Miracle Mansion Podcast by Broadway Lodge

After more than 25 years of alcohol and drug use, Dean arrived at Broadway Lodge in December 2021 ready for change. Now over four years clean and sober, he reflects on the turning points that shaped his recovery. In this episode, Dean sits down with Markkus, Director of Therapy & Aftercare at Broadway Lodge, to talk openly about his teenage years, the challenges that led him to treatment and h...

Kelly joins Markkus, Director of Treatment & Aftercare at Broadway Lodge, on her two-year clean anniversary (February 2026). After staying at Broadway Lodge in 2024 for ketamine addiction, Kelly has remained clean and sober, from ketamine, other drugs and alcohol, ever since. In this episode, Kelly reflects on life after university in 2013, when nights out on the rave scene led to experimentin...

Now 14 months in recovery from drug addiction, Waseem courageously shares details about his past and addiction to heroin and crack cocaine since the 1990's.  He talks about being a 'dry drunk', relapse, relationships being his downfall and the changes he experienced while staying at Broadway Lodge to get clean and sober.  Thank you to Waseem for being open, honest and sharing detail...

Jamie has returned to Broadway Lodge, clean and sober, to record this powerful episode in which he candidly shares his journey of addiction and prison sentences and how a six-month stay at Broadway Lodge marked the beginning of a profound personal transformation.  He reflects on how he struggled to live life as others seemed to, favouring the structure that jail gave him.  Jamie opens up about his...

From heroin user at just 14 years old to devoted husband, father and businessman with over 25 years clean time. Alex was just 17 when he was admitted Broadway Lodge on 8th February 1997, addicted to heroin and crack cocaine. He talks about the years leading up to treatment, his relapse and how his recovery journey has gone since his clean date in 1999.  You’ll hear about Alex’s first 9 years in re...

In this episode, Alice opens up about how an ‘internal monster’ was developing alongside her during a privileged and idyllic childhood. Alice took her education and care of her ponies very seriously but explains how perfectionism had a negative impact on her wellbeing growing up.  During college, while she was very driven academically, Alice enjoyed the feeling of being slightly rebellious, going...

Ruby began addiction treatment at Broadway Lodge for alcoholism in summer 2019 having just turned 26 years old. In this episode, Ruby openly talks to Markkus about her school-age years in the lead up to discovering mind altering substances and a traumatic event that resulted in escalating alcohol and drug abuse.  Markkus describes Ruby as a ‘go getter’, always picking herself up from failed relati...

Terry came to Broadway Lodge in September 2012 for a detoxification after 20 years of alcohol and drug misuse and has been clean and sober ever since.  In this episode, Terry outlines how he felt as a child and how his experiences at school affected his inner voice and shaped how he felt about himself, leading to a desire to try substances to change this feeling and to gain acceptance. Terry talks...

In this episode, Markkus (Head of Treatment & Counselling), discusses life before, during and after Broadway Lodge with former client Sarah, who stayed with us for 6 months for alcohol addiction during the coronavirus pandemic. Sarah reflects on her younger years before her alcohol addiction and explains the reasons she gave for drinking and what led her to stay at Broadway Lodge. Sarah has a...

When Ben came into treatment at Broadway Lodge for cocaine addiction in July 2019, he said he did it as a way to try and get his wife back because she had left him a few weeks before and told him he needs help. As Ben settled in, with a small amount of willingness to listen to what staff had to say, his mindset and approach to treatment began to shift and he started to take it a lot more seriously...

In this episode, Katie talks openly to Markkus, our Head of Treatment & Counselling, about her life before and during active drug addiction , as well as her life in recovery since treatment at Broadway Lodge over eight years ago.  Katie shares how she remembers never feeling happy as a child and sought ways to escape so would occupy herself with art, writing or reading. Once she was a little o...

Jack began his treatment at Broadway Lodge at age 24, staying in 2020 and spending Christmas, New Year and his 25th birthday with us. He returned to Broadway Lodge two years afterwards, clean and sober, to record this podcast with our Head of Treatment & Counselling, Markkus.  Regular recreational use of drugs began at school age. For Jack, the drug use spiralled into addiction following the s...

Stephen experienced a childhood that was absent of parents and full of trauma, neglect and fear. He was a child missing the safety and security of a mother. In this Miracle Mansion Podcast episode, Stephen opens up about the negative belief system that he inherently developed and details moments in his life that led to an addiction to heroin and crack cocaine and how he got to a point of having a...

Laura had a happy childhood and alcohol became a normal staple in her everyday life in the later years of secondary school education. It was something she enjoyed. Laura drank most days without consequences initially but later, in her early 20’s, symptoms of alcohol dependency began to creep in.  In this podcast episode, Laura courageously talks through how she navigated work, university, relation...

Andy first experienced residential treatment for addiction in his home city of Manchester in 2017. Following a relapse, his loved ones recommended Broadway Lodge where he could have more intensive treatment for a longer duration. Andy immersed himself in the programme, completed treatment and decided to live into a dry house in Bristol to continue to focus on his recovery. He has remained clean an...

Michele stayed at Broadway Lodge in 2021 and is now over 15 months sober.  During her time in treatment, Michele realised that she’s always had an addictive trait which showed in her early teens with different behaviours including a cleaning obsession – to the point where she would bathe in Dettol and drink bleach. Later, alcohol became the priority over everything else and the addiction eventuall...

In this episode, former Broadway Lodge client, David, recounts his childhood in the 1960’s and 70’s, growing up with an alcoholic mother and surrounded by criminal behaviour. By the age of 13, David started abusing substances and was later introduced to heroin in his early 20’s. Carrying around childhood trauma, David would go through periods of clean time in prison before relapsing again.  Today...

In this podcast episode, William Pryor, great-great-grandson of arguably the most famous biologist, Charles Darwin, recounts memories of his colourful life in addiction back in the 60’s and 70’s. Growing up in an ‘intellectual elite’ family, William felt different. During school years he began smoking cannabis which escalated into opiate and cocaine use during his university education at one of th...

Carla stayed at Broadway Lodg e in summer 2020. Born into addiction in the family, Carla began using drugs at age 11 and struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout her teens and into adulthood. Prior to her treatment at Broadway Lodge she was staying in a secure psychiatric unit and touches on this difficult time. She talks about addiction in the family as well as the suicide of two...

Head of Treatment and Counselling at Broadway Lodge, Markkus Trew, speaks to Chief Executive Officer David Sweetnam. David joined Broadway Lodge nine months ago after working in hospital settings.  He discusses how he felt upon joining, his experience of leading a rehab and his vision for the future. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/ All Miracle Mansion Podcast episodes are available to listen...

Vicky talks to Markkus Trew (Head of Treatment & Counselling) and bravely shares her journey through six months of rehabilitation at Broadway Lodge and outlines how her thinking and behaviour has changed as a result of the therapeutic work completed whilst in rehabilitation. Her addiction existed alongside complex mental health conditions, including Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (E...