiancée. Music saved his life. Skyler now inspires others in recovery and shows that it is possible, and works on breaking the stigma.

You're worth recovery. Give it a go.

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Maria has 16 years clean and sober. Consequences and an intervention all by the age of 16 were a part of her story.

Hear how she overcame all of this, and about the ultimatum she was given by one of her children, which ultimately led to her getting sober. Now she is living a beautiful life in recovery and couldn't imagine life any other way.

You're looking so much at the destination you're not learning anything on the journey.

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Growing up in the UK, Ian was able to walk into a bar at 15 and get served. He felt alcohol gave him the confidence he was lacking and thought of himself to be a good drinking buddy. Over time, he realized he was drinking to go out, drinking to stay home and wouldn't go out if drinking was not involved. He sensed the problem and after drinking for 30+ years, he decided it was time to make a change. Now, in recovery, he's found clarity and the ability to be present, which is so valuable especially for his family life.

Hear Ian's story here!

I want to grow up before I die.

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0500

Gil started drinking at age 13 and things advanced very quickly for him, drugs and all, before the age of 16. He had made up his mind to get drunk as much as possible. He grew up in the city and was considered a street kid, so drinking made him feel accepted, He got in trouble at school and ended up in a therapeutic community, which was a very rough environment.

Gil got sober by age 26, but that followed with a relapse later in life. Hear how he overcame that and is now living his life in recovery today.

Once you accept that you have a problem with alcohol, that's when the change will take place.

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0500

Kristy just celebrated 3.5 years of sobriety. She's a single mom of two boys, working her dream job in fitness and that is all thanks to her recovery.

Losing her mom at the young age of 20, alcohol became her medicine and what helped her numb from the reality of it all. Drinking through her emotions became her way of life. As alcoholism does, it only progressed as the years went on, which turned out to be half her life.

When she chose to get sober, Kristy had finally had enough. She didn't want to live in the vicious cycle of constantly drinking, the shame... and everything that comes along with addiction. It was not easy, but she persevered and is a great power of example today.

Listen her very powerful story here.

I was the victim in every circumstance, but I was also the cause of every one of my circumstances.

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Chad has been sober for six years. His first night drinking was quite a wild one, as you'll hear, and as he said, he was just always ready to 'dive in the deep end.'

His drinking definitely progressed after college and he was a blackout drinker, so, like many others, a lot of his life is a blur. The insanity really came to fruition. Self pity. Loathing. Lying. Spiraling. It all played a part in his addiction.

Once he was given an ultimatum by his now wife, he began the road to recovery.
Chad is now happily married and has a son who he loves with all of his heart.
Hear his story of addiction and recovery here.

Once you start taking a chemical, whatever your poison is, everything else comes second.

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Ron was a boxer who had never taken a drug in his life until he wound up in prison. He grew up in a tough environment- a lot of criminals in his family- and surrounded by dysfunction. Alcohol became his best friend and pretty much ran his life.

Hear how Ron overcame so much turmoil and pain and is now living a life in sobriety He also has his own podcast that helps many others with addiction.

All the willpower and all of the thought that you think you have to be able to combat this is not enough. There is a solution out there for this that is rooted in the WE.

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Greg's alcoholic and addictive behavior manifested in ways before it manifested in alcohol. In his early 30's the drinking began and he got sober at 39.

Greg drank throughout college but for him, he never felt comfortable in his own skin. He never felt comfortable in his own skin, so he would seek validation through different ways. Early on it was steroids and the gym, then it was needed to get a 4.0 in school. And then the alcohol and drugs came into play. Once substances were in his body, he felt "normal."

For him, he had to lose everything. He had the gift of desperation, which led him to recovery.

You know how you got here & you know how to fix it.

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Michael has been sober for over 3 years following a 20+ drinking career. Alcohol was his drug of choice. He knew he had the disease of alcoholism before he even took his first drink. Alcoholism ran in his family and he was scared to be like his dad. His earliest memories were of him passed out in the bathtub and those are tough images for a kid to see.

