Recovery On-Air

Grief does not follow a schedule, and healing is not something you can simply check off a list. 💛 On this episode of Recovery On Air , host Christin Day welcomes Jaclyn Brown for a real conversation about loss, mental health, advocacy, and learning to stop putting yourself last. After losing her brother, Seth, to an overdose, Jaclyn found herself speaking up—not just about how he died, but about...

Host Christin Day sits down with Durel "Dee" Williams — Air Force veteran, Chandler Fire crisis interventionist, VP of the Mental Health America of Arizona board, and founder of Beautiful Wounds Inc. From losing his father to crack cocaine addiction, to 20 years of military service and 17 connected suicides, to the night he almost didn't make it out — Dee shares the raw truth about...

What does life after addiction look like? For Adam Germroth (@AdamGermroth), it means rebuilding relationships, growing a business, finding purpose in fitness, and helping others see what's possible. In Episode 168 of Recovery On Air, host Christin Day sits down with Adam for an honest conversation about his journey from addiction and incarceration to faith, family, and service. Today, Adam o...

Colby Love once attended a recovery meeting while she was in jail. She didn’t expect the woman speaking that day to have such an impact on her life. Now, Colby and our host, Christin Day, bring recovery meetings into jails to share hope with others. ❤️ In this episode, Colby talks openly about addiction, prison, starting over, and rebuilding her relationship with her daughters. She also shares why...

Host Christin Day sits down with Jaron Stanton for a real conversation about recovery, relapse, treatment, faith, therapy, and finding purpose beyond addiction. Jaron shares openly about his experience with alcohol, early sobriety, relapse, and finally entering treatment. He also discusses the risks of “gray-area” substances such as kratom and kava, and how something that seems harmless can become...

In Episode 165 of Recovery On Air , host Christin Day sits down with Jamie Humphrey for an honest, heartfelt conversation about addiction, relapse, grief, faith, recovery, and the power of being loved through the moments when you cannot yet love yourself. Jamie shares how early experiences of feeling different, disconnected, and unworthy shaped her struggle with substance use. She reflects on trea...

In Episode 164 of Recovery On-Air , host Christin Day sits down with Juan Avalos , founder of Dads Against Bluez , for an honest conversation about addiction, incarceration, fatherhood, faith, grief, and recovery. Juan shares the heartbreaking story behind Dads Against Bluez. He talks about growing up surrounded by addiction and instability, becoming addicted at a young age, spending years in and...

In Episode 163, host Christin Day sits down with Pastor Eric B. for an unfiltered conversation about addiction, incarceration, faith, homelessness, and the power of turning pain into purpose. Originally from Las Vegas, Eric shares how substance use began early, leading to years of street life, violence, incarceration, and homelessness. While in custody, he reached a point of surrender, gave his li...

This Friday on Recovery On Air , host Christin Day sits down with Lindy Somers for a raw, honest, and inspiring conversation about addiction, motherhood, loss, treatment, and the powerful work of rebuilding a life in recovery. Lindy shares her journey from growing up around addiction and becoming a competitive martial artist to struggling with substance use, losing custody of her children, enterin...

In Episode 161 of Recovery On Air , host Christin Day welcomes Mattias and Sofia Voltaire from Sweden for an honest conversation about addiction, recovery, treatment, family, and building a life beyond substance use. Mattias and Sofia share their individual journeys into recovery, how they met through the recovery community, and what treatment and recovery support look like in Sweden compared with...

Transforming a neighborhood starts with people who refuse to give up on it. In Episode 160 of Recovery On Air , Andrea Northup, Assistant Director of State & Community Relations and leader with 27 Collab, shares how a corridor once known as “the Blade” along 27th Avenue in Phoenix is being re‑imagined as a safe, walkable, thriving community. Andrea talks about how Grand Canyon University, chur...

Brother Ray grew up in the rough corridors of Phoenix surrounded by addiction, violence, and instability, with parents cycling in and out of prison and a childhood marked by foster care, chaos, and survival. As a teenager he dropped out of school, started selling meth, and was pulled deeper into the streets, guns, and gang culture that eventually led to an armed robbery case and a multi‑year priso...

