One Day I Decided

"One Day I Decided to trust the process." -Kindra Kindra's Story about how she ended up working in treatment on the road to becoming a therapist for those in recovery from addiction and trauma. Kindra's background is in holistic healing therapy practice and the practice of mindfulness. Kindra shares insight on early life in a home of addiction and the feelings of isolation and loneliness led her c...

"One day I decided.... Pleasure and happiness are not the same thing." Paxton Dickerson creator of Mechanics of Recovery shares his personal story from addiction to drugs, trauma from loss, and bad thoughts and habits transferred into a life and career of his wildest dreams. Paxton explains the concept that life after addiction "early recovery" is just the beginning of the journey. We discuss the...

"One Day I Decided... If I wanted my life to be different, nobody else could change it but me." Hi friends!  Well here it is, your host for ODID's Amanda's story. I thought this would be a fitting launch today considering it is 7 years off of alcohol on this day and 9 years off of drugs and substances a month ago for me :).  Thank you for listening to my podcast and being advocates for mental heal...

"One Day I Decided... to give up" Dustin's story from growing up as a misunderstood kid in Missouri lead to him living addicted and alone but content on the streets in Orange County, California is one that we have never seen on ODID. Dustin shares how his self awareness changed from a young kid to growing up addicted to opiates attempting to find his next high, and how one day he stumbled upon AA...

"One Day I Decided.... my feelings and self worth were valid and I didn't need to minimize myself." Alyssa shares her story of duality growing up with a confusing caregiver dynamic mixed with a loving childhood family system that lead to a path of healing. Alyssa shares how healing from childhood trauma and growing up with parents who divorced as a young child contributed to a lack of self compass...

"If I ever wanted better mental health, I needed to quit drinking, I needed to get sober." Eric, (@Sobercheferic on IG ) story from childhood trauma and 30 years of active addiction to a 9 year sober success story. Eric shares how his story took an amazing turn when he decided to get sober, was introduced to one of the most well known sober communities in the company and how cooking took over his...

"One day I decided that I am worthy." -Kyle Kyle shares a vulnerable story of growing up with a family as he calls it "plagued by addiction.". Kyle discusses what it was like from an enabled addicts point of view with a family bond that was build on respect and loyalty but from the outside view may seem taboo love. Kyle talks about maintaining relationships within his family even with family dynam...

"One Day I Decided... " Jaime describes the challenges of growing up and trying to fit in. Jaime shares how coming out, and having anxiety, depression and deep empathy for others all affected her mental state. Jaime shares a story of resilience and overcoming negative self talk, suicidal thoughts and harmful habits to live a better life in recovery.  We discuss different ways to live with anxiety...

Marleen discusses how she has adapted to life without alcohol and dealing with real life stress without the bottle. Marleen shares her story of self awareness, growing up in a family with a culture where her DOC is a lifestyle and how she managed to find her spirituality and sobriety in her mid twenties. The second half of the episode we discuss healing, how we heal, the good the bad and the why d...

"One day I decided... I was the only one with the power to change my path. " Mel's story of  addiction to alcohol with pressure to fit in at a young age and how  becoming sober in her twenties the first time wasn't the end of her recovery journey. Mel talks about being a mother and finding her new place to fit in with the normalization of alcohol in the "wine mom culture." Mel discusses how she de...

"One Day I Decided... I wanted to love myself again." Listen to Garrett's story from trauma, addiction, incarceration and drug induced psychosis to being a father who works in recovery and has a plant business. Garrett talks about his childhood setting him up for a successful financial start in young adulthood due to a traumatic event that led to with struggles in addiction. The second part of the...

"One day I decided...to understand the importance of connection." Listen to Taylor's amazing story of his road to recovery after battling a 12 year drug addiction and childhood struggles with food and video gaming. Taylor discusses how the lifestyle of using drugs increasingly became more appealing until one day he realized the reality was no longer appealing or sustainable.. Taylor shares how in...

