Don’t Hide The Scars. Presented By PAIN: Parents & Addicts In Need

PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Tom Wolf, a Recovery advocate, in recovery, Formerly homeless, and the Director of West Coast Initiatives for the Foundation For Drug Policy Solutions. We discuss some of the conversations around and fallacies around harm reduction, and how fentanyl has changed the landscape of addiction. For more on Par...

In this episode of PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Don't Hide The Scar's Media Director Jason LaChance and Outreach coordinator Julian Carvajal discuss the importance of setting new goals in addiction recovery, revising them as you progress as well as measuring your progress. Learn how Jason and Julian have used the SMART goal-setting framework for setting objectives. The acronym S.M.A.R.T....

In this episode of PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Don't Hide The Scar's Media Director Jason LaChance and Outreach coordinator Julian Carvajal discuss the gifts of sobriety, the importance of gratitude, mindset, and sharing our story with others. For more on Parents & Addicts In Need: If you or a loved one needs our services, follow on social media, the Don't Hide The Scars Podcast, to...

In this episode of PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Don't Hide The Scar's founder Flindt Andersen, Media Director Jason LaChance and Out Reach coordinator Julian Carvajal discuss facts and perspectives concerning carfentanil in the illicit drug supply which is 10,000 times stronger than morphine, and 100 times stronger than fentanyl. For more on Parents & Addicts In Need: If you or a love...

PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Don't Hide The Scar's welcomes Dr. Cali Estes, who is known as ‘The Battery Recharger”. Cali is a highly sought-after Mindset Coach, Addictions Professional, Life Coach, and Wellness Guru that blends talk therapy with positive change to assist her clients in unlocking their true potential. Cali has been featured in books, magazines, radio, and television for h...

PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s Don't Hide The Scar's welcomes Luke Hockenjos for a conversation with Media Director Jason LaChance. Luke Hockenjos was on a fast track toward death until the Lord intervened and saved his life. After many years of drug abuse, running from the law, and alcoholism Luke decided he was ready to die. After being cut off on the interstate and a high-speed chase, he...

@painnonprofit  Media Director Jason LaChance sat down with Julian Carvajal who was helped by PAIN: Parents & Addicts In Need on his recovery journey discuss 5 tips on what they have used to stay sober during the holiday season. They present situations they faced early in recovery when trying to socialize during the holidays and how if you're in recovery or have a loved one in recovery can nav...

PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need’s (  @painnonprofit  )Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Arlina Allen, a Recovery coach, host of the One Day At A Time Podcast and author of The 12-Step Guide For Skeptics: Clearing Up Common Misconceptions of a Path To Sobriety. For more on Parents & Addicts In Need: If you or a loved ones need our services, to follow on social media,...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠  @painnonprofit  Founder Flindt Andersen sat down Chris Didier who has turned his own heartbreak and pain into heartfelt purpose. Chris Didier brings life-saving awareness to fentanyl’s deadly role in our communities, and how his advocacy work has brought him healing. In 2020, Chris’ son Zach was a 17-year-old star athlete, exceptional student, friend to everyone, and above all,...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Media Director Jason LaChance sat down the author of The One Brought Back: The Story Of My Dance With The Devil And How God Brought Me Back, Courtney Proper "They say you have to get sober for yourself, but this story shows there are other things people find the Power in to quit." Courtney outlines it all in her book, THE ONE BROUGHT BACK - A Riveting Story Of A Mother's Love Bec...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠  @painnonprofit  Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down the discuss an NPR article that states "experts" say the fentanyl supply is drying up, a fentanyl dealer that used a drone for his dealing and a fentanyl dealer charged with murder for his dealing. Frank, Flindt and Jason discuss the following and more. Intro 00:00 The pipeline of deadly fentanyl...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠   @painnonprofit  Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down the author of Embrace Abundance Frank Parisi. Franks life is one that movies are made from. His book is a captivating memoir and self-improvement book. Frank book takes us on a journey from being the ultimate underdog who was at the depths of despair in addiction, and embraced abundance and achi...

What's REALLY Behind the Fentanyl Crisis? PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sat down to discuss the hot button topic border policy, its effect on the fentanyl crisis and the flood of cartel members from Central & South America as well as members of the Chinese Communist Party. Flindt and Jason discuss this topic and more on this epis...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @painnonprofit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sat down to discuss the saddening news around the passing of Rich Homie Quan. Rich Homie Quan died from accidental drug overdose involving the combined toxic effects of fentanyl, alprazolam, codeine and promethazine, according to a Georgia medical examiner. According to the 911 call, the girlfriend is...

 @painnonprofit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance revisit their conversations with 4 extraordinary people in recovery who much like us have used their sobriety to bring messages of hope through podcasting. We're sharing moments with Dave Manheim of the Dopey podcast, Arlina Allen of the One Day At A Time podcast, Gary Menkes of the Begin Again Podcast and Daniel Hear...

@painnonprofit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance revisit their conversations with three extraordinary woman, Eve Goldberg, Paula Young Santos and Susan Bartz Herrick. After loosing their sons to either addiction or and accidental overdose they found a strength within to have their sons lives bring purpose in helping others. Big Vision NYC founder, Eve Goldberg lost h...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sat down to discuss The House Judiciary Committee who held a hearing September 10, 2024. The hearing, "The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives," which examined the effects of the Biden-Harris Administration's open borders policies on American families and communities. WITNES...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sat down to discuss the Self-proclaimed ‘M30 King of Fresno,’ and 17 others who were charged in alleged fentanyl trafficking ring. After an investigation spurred by dozens of fentanyl overdoses in the Fresno area, the alleged leader of a drug trafficking ring and 17 others were arrested and charged by...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down Thomas McCollum for a fact based discussion around addiction, recovery, harm-reduction and the addiction crisis. Thomas McCollum is a passionate advocate for recovery, punk rock enthusiast, and the Executive Director of Discovery Place, a 12-step spiritual retreat for men in Burns, TN. With over...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down Charlotte Bismuth the author of Killer in a White Coat: The True Story of New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher and the Team that Brought Him to Justice. Charlotte served as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan for seven years. Assigned to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (“OSNP”...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @painnonprofit  Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down to discuss the U.S. Department of Justice charging five people in connection to Matthew Perry's death last October including a former movie director, two doctors, his live-in assistant and a drug dealer known as the "The Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood. At a press conference Thursday,...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @painnonprofit  Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sat down with the Executive Chairman of Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa Richard Taite. Richard has developed a uniquely successful treatment protocol which includes specific evidence-based interventions based on the Stages of Change behavioral model. Dedicated to helping addicts overcome their addictions...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down to discuss the amount of fentanyl that is making it across the southern United States border. From October 2023 to June 2024, Customs and Border Protection personnel have seized  more than 15,100 pounds  of illicit fentanyl. One pound of fentanyl has the potential to kill more than 225,000 people....

PAIN⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down to discuss the arrest of two leaders of the notorious Sinaloa cartel, including one of the sons of the imprisoned drug lord "El Chapo," Joaquín Guzmán López. They were apprehended Thursday in Texas. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a cofounder of Sinaloa, was lured to Texas by López, ac...

PAIN⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ @painnonprofit ⁠⁠⁠ Founder Flindt Andersen and Media Director Jason LaChance sit down to discuss 'Melanie's Law,' aimed to prevent fentanyl overdoses in California schools, which into effect January 1, 2024 Melanie's Law requires all California middle school and high  schools to come up with a plan to prevent and respond to fentanyl overdoses . This includes training te...