During the ages of 18-40, Michael spent much of that drinking and had some negative experiences that came along with that. As addicts and alcoholics, we need to, many times, learn the hard way. One of those times landed him in jail until he had a bright light moment of surrender that led him into recovery.

Check out Michael's story...

Reach out and let someone know you are struggling.

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Jordan has been in recovery since 2022. He has suffered relapses, gone to many institutions, detoxes and sober houses. His drinking "career" first started around age 15 due to wanting to fit in, like many of us begin. Then pills came, and the harder drugs followed. Paired with his mental health, the road to sobriety did not come easy for him.

Hear Jordan's story here...

One of the biggest gifts I got from recovery is being able to momentarily be in the moment. Right here, right now.

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Barry has been sober since 2013. He is originally from New York but currently living in Italy where he has experienced both the bottoms of sobriety as well as the gifts of sobriety there.

His drinking career began back in the sixth grade. He grew up in chaos, and both his parents drank alcoholically. He became the stereotypical "bad boy" and did a lot of acting out which landed him in some juvenile detention centers. Barry credits alcohol for saving his life at a time when he didn't feel wanted and was surrounded by dark thoughts and in a world of depression. Until it didn't work...

Hear the rest of his story and how he got sober, relapsed and found recovery again...

***I do want to mention Barry was a member of the United States Air Force and I'd like to thank him for his service.***

Some thoughts are like a little black hole pulling me in and I'm fighting to not get pulled in. Like a tug of war with my thoughts.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Millions suffer from mental illness. It is so important to talk about because there is help available and so many are afraid to share their true feelings and emotions. It can be a matter of life and death.

Michael has been suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts, anger, and anxiety. He has been in therapy on and off since the age of 12. He grew up with an abusive father which he speaks about further in the podcast, as well as how social media plays a role in mental illness and how others 'appear' to be happy but hiding behind a mask.

Hear his story here...

Living with addiction is a daily reprieve... it never goes away

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Dennis first drank when he was 10 years old. Sure, it started out as just sips. But things, as they do, progressed as time went on.

It went from drinking to smoking cigarettes and then weed. Fitting in was something Dennis wanted because he never felt comfortable in his own skin, or good enough for himself. Feeling he was a part of something was so crucial for him. Anything to fill that void was what he was searching for.

By the end of high school, he was driving under the influence and the judgement was just not there. The bandaid got ripped off once college came around & partying was his main focus. Blacking out, being awake for a couple of nights in a row doing drugs... it became apparent to him that his life centered around it.

Following an overdose, he woke up in the ICU on a ventilator, in the same hospital he used to work at. Major wake up call.

Hear all of Dennis' story here...

There was just nobody home anymore. I was a shell of a person.

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Laureen is a mom to two boys from New York. She has 31 years of sobriety.

She started drinking at the young age of 11/12 cleaning up after her parents parties and downing the drinks. She thought the taste was disgusting, but she enjoyed the fuzzy feeling. Alcoholism did run in her family- four out of seven of them are in recovery, while they are praying for one who is still suffering. Her mom started talking to her at age 18 about her alcoholism, so it was clearly prevalent, but Laureen didn't get sober until 31.

For Laureen, drinking was her main thing, but other substances did come into play to aid and abet. She became homeless and found herself in a very violent situation where she thought she was going to be killed, and had the thought of thank God it's finally going to be over. She was at her lowest moment.

Laureen ended up back home and had the help of so many people who reached out to her and were there for her. Getting sober alone cannot be done. WE need one another.

Hear her story here!

I would take my worst day sober over my best day drinking.

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Lisa has been sober for 12.5 years, married & a mom of three kids.

She can honestly say she drank for more than half her life. Her first drink was at age 10. It started with parties because her older brother was a popular kid so they tagged along. Back then it was easy to obtain alcohol so it made things simpler in getting inebriated.

She knew things were bad when she didn't want to eat and received bad news about her liver through blood work results. But she still didn't stop. Drunk driving with her kids in the car... nothing was enough yet to inspire her to stop drinking. She wasn’t ready. Until she was...

One morning her husband said to her we need to get help. And she agreed. Because she was ready in that moment. It wasn’t until a year later that he informed her that she had left a voicemail on his work phone that night before she agreed to getting help saying, 'I need help.'

Hear the rest of Lisa's story here and how she is handling dealing with addiction within her own family... What a brave woman she is!

I don't know who that person was... I never knew... I'm just figuring out who I am now

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

For Blake, alcohol helped him breathe when he was just 12 years young. That's how he felt. He drank and drove at that young age. It started early for Blake. Alcoholic drinking from 14 years old on was how he lived. Things, as they do with addicts and alcoholics, quickly progressed to drugs at age 16- weed came first, then coke, then pills and mushrooms. The progression goes so fast.

It was a good time for awhile, but that sentiment stopped working at age 19. Blake was looking the for comfort and ease of being taken away from reality... but when the people around him started to excel in their lives he took a look at how he was living and the fun stopped for him.

Hear all of Blake's story and how he eventually got the help he needed & how incredible his life is going now in recovery with five years sober.

I'm a true believer that everything happens in God's time & everything happens for a reason.

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Quentin has been sober since 2018. He picked up his first drink around 11/12 years old but growing up he was big into sports and started out as just a weekend warrior. All through high school he wouldn't necessarily say it was manageable but he was just in a cloud and continued on.

Once he picked up cocaine it all went downhill. He started using it, selling it and ended up getting arrested when he was 20 years old. He didn't realize the progression part until he was told he had to stop... and couldn't. At 21, he was looking at 25 to life, and put into a facility to get help with the addiction, and then a few halfway houses, but even still he was unable to not use.

For Quentin, it took what it took. Listen to his story and how he finally did get sober. It's quite a story and one to check out!

I just try to be a little bit better today than I was the day before and not have to numb myself to the feelings that I have inside.

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Annamarie has been sober since 2009.

She started drinking in her early 30's. Up until that point, she was using food as her addiction. Following a surgery, she started out doing great and felt good about herself until the day she didn't and that void was then filled with alcohol. Things progressed quickly with her addictive personality.

She began to drink to the point of oblivion and while she knew she needed help, she wasn't ready. We need to be ready, we need to want to change and be willing to change as addicts and alcoholics.

Hear how Annamarie finally decided that she'd had enough and got the help she needed. Listen to her story here.

Be honest enough with yourself. This is all about self-honesty, rigorous honesty.

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400

I met Jorge back when I was in rehab down in Florida and he was a mentor. He helped me a lot along the way and it was special having him on my podcast.

He has over 28.5 years of sobriety. He works in residential treatment, where they handle substance abuse and mental health amongst other things, and has been in the treatment field for 10 years.

When he was a child, he experienced trauma that would affect him for the rest of his life. By 8 years old, he was drinking Budweiser.

Hear his story here of the progression of addiction, as well as the gifts of recovery.

I had to earn all of my feelings and emotions... because I didn't know what they were.

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Don is sober 20 years.

Had his first drink at 12 and got wrecked. He went fishing with a buddy, went home and slept it off and woke up feeling horrible. But he couldn't wait to do it again. That launched him into his journey of drinking. For a long time he was just a weekend warrior before, at some point, it crossed the line.

It was a moment looking at himself in the mirror, not too long after his 40th birthday, that changed everything for him. It occurred to him that maybe his life doesn't have to be screwed up the way he's been living it. He believes he was 'struck' sober.

Listen to his recovery journey here!!

We can give it all up and have one thing or we can give up one thing and have it all.

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Jill has seven years of sobriety and cannot even imagine where she'd be if she hadn't made the decision to get sober and live a life of recovery. It saved her life and she'd love to help the struggling addict, and pay it forward.

She started drinking at 12 years old, and she felt as though she found this thing to help her get out of herself and feel comfortable in her own skin. Jill believes alcoholism is a disease we are born with and alcohol is just a symptom of the disease.

The people she started drinking with did not abuse alcohol or need to "run" away from anything so she stuck out like a sore thumb... but it was the people she was introduced to that became the problem. She stumbled onto cocaine which then became a drug of choice especially because a lot of her friends became drug dealers and that lifestyle just felt normal. That was the scary part.

Hear more on the progression of Jill's addiction and how she overcame it...

