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Sean Egan is the Outreach Coordinator at Excel Treatment Centers in New Jersey Sean recently became Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS). Being an Excel alumni, Sean brings a level of understanding and compassion to each person he works with by utilizing his own experience of the challenges a person seeking recovery can face. He is passionate about helping each person obtain and achieve a las...

Jonathan Blake is currently a Licensed Social Worker in Pennsylvania. Jonathan obtained both Bachelor’s  (BSW) and Master’s (MSW) degrees in Social work from Marywood University, graduating with his MSW ins 2014. Jonathan has worked in the substance use field, as a primary counselor in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and currently works as a medical social worker, with main focus on behavi...

Kristin Macintyre grew up in New York before moving to Pennsylvania to get sober in 2010. After twelve years of sobriety, Kristin has moved to the foothills of the Rockies, earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University , and started her own business as a copywriters for online business owners. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Today we discuss how the relationship with recov...

PART II : Today's guest is my friend Joe Kane.  Joe Kane is the Clinical Director of Mountain's Edge, partial hospitalization program, near elk mountain, Pennsylvania, Joe holds a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Penn State University. He also has a Master of Social Work from Marywood University. Joe started in this field in 2006, as a behavioral worker at the Scranton Counseling Cen...

         Today's guest is my friend Joe Kane.  Joe Kane is the Clinical Director of Mountain's Edge, partial hospitalization program, near elk mountain, Pennsylvania, Joe holds a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Penn State University. He also has a Master of Social Work from Marywood University. Joe started in this field in 2006, as a behavioral worker at the Scranton Counseling Cent...

Kelly Brown has been sober since 2008 after a 30 year drinking career.  Her journey towards recovery was not easy.  In and out of the rooms for 4 years, she struggled to let go of the perceived comfort of alcohol and the idea she would never be happy without it.  Multiple rehabs, detoxes, IOPs and counselors were not piercing through the wall of fear she had created over decades of addiction. That...

September is coming to end, a month to recognize Awareness & Recovery. My friend "Stretch" is here today to discuss the unlikeliness of life putting him on the cover of this closing months "Happenings Magazine".  “If You Want To See A Miracle, See Someone Who Truly Recovered From A Drug Addiction” James “Stretch” Johnson has been in recovery for over 26 years. He began his...

State Representative Bridget M. Kosierowski was elected to serve the people of the 114th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives following a special election in March 2019, becoming the first woman to represent Lackawanna County in the General Assembly in more than 50 years. Kosierowski has spent her professional life in the health care sector working as a registered nurs...

Do you want to live a happy and productive life? Are you struggling to overcome addiction, anger, hopelessness? Have you searched for someone to blame for your problems? Inspiration with Explanation is a brilliant new synthesis of the best of cognitive therapy, twelve-step programs, and Jeff Brown’s unique message. Written in a frank and engaging style, Inspiration with Explanation isn’t about emp...

Rich Vos is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Since 2011, he has been the co-host of the podcast My Wife Hates Me with his wife, comedian Bonnie McFarlane . Vos began his stand-up career in 1984, choosing to pursue it full-time as he "failed at everything else", and developed his act in local clubs. After struggling with crack cocaine and alcohol addiction throughout his 2...

Dr. Peter Amato is revolutionizing today’s Holistic Healthcare Model and is also a world renouned leader in Addiction Recovery A revolution is quietly taking hold as patients and recovering addicts become more and more dissatisfied with the mainstream healthcare system that fails them time and again. This dissatisfaction fuels a search for answers and new truths.  And the truth is, we have answers...

 Meet Dr. Nick Colangelo,  Nick has spent decades in the in the Field of Substance Use Disorder in many roles. In 1975 Dr. Colangelo began his this career as the Aftercare Coordinator at Runnell's Hospital in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. Nick was also on the Somerset Council on Alcoholism . There he was a Crisis Counselor, and he was the Director of the Kelly House i n Somerset, New Jersey t...

Dr. Tiffany Griffiths is a licensed clinical psychologist who has private practices in Clarks Summit, Dunmore, Exeter, Peckville, and Kingston, PA. She is from the Scranton area in Northeastern Pennsylvania where she received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton. She went on to pursue her doctorate in clinical psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago...