"One Day I Decided.... after fifteen years of a safe sobriety, I wanted to move to Hawaii and shake up my life." Julia shares her story of growing up in an addict house hold and dealing with trauma, codependency and different types of abuse as a young child to adolescent. Julia shares how she was able to shift her perspective of her story and regain control of her future. Julia gives insight on wh...

"One Day I Decided... to love myself fully and make it my mission to help others love themselves fully as well." -Mary Mary is an LMFT with a heart of gold. Mary shares her story in part 3 ODID summer season on self love. Mary shares how even as adults we can develop tools to self soothe, heal our inner child and create a future while putting our needs first even if our family dynamics and up...

"One day I decided I was worthy to be loved." Episode 2 of Summer Season continues the discussion about Self Love with Alex life coach & recovering addict from Canada and Mary an LMFT who specializes in therapy for the Latinx community of Santa Ana. This episode continues the conversation of the life long journey of finding our self-love in recovery and establishing a strong foundation fo...

"One day I decided that to change my lifes course unbeknownst to me. " Alex, a French Canadian member of the sober community, starts off season 2 of ODID with some real talk about her journey from raving, partying and drug abuse to the ultimate happiness and finding her career as a health and fitness coach in her sobriety. Alex discusses how being exposed to drug use at a very young age was a reci...

Recovery in society, substance bias, AA, NA, dark side of sober living, fitness in recovery, triggers, healthy addictions, codependency, so now what?  Episode 1-11 that's a wrap!  All these topics in the first season discussed and dissected by addicts and therapists. Listen in as we dive into real stories, of real recovery, successes, welcoming of change, resilience and redefining failur...

"One day I decided that I was enough." Here it is the codependency episode discussion with Charee a down to earth therapist that claims she is " just as sick as you."  Listen in how we both share stories and how Charee gives me a live therapy session on how some of my personal journey's details like being adopted and coming from a home of alcohol addiction could be the reason I chose certain...

"One day I decided that I was enough." Part One- Codependency ( Charee's story) What is codependency? Charee shares her story of how her childhood and upbringing created a means for control, codependency and people pleasing.  It changed her life. Charee explains how getting married at a very young age in an unhealthy relationship, DUI, and other life instances lead a path to her career now as...

Episode 9 part 2 Dmitry and I discuss how we both found fitness to be essential to a part of our recovery. So essential, that we made it our careers. Dmitry explains his 365 day sober celebration burpee fitness challenge while I share how yoga was significant to my recovery. Movement of the body is crucial, and sometimes that means tricking yourself into believing it to be before you even like it!...

"One day I decided my sobriety was going to make an impact." Dmitry Foox, physical therapist, underground hip-hop connoisseur and co-founder of Phys recovery talks about his addiction to recovery journey. Dmitry explains what life was like for an intellectual Jewish Russian immigrant trying to fit in. Dmitry moved to the US as a child and ended up in Hollywood falling in love with the drug dealer...

"One day I decided, all my decisions suck." -Erick Erick shares his story of longing to find comradarie and acceptance at a young age outside of himself and how it lead to coping with drug and alcohol use at a young age. Listen how Erick discusses divorce, drug use and the art of finding contentment in the unknown. Listen as he shares the array of unforeseen and unplanned stepping stones in his re...

"One day I decided, I was bigger than my box." -Mandi Mandi discusses her life as a child and how her culture directly affected her coping tools as a child and her relationship dynamics. Listen in how she shares how her addiction to food and self destruction lead her to find purpose in her working field as a clinical therapist. Mandi now works with recovering addicts in the legal system and loves...

"One day I decided, to ask for help." -Jake Listen to Episode 3 Part 2 getting into the discussion of all things distraction and healthy addictions? Discussing with Jake if healthy addictions is a thing. We talk about how yoga has impacted our recovery as well a rock climbing and the balance of sexual and emotional relationships when sober. Jake talks about what's next for his career and life in r...

"One day I decided, to ask for help." -Jake Jake and I discuss the topic is there such a thing as healthy addictions. Listen in as Jake shares his story in part one on how before substance abuse he sought out control with his relationships. Jake shares about trauma in his childhood that he believes affected his mental health as a child. Jake discusses how in sobriety he found a path that lead to A...