Keeping my sobriety on top & letting nothing come in between that is the biggest thing I have learned.

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Nigel started experimenting in high school... weed and drinking. Wanting to fit in and get invited to parties. Once he went to college, everything took a back burner to his drinking and partying. He continued to spiral out from there. Drunk driving, harder drugs like LSD and ecstasy, no accountability and denial... just a few parts of how Nigel's addiction progressed.

Hear Nigel's story here...

Heroin was the drug that finally brought me to my knees.

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Terry is a peer counselor at an outpatient clinic in New York but his main job, like he says, is being a sober man.

He was in 7th grade when he first tasted alcohol, and though it didn't get out of hand at that time, a pattern was formed. Anytime he picked up alcohol he went "go hard or go home." He hated the taste but loved the feeling.

Things did not get awful until later on for Terry. When things were going well with coaching varsity sports, he met someone who had a very tumultuous life that introduced him to heroin. And that was the drug that brought him to his knees.

Listen to the full episode of Terry's story and how he found recovery...

You can get sober at any point & you can get off the elevator at any floor. You don't have to go to the bottom.

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Sarah's last drink was in July 2009. She picked up her first drink around age 13. It just happened one day- started going to parties and then it was off to the races, like everybody else around her at the time. Moderation was not a thing and she couldn't understand anyone who could have a beer and just go home. That wasn't in the cards for her; it wasn't how her brain worked.

Her mental health journey started around the same time as her drinking and when drugs came into play. She suffered from depression and anxiety. She was reckless and suicidal. She just felt stuck. Life was extremely difficult and there didn't seem like a light was at the end of the tunnel. Until she decided to get sober...

Now, married with kids, and about to celebrate 14 years of sobriety, Sarah is a testament that recovery works. Listen to her story of sobriety here!

Life reminds me everyday to 'Remember My Why' because the old me is always there

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Carl is in recovery and has been sober and clean for 24 years. He is a yoga teacher and meditation teacher and carries the message of recovery in his classes, as well as in a podcast he has called 'Close to the Bone,' which is on Apple and Spotify.

As far as he can remember he was a bit lost and uncomfortable being social and he came across fellow musicians and through them he started his journey of exploring alcohol and substances. He enjoyed the feeling and it made him feel as though he fit in. His disease progressed over time and went through different phases- he explored his drug use with marijuana, cocaine, heroin and more. He was just looking for numbness and oblivion. It was just something he did.

For Carl, it was more about his mental health. He suffered from chronic depression and anxiety disorder, as well as obsessive compulsive disorder. This got worse with all of the drinking and drugging, though at the time, he didn't think there was any correlation between the two.

Hear all of Carl's story and what he learned about himself and his behaviors through recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous & therapy.

I kept thinking I'm drinking because I'm depressed as opposed to realizing I'm depressed because I'm drinking.

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Mark is a 60 year old alcoholic who found that out about himself later in life.

He walked into the rooms of AA 8.5 years ago and was sure of two things: that he wasn't an alcoholic and was also positive he was not going to stay in the program. For decades he had drank from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep and no one had ever said tp him that he was an alcoholic. Not his wife, not his kids, not his friends. The first time someone mentioned something to him was a psychiatrist that the couples therapist he and his wife were seeing referred him to. It was 10 in the morning and the first thing out of the doctors mouth was 'you smell like a brewery.' You have two options- you can go to an AA meeting or you can go into a rehab.

He started drinking at age 16, after having grown up in a very religious household where no one drank. Once his sister passed, he began using alcohol every single night to get to sleep and by the time his kids were born, he was waking up and drinking.

6 months into the program of Alcoholics Anonymous, Mark experienced the most crippling headache to the point where he was laying on the floor wanting to die, because his marriage wasn't working, he couldn't drink, so what was the point. At a meeting later that day, someone mentioned that what he felt was an aneurysm, and as it turns out, they were right. That saved his life and he considers it a spiritual experience. Hear more of Mark's story on the podcast!

The thing that you thought was keeping you alive; the thing that you thought was allowing you to function, was the thing that destroyed you.

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Michael grew up in Yonkers, NY and came from an Irish Catholic family with eight brothers and sisters. He is currently married with two kids and 33 years ago he chose to get sober and it saved his life.

Mike liked alcohol and drugs and he felt they found him. He truly never thought he would stop drinking and using drugs because those were the things that kept him together. It allowed him to be a part of. When you are in the mix, everything seemed so normal. Alcohol filled the hole that he felt and he never realized it was his medicine. It was just what he did. =

Things got progressively worse, as they often do when it comes to addiction, and he ended up homeless. He slept in a van and wouldn't go home. He had no friends and was left with just himself. Alcohol was always there to tell him everything was ok... until the day he wanted to put a rifle in his mouth...

When things aren't going my way and I am feeling that spiritual cholesterol, I maintain the grind and know I will be alright.

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Craig has come a long way and really believes he is living in the second half of his life.

Craig's first drink was at 7 years old and he realized that the funny sensation he got would eventually subside in his stomach, and he did this for another 30 years. He started to get arrested at age 15/16 and his PO would send him to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and at that age he actually believed the people were happy. But he wasn't ready to go to any lengths back then. He didn't know then how bad it was going to get, but he wasn't ready.

In 2005, he was incarcerated with his second state bid- he got 10 years- and went in there with a head full of AA. He became a peer counselor and it was a very coveted position in a maximum security prison. At the time he was terrified but was getting ready to go on parole, so didn't want to lose the opportunity. It played a big part in his growth and it taught him a lot. Craig has a lot of wisdom and knowledge and quite a story to share...

Hear it here!

I came to realize I was completely powerless over the disease of addiction.

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Cydney's addiction came out through self harm at a young age. She had her first drink at age 16 and when she drank it became a form of escapism and there was no controlling the quantity... it was lets see how far we can go so I don't have to feel the way I am feeling.

She started cutting herself in eight grade and it was a release for her. When she felt she needed to punish herself for every mistake she did, she would use that as the way.
Dealing with her depression and mental illness as well as her addiction, which progressed in college following a few things that happened within her family, she just wasn't able to handle it.

It became apparent she needed outside help, and once she joined a 12 step program and really dug in and understood why she is the way she is, it truly did help her. She found a Higher Power that works for her and found the path to recovery.

I didn't realize I was having problems until alcohol took them away.

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Daniel had to learn a lot of lessons to get to day one of sobriety.

At 15, he discovered marijuana. Despite it giving him crippling anxiety, he continued on thinking maybe it would make him feel better. Because of the addiction, that became the pattern with every substance that ever touched his lips. He recognized his patterns were destructive and kept telling himself that this time would be "different." But he was all in.

Daniel ended up losing his job, resorting to dumpster diving and using meth and opioids. Upon losing his son, things in his world got real quiet. Then his wife left and he had lost everything.

Then one day, he decided he didn't want to live the way he was living anymore and entered treatment. He was awarded his son back and things got much better over time. He currently has a a live streaming talk show centered around all things substance use and a streaming studio in his home. The gifts of sobriety are a beautiful thing.

Take that leap of faith and give yourself a chance.

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Kenny believes it is important to give hope to people who need it, because at some point in his life, that was given to him.

He got sober at 21, which shows you can get sober at any age. Now, with 30 years of recovery under his belt, he discusses how growing up within an alcoholic household and the destructive path he later took shaped his addiction.

After going through a lot of turmoil, he got to the point of suicidal depression and knew he needed help and finally realized that drinking and drugs was never going to work. He surrendered.

My life doesn't exist today until I figured out that drinking doesn't work.

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Raised with alcoholics, Jon was age 6 the first time alcohol touched his lips. By age 12, he was drinking with his older brothers and just fell in love with it. It was the best medication he ever found. He found what eliminated all of the noise, fear and trauma.
Alcohol was the only thing that worked and he wasn't sure how he could live without it.

Following multiple DUI's, and a possibility of jail time, Jon decided to start speaking in jails to others who were sick with addiction and needed the help. He makes a positive difference each time he speaks because he has a message and shares his honest truth. It is a true testament to his recovery.