THE HONORABLE MARK POWELL LACKAWANNA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Mark Powell, District Attorney of Lackawanna County, has made combating the opioid crisis a top priority of his administration. He is the co-chair of the Lackawanna Recovery Coalition, which works to reduce opioid overdose deaths in Lackawanna County by connecting people with substance use disorder to treatment, implementing lifesaving...

Meet ATTORNEY FRANK BOLOCK ,  Today's guest is Attorney Frank J. Bolock, Jr. Frank has practiced civil and criminal law throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania for almost 43 years. In addition to his law practice Bolock serves as the president, CEO of Treatment court Advocacy Center of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, and he's also the project director of the Recovery...

Dr. J Anthony Quinn is a Board-Certified Orthodontist who practiced in Northeastern Pennsylvania for the past 44 y ears. For the past 35 years he has been involved with a recognized 12 step program and a weekly Caduceus meeting that was designed for health care professionals to help them face the special challenges they face when they first become sober. His experiences with these groups have give...

Meet John Johnson ( BHT),      John Johnson "JJ" is a Behavioral Health Technician at Avenues Recovery Communities in their Lake Ariel Residential Inpatient facility. We met about a 2 years ago in the middle of the pandemic there and immediately became friends. Today JJ stops by to tell us who he is, then how he fell into this roll, and what working in the Recovery Field has done for him...

    Meet Tee Martin, Beatnik, gentleman , outlaw, musician, and clinician extradiore just celebrated 36 years of sobriety.          Tee has been at Alina Lodge since 2003, prior to this he was the Clinical Coordinator of the "Dunes" in East Hampton, NY, also worked as a Counselor at the Marworth Adolescent Facility "Shawnee" in Pennsylvania throughout 1990's. We discuss th...

Patrick McDonough is a Licensed Social Worker working as a therapist at Integrative Counseling Services. In addition to being an LSW, Patrick is a Certified Advanced Addictions Counselor (CAADC), holds a Certificate of Competency in Problem Gambling (CCPG), and is EMDR trained. Patrick has experience working in clinical and business development in the residential treatment in the field of substanc...

John Knowles  is currently serving in the role of Executive Director/Sr Business Development Director Brookdale Premier Addiction Recovery Center, an inpatient addiction treatment center that provides intensive in-patient, detox and mental wellness strategies. with client-first experiences and customized solutions to an array of addiction and behavioral conditions. A seasoned clinician and adminis...

About Gigi Gigi Langer holds a PhD in Psychological Studies in Education and an MA in Psychology, both from Stanford University. As a professor, she won several awards for her teaching, and (as Georgea M. Langer) wrote four books for educators as well as hundreds of articles on professional growth. As a person in recovery, Gigi hasn’t had a drug or drink for over 30 years, although she does occasi...

Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski (D-121, Luzerne) has established himself as a passionate and consensus-building voice in the General Assembly, working for the things our neighbors need, like property tax relief, jobs that pay a living wage, appropriate funding for public education, reducing the cost of higher education, access to affordable quality healthcare and more. In 2006, he was first elected to re...

Over the last twenty years, Matthew has worked to improve large and small businesses around the world and has practiced as a therapist to help people confront and manage the challenges that occur at the intersection of self-awareness and emotional regulation. With a background in counseling, consulting, addiction, negotiation, cultural sensitization and people management, Matthew brings experience...

Rj Stiltenpole Education & Background : Holds a B.S. in Kinesiology and Wellness from Marywood University and held a minor in Coaching RJ was a qualifier for the Boston Marathon and has ran in dozens of races ranging from 5K and marathons throughout the years. His Coaching experience includes, Track and Field for Scranton High School , and was the 4 year Captain for Track & Field at Marywo...

Arianne Scheller, Ph. D., LPC Dr. Scheller has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Scranton, her PhD., in Human Development from Marywood University, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Scheller is an adult child of an alcoholic and has worked with families dealing with addiction in various counseling settings for the last 2...