Recovery On-Air

Josh Snyder and Greg sit down to talk about the “beauty of desperation” and how service to others can get you out of your head. Josh has been in recovery 8 years and has had various clinical jobs around Crossroads, where he continues to be of service to others. They also talk about how the recovery community and rehabs are saturated with drug addicts, and how it was uncomfortable to navigate that...

Randy Dannheim is an ex-Meth user who hit his bottom and decided to change his life after he was arrested over 26 years ago. Randy talks about, “taking the good stuff” of recovery wherever he can get it. Including Celebrate Recovery, which combines the ideas of Christianity and Recovery and shows parallels between the bible and the 12 steps. Randy has been working for Crossroads for over 20 years...

Andrea Sierra sits down with Greg to talk about some of her experiences that inspired her to help people in recovery. Starting at Crossroads West as an intern, being offered a job at Crossroads and continuing into her work with animal therapy at our Flower facility Andrea has become part of the Crossroads family. Now with a dog named Sammy sleeping under her desk, Andrea continues her education to...

Brandi works for Crossroads as a Peer Mentor, facilitating groups. She is the prime example of how peer driven treatment really works, having gone through Crossroads herself. Brandi found her calling in this field as her enthusiasm and passion, for not only the program, but the Crossroads clients continues to grow. Listen to how this Meth addict and Alcoholic of 35 years, completely and utterly ch...

Greg and Coach Arnie talk about the similarities between physical recovery and substance abuse recovery. How the brain tricks us into denying help and staying in unhealthy patterns. Moreover, the person needing recovery "has to be ready" to accept help and oftentimes this means hitting some sort of bottom. Change is hard but "consistency is key."

Katherine is the founder of Aris, which provides essential goods and services to the homeless population. During the day, she works at General Dynamics as a defense contractor but really found her passion helping others. So much so that she has been dubbed “street mama” by some of her benefactors. Anyone looking to volunteer or practice their 12th step is welcome on Tuesday nights with Aris! “Reco...

Greg and Kim Humphrey of PAL (Parents of Addicted Loved Ones) discuss how PAL is growing across the country as the need for it is growing. PAL facilitates support groups for parents of addicts and alcoholics. From prevention to intervention PAL is providing healthy ways for parents to help loved ones.

Nick Baker is a Bostonian who lost his full ride scholarship to play football after falling into prescription medication. Nick came to Arizona for treatment and never left. He found his purpose by staying busy and staying connected. “Service is where salvation lies.” Nick now works with the Aris Foundation, which feeds the homeless and provides other wonderful services to those in need. Through se...

Crossroads Medical Director Dr. Rick Sloan and Greg talk about a comprehensive approach to substance abuse treatment. From detox to physical and mental health. They also discuss why peer driven treatment at the facilities is so successful. Dr. Sloan found his purpose working in the addiction field, with the Native American population.

Nick Hool of Hoolest and Greg discuss Nick's outstanding technology that could aid in the recovery process. Nick's device stimulates the Vagus Nerve when held up to the neck. This takes individuals who use it out of a fight or flight state, and during early recovery, it's sometimes hard to stay fighting. Nick's tech is already being used at one of the Crossroad's facilitie...

​Episode: #46 of Recovery On-Air Podcast is here! David Cook and Greg talk about his journey from Michigan to Az with his son in tow to “fix” his addiction to heroin, learning his limitations as a father. This took him to form 100 Pedals (his own non-profit) after getting up and riding his bike for 100 days in a row in an effort to cope with what he can and cannot do for his son. Learned to love h...

Host Donna Alexander "passes the mic" to new host Greg Halvorson. Tune in to hear the new intro and Donna's wonderful story. Including finding her passion within the culture at Crossroads, dealing with the grief from losing loved ones, and finding new love and adventures in retirement. She has 14 years in recovery and 12+ years working for Crossroads. She has impacted so many lives...

Charlie Forker has been a community partner and recovery advocate for 20+ years. We discuss life growing up, Charlie's volunteer work with the homeless and how wonderful life has been in recovery. Listen in to hear them joke back and forth and get sincere about what it takes to stay sober. If you see Charlie around Crossroads, say hello and let him know that you enjoyed his podcast

Damian Browning shares his story about hitting bottom in a prison cell, and turning into "Recovery Rambo." Damian was inspired to start Steps to Recovery Homes. These are sober livings that aim to raise the bar on quality of life of addicts. Residents get involved in sponsorship, meetings, service work, and even life coaching. Tune in to hear Damian's inspiring message of resiliency...

Episode: #42 of Recovery On-Air features Coach Carl Hargrave from Fit Four Recovery, a fitness program that the coach takes into recovery centers once or twice a week for an hour. His core belief is that "the body is made to move" and "we play this game of life to win." Like all of us he has a story of his own, he is a former NFL player and coach. He is incredibly motivational...

Donna and Patricia sit down with Earl Goldmann to discuss his newly published memoir 'Intestinal Fortitude'. This is his second memoir, this one composed of a series of vignettes that navigate us through his life experiences involving deaths and healing, depression and alcoholism. It provides us with a roadmap of how he has persevered and leaves a legacy that many of us can relate to.

On this episode we interview Renee Siegel who introduces us to the Enneagram. This is truly a captivating interview. The Enneagram is a personality typing tool that breaks down the patterns of human behavior into nine distinct types. Each type has a specific motivation, along with basic fears, levels of health, and so forth. It’s particularly helpful in showing us our blind spots and coping mechan...

Tara Serrano in another tell us your story episode. Tara tells us a tale of tragedy and a re-occurring theme of 'shame' that began the day of her very first drink and carried on for in many different forms for years. Today she dedicates her service to helping others find sobriety. She chairs meetings, sits on boards and committees and organizes conventions

On this episode Donna and Justin sit down with Jon Moreno from The Barbell Saves Project to share his story and talk about the correlation between a healthy mind and body in recovery. Barbell Saves provides FREE, COMMUNITY focused exercise classes to those in recovery.

On this episode Donna and Dulce chat it up with Patrick Roland "The Sparkle King" to discuss his relationship with grief, his coping skills both in and out of recovery and how he found his calling to help others in addiction manage the events of their own lives.

On this episode Donna and Greg dive into the exploits of "Shoeshine Mike", and although Mike has a very good story to tell, this episode is FUN and exemplifies the idea that sobriety rocks. It’s not often we have to use our MA disclaimer. Joyous and F***ing Free.

This episode, Donna and Ashley chat it up with Ulonda Old Coyote who shares her experience of struggling to fit in as a child, her blurred line of right and wrong and crazy events that would eventually lead to an armed robbery of a bank. She now works in the recovery world and speaks up to educate women about the dangers of drugs and human trafficking

On this episode Donna and Izzie chat with Jashin Howell from The FAM Project Jashin is a Crossroads Alumni from 22 years ago, and he kindly shares his story and his newest endeavor into increasing the connections and strength of familial bonds. His newest project aims to break families away from technology to reinforce the importance that personal parent relationships play a significant role in th...

This episode features a familiar face. Donna and Diana from our last podcast chat with Angy Bombard. Angy takes us through the path of a self-prescribed "teenage gold medal runaway" on her journey down the road of addiction and her victory into recovery with grace and restoration

Diana Peterson from Arizona Flying Dress. Her story is beyond inspiring as she shares of addiction, tragedy and triumph. As owner of Arizona Flying Dress she works with women to make them feel like queens. Equipped with beautiful dresses, professional photography and makeup she empowers women to be their own beacon of strength.