There's no one way to the top of the mountain; it's a journey.

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Carl is a TV personality, starring on Bravo's hit show "Summer House," as well as a director, producer, actor and entrepreneur.

Faced with childhood traumas as well as adult trauma, Carl had buried a lot in his life, only to have to face his anxiety and depression, as well as fear, to get to the growth and opportunities sobriety gave him. Losing his brother to a drug overdose was an unimaginable loss, and Carl had to navigate his own feelings and emotions while dealing with that tragedy as well as his own personal addiction.

Hear his story here and how he has faced every obstacle life threw his way and stayed on the road to recovery.

The gifts of recovery are beyond my wildest dreams.

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Marisa started experimenting with substances at age 7. She battled anxiety, an eating disorder, multiple health issues and a difficult living situation. She chose to isolate within her addiction and was able to slide under the radar from her loved ones for many years . At 29, she got clean for the first time.

In her final relapse before getting sober, she ended up in a crack den using crack and heroin. Following a stint in rehab, Marisa was finally ready and open to sobriety.

Hear her story here of how she overcame all of the obstacles that came her way and found the road to recovery.

I was meant to "fail" to find the path that I was meant to take.

Thu, 25 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Jessica is a successful singer/songwriter, musician and humanitarian whose debut album 'Lone Rider' charted at the top during its release, and continues to chart all around the world.

Her single "You Save Me" is a song that centers around mental health and it shows how music is such a powerful force in peoples lives and that it can truly save us.

Jessica discusses how music has been her best friend- on her best days & her worst days, as well as how she handles her mental health while dealing with being in the public eye and all that brings.

Drugs made me feel absolutely nothing but I also felt like Superman at the same time.

Thu, 18 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Paul is both a veteran as well as a felon. He started using and abusing alcohol and drugs at an early age. It went from pot to pills to heroin. His disease progressed, as it does, and after receiving a DWAI he had a wake up call and decided to go into the Air Force to try to get back on track.
Things got better but he quickly fell back into his old crowd and old behaviors. Heroin got a hold on him again.
That's where the real trouble started. Paul had multiple serious bouts with the law that resulted in serving time in prison.
Once he started losing his friends to addiction, he had another wake up call and this time it stuck and he chose a life of sobriety.

I never had a legal drink or a drug in my life.

Thu, 11 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Brian bottomed out at the age of 20 having never had a legal drink or drug in his life.
He drank alcohol because alcohol worked. It helped him ease into situations, made things happier and he felt invincible. It was his medicine.

You are never too young or to old to shuffle the deck of life.

Thu, 04 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

My 'Why' is to help the struggling addict, because I've been where they are.

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

John turned to alcohol and drugs at a young age. His addiction quickly progressed from beer and pot, to oxy's, cocaine, crack and heroin. It got to the point where he needed it all to function. One night of partying changed everything for him.

Now he is living his best life, traveling and sharing his strength and recovery wherever he goes. He is another example that recovery is possible and sobriety is a beautiful thing.

I had to perform CPR on my son 5 different times due to overdose.

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Geri's son Greg struggled with drug addiction for half his life. At 15, he began smoking marijuana, but that turned quickly to heroin and becoming hooked on fentanyl. He overdosed multiple times and thankfully survived, but it was never enough to scare him from picking back up again.
Institutions, jails, rehabs... Greg was at them all, and they all worked at the time, but every time he got out, something triggered him and he went right back to using. It is a vicious cycle and one he could not stop.
Geri has done all she could possibly do, but if the addict does not want to stop, there's only so much you can do. It's choices Greg made that got him to where he is now, which is still in the throes of addiction. But Geri will never give up on her son. She will keep trying and won't ever lose hope.

The struggle is part of the journey. It made me who I am.

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

For Danielle, her biggest trigger was physical pain. She became addicted to pills for years and developed such a high tolerance that she needed more and more until it got to be too much. Her marriage was falling apart, she was losing her job, wasn't speaking to her family, and had a young son to think of. She looked at herself one day in the mirror and told herself that she could go buy heroin, since the pills got too expensive, even though that was the one thing she said she'd never try. Our addiction plays games with us & hers was working overtime. Listen to her story…

Addiction does not discriminate. It can happen to anyone.

