Hard Knox Talks: Your Addiction Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Join us every Tuesday evening for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This weeks guest, Lisa Teichroeb. Lisa hit her rock bottom after 27 years of service as a registered nurse here in Saskatchewan. She is not practicing currently due to the consequences of her alcoholism, But Lisa's story isn't over yet. She is healing and bringing her messag...

Send us Fan Mail Join us every week live and interactive for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, rising social media influencer and person in recovery, Jamie Tall. Love what we do? Click the link to see everything we have to offer! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the show SEIU-West Wellness News Parenting in the Storm   Check out Parentin...

Send us Fan Mail Check us out this week with Ronni Nordal's story of codependency and how she coped and overcame her struggles to the productive life she has today. Love what we do? Check out everything we have to offer, click the link! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the show SEIU-West Wellness News Parenting in the Storm   Check out Parenting in the Storm HERE Are you getting someth...

Send us Fan Mail Is "Clean and Sober" a chemical designation, or a lifestyle choice? Frontman of the Saskatoon-based rock band Truth and Agony, Lucien Broste, has some strong opinions and a wild story to back them up. Check us out this week and listen to Lucien #takeofftheblinders around how he found a safer way through suboxone, and how he lives a safer way by knowing what he can, and w...

Send us Fan Mail Check us out live and interactive every week for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest is a person in recovery and the creator/host of the live streaming talks show The Hope Shot , Justin McPadden. Love what we do? Click the link to see everything we have to offer https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the show SEIU-West Wellness N...

Send us Fan Mail Zak is a reporter at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, where he's been covering Saskatchewan's overdose crisis since 2019. He began reporting on drug policy at his student newspaper before a stint covering Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for The Vancouver Sun and The Province. He cares deeply about the social and economic roots of substance use, including trauma, poverty an...

Send us Fan Mail Join us every week live and interactive for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the show SEIU-West Wellness News Parenting in the Storm   Check out Parenting in the Storm HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep...

Send us Fan Mail Savage Sisters founder and Executive Director, Sarah Laurel, created Savage Sisters and its programming after she overcame her traumatic battle with Substance Use Disorder and homelessness. After years of being shuffled through the system, she found herself in a wheelchair and once again being offered substandard care. What began as a desire to have one safe home for a couple of w...

Send us Fan Mail Check us out live every Sunday night for inspiring stories of overcoming addiction and finding a safer way to live! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Love what we do? Tell your friends, share this with your community, tie a message to a pigeon, send out smoke signals we don't care how you do it as long as we keep gettin' louder! #inspiration #motivation #hope Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Philip grew up in an Irish Catholic home. He started drinking in the 5th grade. by 14 he was drinking with college kids. Fast forward to 7 years ago... "I Did 2 8 balls a night for a month and...

Send us Fan Mail Patricia is no stranger to the ravages of substance use disorders and gang life. She has lost 12 family members, most recently as 2 years ago. She felt helpless and hopeless as she watched one of her children fall into the life: "When your child is on the streets and using, you internalize it and put all the blame on yourself and you don't understand how it rewires the c...

Send us Fan Mail Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click here to start exploring. “I was working at Insite, Vancouver’s only safe consumption site, the day black market fentanyl hit the streets.” Ronnie has been on the front line of the drug war for many years. “We know what needs to be done to bring overdose death...

Send us Fan Mail We had an extremely last minute cancelation so everyone please say thank you to Chalie for dropping everything to share his story with us tonight! -------------------------- Love what we do here? You can show your support for only $6.49 CAD/month. Click the link, cancel anytime! https://www.facebook.com/becomesupporter/hardknoxtalks/ Support the show SEIU-West Wellness News Parent...

Send us Fan Mail “This is going to cause a lot of trauma, no doubt about it. We're going to see a big increase in suicides” Dr. Swainey is the Medical Director of a renowned Addiction treatment facility. He also oversees 2 methadone clinics in the Richmond Virginia area. “How is being born into a world with parents that aren’t prepared to be parents, not traumatic?” Join us this week and list...

Send us Fan Mail Robbie is a mother of 4, 3 of whom are adopted and diagnosed with FASD, is an educator on the topic and host of the FASD Family Life Podcast. I thought I had some idea about FASD but when we spoke, she hit me with some facts that made me take a step back and rethink and question things: Did you know: - roughly 1 in 25 in general population of those incarcerated have FASD markers -...

Send us Fan Mail  Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. Click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ------------------------------------------------------ "I’ve dedicated my life to helping our sick and suffering brothers and sisters! Together we can walk a different path and together we no...

Send us Fan Mail Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. Click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------  "I was one of those people who thought addiction was a choice until I lost my best friend to an overdose." When Alex went looking for information...

Send us Fan Mail Check out our upcoming live streams on YouTube, Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, Click the link, and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ---------------------------------------------------- Tyla Savard, outspoken and fierce advoke in Alberta and who now serves as Program Manager for the Stronger Together Canada peer-support group through Mom's Stop t...

Send us Fan Mail Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks --------------------------------------------- “My weed guy moved away and my wife had a prescription for Percocet” Dr. Craig Swainey is a Medical Director at the Coleman Institute for Addiction and...

Send us Fan Mail Stay up to date on all our upcoming live and interactive streams, get on our email list, shop our store, and more. Click the link and start exploring!  https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------- "The methadone switch in British Columbia was a disaster that led to a lot of misery and many deaths." Garth Mullins and his team from...

Send us Fan Mail Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ------------------------------------- "Sometimes the universe forces you by making you so uncomfortable that you will have no choice but to make a change in your life." Amy is a Single mother of 7 - ranging from the ages of 3 t...

Send us Fan Mail "They offered me 35 years for my drug charges. I didn’t take the plea and I have no idea what will happen." Ronnie went from prisoner to social worker. He spoke at schools, worked with inmates, and preached at the local jail. But in 2016 the threat of losing his children through divorce took him back out. "I ended up getting raided by law enforcement in September 20...

Send us Fan Mail "I resented being told that I had to be called an addict for the rest of my life and had no sovereignty or autonomy. I had enough white key tags to tile a room." Anders Beatty lived in addiction fr 25 years. He tried every modality available to no avail: 8 years ago, he found his way to a happier life through Ibogaine. A powerful psychedelic plant medicine. Today he is t...

Send us Fan Mail “I wanted out, but I didn’t know how to get out.” Jocelyn's story takes us from a wonderful home life growing up, to homeless and addicted before she found her way. "I was in a wheelchair when I went into treatment, I couldn’t even hold my head up.” Join us and listen to Jocelyn #takeofftheblinders around addiction right here in Saskatchewan. We'll talk about what s...

Send us Fan Mail Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ---------------------------------------------- “I was throwing Molotov cocktails by the end.” Jamie lost 6 years of his life locked up and double that to addiction. "I got kicked out of anger management for fighting." Today Jam...