In this episode of Recovery On-Air, host Christin Day sits down with David Bock for an honest and inspiring conversation about addiction, recovery, faith, music, and the work of meeting people where they are. David shares his story of growing up with chaos, trauma, and instability, how music became both an escape and a connection point, and how his path through addiction, relapse, rehab, and long-...

In this episode of Recovery On-Air, host Christin Day sits down with therapist and trail runner Karina Chandler for a powerful, honest conversation about childhood trauma, addiction, eating disorders, and what long-term recovery can really look like. Karina shares growing up in a tiny farm town in Oregon, surviving severe childhood sexual abuse, navigating complex PTSD and dissociation, and buildi...

From Foster Care to Freedom: Estil Wallace on Trauma, Faith, and Long Term Sobriety In this episode of Recovery on Air, we sit down with Estil Wallace for a powerful conversation about trauma, faith, and what long term sobriety really looks like. From foster care and generational alcoholism to 22 years clean and sober, Estil shares how God, therapy, and 12 step recovery worked together to change e...

Fentanyl, meth, and ‘gas station heroin’ are changing the drug landscape in Phoenix and across Maricopa County—and too many families are getting blindsided. In this episode, Detective Matt Shay from the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force joins us to expose what’s really on our streets, how cartels are adapting, and why products like kratom and 7-OH being sold in gas stations and smoke sho...

Terry Murphy’s story is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible—no matter how far someone has fallen. From early childhood trauma and addiction at age 12 to overdose, prison, and rebuilding his life, Terry shares how faith, family, and a strong recovery program transformed everything. He opens up about fatherhood, healing, and a life now dedicated to helping others across the world find free...

Wade grew up an upper middle class baseball kid in Minnesota, but after a family divorce and discovering opiates in high school, his life spiraled into heroin addiction. He lost his fiancée, cycled through treatment, detoxes, and homelessness in Arizona, and hit rock bottom both on the streets and later alone in a hotel room with money, a nice job, and everything he thought would make him happy—ye...

Recovery on Air presents a Phoenix native who went from crack cocaine at 13, prison at 23, and IV meth addiction to 16+ years of sobriety through faith in God. After losing his baby brother to SIDS and growing up surrounded by addiction, Michael’s life spiraled until a 2009 arrest became his wake-up call. Through Crossroads treatment center, a sponsor who kicked him out but still worked the steps...

In this powerful episode, Shannon Lee Hayes gets brutally honest about her journey through alcoholism and drug addiction, from shoplifting on graduation day and getting a DUI to losing custody of her kids, cycling through abusive relationships, and ending up in a trap house before drug court and treatment gave her another chance at life. She shares how sending each child to different caregivers br...

Lee Begay was a loving mom and successful dental professional whose life slowly unraveled as alcohol and drugs took over. What began as “just having fun” turned into DUIs, domestic violence, meth and heroin, trap houses, and the heartbreaking decision to let others raise her children so they could be safe. Through drug court, treatment, deep honesty with her sponsor, and a growing relationship wit...

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Lee Yaiva, a proud Hopi leader from the Village of Soongopavi, who shares his journey from homelessness and substance abuse to becoming a nationally recognized CEO and advocate. Grounded in his identity and driven by purpose, Lee speaks openly about overcoming struggle, breaking cycles, and creating pathways to healing for Native communities. Now leading...

In Episode 148 of Recovery On-Air, Jared Blaine shares how he rebuilt his life by turning pain into purpose through music and the freedom of the open road. What began as a struggle with sobriety became a powerful journey of healing, where writing music and riding motorcycles gave him a new way to cope, connect, and stay grounded. Now involved in Celebrate Recovery and riding with the AZ Misfits mo...

In this episode of Recovery On-Air, host Christin Day sits down with Barbara Brown, publisher of Together AZ, a monthly newspaper dedicated to connecting people with recovery resources across Arizona. Since its launch in 1991, when addiction and mental health were rarely talked about openly, Together AZ has worked to break stigma and provide hope to those struggling in silence. With 33 years in re...

In this episode of Recovery On-Air, host Christin Day sits down with Marci Cagen, whose journey is a powerful story of redemption and spiritual transformation. After escaping addiction and an abusive relationship in her early twenties, Marci made the courageous choice to seek help — a decision that changed her life forever. Through recovery, faith, and spiritual practices, she turned her pain into...