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

For Garry, beer progressed quickly to hard liquor, and he started to isolate, hide bottles, and drink around the clock. His thoughts became absolutely dominated by drinking. That, along with the fear of losing his wife, was when he knew he could not continue on like he was and made the conscious decision to stop and get sober.

One of the most memorable things Garry said in his interview was this: If I could pull out my happiness and the feeling of having put together a little bit of sober time and give it to someone who is struggling... and say here, feel that feeling and know that that's ahead of you if you stick it out and find your happy.

Sobriety is an easier and softer way of living.

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0400

For Melissa, alcohol became the way of life for her. With it she escaped all emotions and it became the solution for everything happening in her life.

She drank a liter of vodka everyday, her body shut down and she suffered seizures. She ended up being hospitalized, intubated with restraints on. That was her rock bottom.

Now, over five years sober, a registered nurse and married with a baby, she is able to enjoy all that life has to offer. She is living proof that you can turn your life around and make that positive change.

I have the honor and the privilege of enjoying the things that I love in sobriety.

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Brian is a retired paramedic and firefighter who struggles with both addiction and mental health. He believes it is important for those of us taking care of ourselves get our stories out there to show that recovery is possible.

After totaling 12 cars due to drinking, passing out drunk while watching his daughter, dealing with untreated mental health, and self-sabotaging his life, he realized something had to give. He decided to get sober and get treatment for his health in order to make the positive changes to better himself, better his life, so he could be the best father and person he could be. He realized he was enough.

My addiction and sobriety journey led me to believe in myself.

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0400

For Logan, alcohol and drugs "fixed" everything that he thought was wrong with him.
He was on a never ending hamster wheel that eventually led to him living out of his car, selling his belongings, and turning to heroin, which was something he thought he'd never do. Music ended up being what ultimately saved his life.

Now he gives back and talks at high schools to teenagers to let them know that it's okay to talk about their feelings and their mental health. That is so important to be discussed and not brushed under the rug, because it is imperative in fighting the addiction epidemic.

If my eyes were open, alcohol was touching my lips.

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Andrea believed she was just the components of what she made up. She felt she was an incomplete person, and that God made her and forgot to finish. After a lifetime of drinking around the clock she was faced with an intervention by her family and friends, which ultimately saved her life.

The gift of desperation became a saving grace.

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Self medicating with alcohol and drugs was the vicious cycle Mike could not get out of. It took being arrested and being homeless for him to wake up and realize that this would be his life if he did not change. Relapse was a part of his story, but he never gave up. He started to take suggestions and became teachable. One day at a time.

Getting clean was the best thing hands down I've ever done in my life.

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Jennah was faced with extreme bullying when she was younger, felt alienated and wished she could be anybody but herself. Once she was introduced to drugs and alcohol, it was like she found the cure to all of her pain, worries, insecurities and self loathing. As time passed, the substances got harder and stronger and lines were crossed. Living in pure guilt and shame of her past she would just use more drugs to escape. There came a time when enough was enough and she decided she couldn't live like that anymore because it wasn't the life she had envisioned herself living. She found her worth and made the change to get better.

If I want to be the husband and father I can be, I need to get up from this stool.

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Brian is a father and a husband that had to get out of his own way and learn to let go of the burdens. When faced with his insecurities and the thought of losing his whole world, he learned how to prioritize his life and realized that everything was much more important than running away from it and drinking it away.

If you're open to change, the possibilities are endless.

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0500

A retired British Army veteran, musician & psychotherapist discusses being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition and how he took to music as a form of therapy. After being diagnosed, Liam's mental health was greatly affected, and he got caught up in complete & total self-deprecation, made worse by drinking. Listen to his story here.

Am I a good person who does bad things or a bad person who does good things?

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:00:00 -0500

Due to her addiction and mental health issues Emily almost lost her life; almost left her three beautiful children behind; almost lost everything. Seven and a half years later, sober and living an amazing life, she is a power of example that we do recover. We can get better.

Sobriety gave me a second chance at life

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0500