Recovery Matters! Podcast

CINI BEGAN HER CAREER IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. SHE CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VOICE AND HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED BY OUR SOCIETY. CINI SPENT MANY YEARS AS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. SHE IS AWARE OF THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES THAT GO HAND AND HAND WITH RAISING A FAMILY AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL PRESSURES, ALIENATION...

Charlie's self-esteem began to unravel when he was diagnosed with a rare eye disorder in third grade. He would never fly in a jet fighter as he had imagined. He'd never race a car and see the checkered flag wave. He couldn't go to college because he wasn't smart enough. At least, that's what his teachers said. Only an unusually cruel God would destroy a little boy's dreams by making him defective....

After a severe medical encounter that resulted in an opioid use disorder, her life was completely rocked a few years later. After that, she had five years of first-hand exposure to the effects of addiction and how the criminal justice system dealt with them. Angela's goal as End It For Good's director of outreach is to promote inclusive community engagement. This covers a wide range of activities,...

Jordan Goldberg, a recovery support specialist, talks harm reduction and medicated-assisted treatment. ----Across the Web---- 🌎 CCAR Website https://www.ccar.us ✉️ Donate: https://ccar.us/donate/ 🎙Recovery Matters Podcast (Apple Music): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎙Recovery Matters Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/1wGUMMO... 🗣Recovery Matters Podcast TikTok https://ww...

Joe Powell was surrounded by an addiction-filled world from a young age. He was born and raised in Harlem, New York. Joe recalls that his parents had eight children—seven boys and one girl. All of them worked as performers. He recall tap dancing with The Jackson 5, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra. When he was four years old, he appeared on television. The Ted Mack Amateur Hour was a program tha...

In the realm of recovery, Ashley has both professional and personal experience. Ashley started her road toward substance use recovery when she was 21 years old. She has now been sober for 7 years. At Colorado State University, Ashley created and launched a Collegiate Recovery Program in 2016, which assisted hundreds of students in beginning a life of recovery. Additionally, she has professional ex...

Liberation Programs' president and chief executive officer, John Hamilton, is a nationally renowned authority in the field of addiction treatment and prevention and brings three decades of experience to his position. John serves on the Governors Alcohol and Drug Policy Council and chairs the advisory board for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). ----Across t...

Jesse Heffernan specializes in long-term rehabilitation from drug and alcohol usage as well as mental health issues. In his early career, he organized activities and events supporting substance use recovery, statewide conventions, recovery meetings held in jails and institutions, and the first youth-focused recovery support group in Wisconsin. He trained hundreds of coaches across the United State...

The award-winning podcast Beauty in the Grit was started by Ariel "Air" Britt. She is a gifted public speaker who has a strong sense of duty to others. Her career has largely been devoted to creating preventative, intervention, and rehabilitation support services for children and young people. She also worked at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as a political appointee for th...

Lisa began her career as an art therapist but, against her will, found herself being drawn into working with two populations: adolescents and those with substance use disorders. Today, Lisa is the executive director of Friends of Recovery Westchester. Lisa continues to support further development in the field of substance use disorders and believes that creativity and art are pathways to healing -...

Since December 27, 1997, Nell Hurley has been in recovery from addiction. Nell integrates fitness and life coaching with other recovery support techniques to assist people in overcoming substance use difficulties. She is a qualified personal trainer, life coach, and recovery coach. ----Across the Web---- 🌎 CCAR Website https://www.ccar.us ✉️ Donate: https://ccar.us/donate/ 🎙Recovery Matters Podca...

Detroit native Andre L. Johnson serves as president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Recovery Project, a multi-service organization that offers a wide range of support services to the city's recovery population. These services include GED preparation, 12-step support groups, housing assistance, help with job readiness and employment, and HIV counseling and testing. In order to decrease r...

Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation, is the President and Founder of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian non-profit organization, located in Colorado Springs, CO. Don originally set out to raise awareness and treat alcoholism among Indian youth on the reservations. After studying the underlying causes of alcoholism, White Bison’s mission expanded to include drug addiction, dysfunctional families and rela...

Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation, is the President and Founder of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian non-profit organization, located in Colorado Springs, CO. Don originally set out to raise awareness and treat alcoholism among Indian youth on the reservations. After studying the underlying causes of alcoholism, White Bison’s mission expanded to include drug addiction, dysfunctional families and rela...

Recovery Matters Podcast 6-14-22 Sandy: Hi, honey. It's just the two of us this morning. Phil: Does that frighten you? Sandy: No. Phil: Oh, good. Sandy: You don't scare me anymore Phil: anymore? I don't think you scare me anymore. Cause you don't have your big corporate office where you used to scare me. Sandy: I know. That was really surprising back then. Phil: Yeah. Well you became like a new pe...

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* Liz was introduced to cocaine at 16 * Her father put her up for adoption * Endured a lot of abuse * At 17 she connected with a 40 year old drug supplier who introduced her to cocaine * Her cocaine use got so bad that her eyes, nose and ears doctor had to intervine with emergency surgery…she continued using after that * Kept up a job and was all liked there until people started suspecting drug us...

Craig’s alcohol consumption ramped up when he lost both his parents. Additionally, his relationship with his son's mother wasn't going so great. He worked a lot of hours, which also didn't help him with his addiction. Often times he felt like he had no one to talk to, and became somewhat isolated. He hid his addiction well. No one really knew he had a problem. One day during rehab, he started to r...

Keith Sawyer, now part of CCAR's Board of Directors, is a longtime CCAR volunteer and a person in recovery. Keith also works as a Recovery Support Specialist. He sits down to have a chat with this week's guest host Michael Serrano. ----Across the Web---- 🌎 CCAR Website https://www.ccar.us ✉️ Donate: https://ccar.us/donate/ 🎙Recovery Matters Podcast (Apple Music): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

When visiting his dad in California at the age of 8, he was given an alcoholic beverage for the first time. That became a life altering moment for him. In his early 20's he had a traumatic experience that accelerated his overall alcohol consumption. There was a point in time where he went into rehab 12 times in 10 months! After a motor vehicle accident (while under the influence) left him in the h...

Lisa’s son Jordan struggled with the disease of addiction. The disease ultimately took his life. His two younger brothers found his body inside the family minivan in the driveway of their home. It was Jordan's hope that he could heal from addiction and help others fighting the disease. Lisa made a promise to him that she would keep fighting to save other individuals and families from this horrible...

Dennis Berry is a Life Mastery Coach and has been working with people worldwide for over 15 years. He has been sober since April 8, 2003 during which time he became a successful businessman, athlete, and family man. His journey in recovery helped him find his mission in life, which is to help others achieve inner peace and success, and master every area of their lives. Dennis knows what it is like...

President/CEO Woman for Sobriety Adrienne Miller and former Administrative Law Judge Mary Beth O’Connor of LifeRing Secular Recovery & She Recovers Foundation join us on this week’s Recovery Matters podcast! In August 2020, Mary Beth had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, I Beat Addiction without God, where she described building a personal recovery plan by combining ideas from various...

Barbara McLane, a person in recovery, photographer and author of her upcoming book “Blessed Not Bitter” joins us this week on the Recovery Matters! podcast where she shares her incredible journey to finding her birth mother and siblings after being separated from them at a very young age. Spiritual alignment as she refers to it. ----Across the Web---- 🌎 CCAR Website https://www.ccar.us ✉️ Donate:...

CCAR Virtual Production Team Manager Travis Caouette talks about his struggles with mental health and the multiple pathways he took to manage the thoughts he constantly wrestled with since childhood. ----Across the Web---- 🌎 CCAR Website https://www.ccar.us ✉️ Donate: https://ccar.us/donate/ 🎙Recovery Matters Podcast (Apple Music): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎙Recovery Matters Podcas...