MJs Progress Not Perfection

Ellery and I used to go to meetings together when I first got sober. Relapse is part of her story as today she’s celebrating 3 years clean and sober! We talk a lot about partying drinking, meth and xanax. She can’t remember a lot of her past because it’s hard to do with that much xanax! Luckily though she found sobriety at a young age and is able to turn things around and work an amazing program n...

Shannon is a survivor of living life fast with a drug kingpin in good old Camden, NJ. We discuss her many years there along with her time she spent in Florida as well. We discuss different drugs like cocaine and heroin. We get into how she found recovery and how she’s making it work for her different this time! “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and...

Cici moved down to Los Angeles originally to go to treatment for her addiction to meth. She was able to put together 9 months of clean time at one point before she got into a relationship that would send her in and out of treatment facilities and even jail. She will have three years clean this February though after finding a way to make it work! We discuss how her recovery is looking this time aro...

Janelle, Jay as her friends call her, is now celebrating 8 months sober after over a dozen different rehab stays. She’s struggled with everything from alcohol to opiates over the years. She was a party girl that liked to live fast and drive fast, which would get her in trouble, especially when alcohol was involved. She’s now learning to find herself through her new found sobriety. She finds medita...

Nicole and I met when I was walking into rehab for the first time April 2018 and she was a director for the rehab I was staying at. She introduced me to a lot of great people in the program and would take us to meetings that we definitely wouldn’t be able to go to without her. She’s someone I looked up to in sobriety when I first met her and still do to this day. Someone that was always there for...

Mary-Jane started out as young as 15 discovering drugs and alcohol down in Australia. She found herself always mixing with crowds that would have her in situations to where she’s been invaded by people robbing her and also raids by police! Now she’s over 6 months clean and working a program to help keep her away from that life she used to lead. “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a h...

Shawn is a big role model in the recovery community. He speaks at lots of events and meetings. He spends a lot of time helping others in recovery and always trying to pass along the message. He of course had to get here by having a very rough past of being around addiction his whole life. He’s even had an OD land him in the morgue with a very vivid near death experience that we get into with what...

Tim has been through a lot with seeing addictions as a kid to becoming an addict at an early age even before the drugs or alcohol are introduced. He’s had plenty of psych ward stays throughout his addiction, but now he is the epitome of working a solid program! “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works....

Ashlee was living the life revolved around drugs to now making sure she gives back by helping others find sobriety like she did. Their link is right below to see more about them! You can also follow them on Facebook at the link below! https://www.facebook.com/ohiocansanduskycounty/ http://www.ohiocanchangeaddictionnow.org/ “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being tru...

Foster and I sat down and discussed how he started out with drugs at the early age of 5 until he was 50 years old. He’s coming up on one year sober for the first time in his life. He’s had many obstacles in sobriety just like he had while in addiction. I will give trigger warnings now for sexual abuse, child sex assault/abuse, being drugged, satanic rituals. It’s an extremely raw interview so just...

Dean is an Australian author and podcaster that has spent many years in addiction that also led to well over a decade of prison stays at different times including one of them having 120 charges waiting for him! In sobriety he’s become a millionaire and found a way to lose that! He’s still always smiling throughout though! You can find his book and podcast or even Facebook at the links below! Deans...

Latasha is now doing amazing! I will offer up right away some trigger warnings for trafficking, prostitution and even kidnapping. She was a late bloomer into exploring drugs, but thing escalated quickly for her. She is working a great program now with her people and very involved in her recovery and we get into all that and much more! Latasha also discussed a book outside of the podcast that helpe...

Rick grew up in El Paso, Texas walking over to Juarez, Mexico to hit the clubs. He’s had quite the 30 year drinking career! “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to se...

Jeff found his way into drugs at an early age in Harlem back when crack first hit the scene. He has had multiple lengthy stays in the prison system before finding his way to Atlanta. We go into details of how he found his way into recovery in Atl while writing his first book calle Sober Slogans: Recovery Mottos We Love. Jeff is a very energetic guy and loves talking recovery! He has amazing ideas...

Kaela has had a few good bouts with sobriety in the past, but each of the times she was never really working an honest program. She has many times where she was basically homeless selling off her favorite possessions one at a time to continue on her runs. Had a really traumatic overdose experience, most are traumatic, but most don’t happen in front of sober parents. She’s doing recovery differentl...

Nicole has one of the most amazing before and after pictures I’ve ever seen! I will give some trigger warnings talking about human and sex trafficking, prostitution, crack and heroin.. she had been through hell and back as you can tell with the trigger warnings. A huge part of her recovery is giving back and helping girls stuck in trafficking get out and get clean like she did. She’s truly inspira...

Kelly wanted so bad to be a punk rocker back in the 80s when punk wasnt liked by anyone except for the other punks. Cops hated them for sure and parents did not want to see their kids turn into a punk rock loving kid. He was on his own from a young age after leaving home to find his own way. He has spent years along souther california and Las Vegas playing in punk bands and getting into drugs/alco...

Tory spent 17 years in active addiction with her husband the whole time. She’s from Ohio but has made many trips to Florida during the pill mill era which we discuss. “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works. BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions w...

Franklin and I discuss how growing up being bullied for being gay including being gay bashed at college. We discuss how his addiction started with drugs and why eventually it led to drinking too much. He’s had many challenges he’s had to face in his life, but he’s here today sober to talk about it. “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is...

Kenneth Anderson is an author that wrote the book on Harm Reduction! He has multiple masters degrees and he’s not even done yet. He’s also recently self published two more books and currently working on a new one. We discuss all of his books, his history of growing up in rural Wisconsin and how he ended up in Philadelphia. He has figured out how having planned intox days and has control over his d...

Bobby and I discuss what it’s like to be a chronic relapser. Someone who can get clean for a little then relapse again easily. What makes the difference this time around to help him get 2.5 years for the first time, we discuss that a lot. Talk about how family can tie to our addiction. He’s the youngest of three and has his own son he wants to be clean and sober for today. Co-parenting is so impor...

Travis is an author of the book My Life with Karma that you can find the link to below. Hear how his dog Karma kept him alive in some of his darkest days. Some Trigger warnings for this episode is that he grew up with an physically abusive alcoholic father, police brutality for being an ex-cop turned drug addict and much more. He’s had many ups and down, especially downs. Oh yeah, he also stole ar...

Rob happened to have started recovery journey about a month before I did. We both had some crazy times between both drinking and using pills. We both also use cannabis in our recovery. The only difference is that he added it to his recovery a few months ago to help with his cancer symptoms he has. Check out his podcast on youtube or anywhere you listen to pods called A Fighters Story This podcast...

Richie and i talk a lot about his best friend, his eskimo, the person that introduced him to AA. We also discuss a lot about rock bottoms, how different programs can work for different people. He has his own business with helping people get in home treatment for rehab instead of having to go into an outpatient program. He is doing amazing things for the recovery community in Los Angeles and he def...

Jill and I met three years ago at our mutual friends house during our fun off the books AA meetings at our friends front yard in Venice! There was nothing better that first summer sober than hanging out in her yard all night in that beautiful California weather! Jill was born Jeff and started using drugs/alcohol to push down all the confusing thoughts she was having as Jeff at a young age. Young e...