Recovery Revolution Live

An open discussion with JR Weaver, Ashley Grimes and Brett Morris, with a guest appearance by Amanda Mast from WakeUP Carolina.

Growing up, Marshall tried to find his identity through a life of crime. His parents, both addicts, were never really in his life, and he was raised by his grandparents instead. “I hated the system. I hated addicts. I hated drug dealers. I hated everybody. And I had no control growing up,” Marshall says. “So we robbed drug dealers. We thought we were doing it for a righteous reason, right? No, it...

Alex is the Co-founding Executive Director & Chief Vision Officer of Of Substance. Having survived addiction, Alex considers himself living proof that by changing your relationship with struggle, you can build the life you envision. Now, he supports others in doing the same. In his early 20’s, Alex started a promising acting career in Manhattan while bartending at night to get by. The unexpect...

TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, inspirational speaker, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless people through his simple, yet powerful teachings. He is the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, which is a groundbreaking and effective approach to viewing and treating addiction. TJ is a featured thought-leader on wholehearted.org along with...

Reggie Davis worked as a Paramedic for 33 years, and simultaneously completed a 29-year Air Force Reserve military career, allowing him to retire at the rank of Chief Master Sergeant in 2008. He has come to realize he had only saved several lives as a hands-on lifesaver, but possibly hundreds more by sharing his personal experiences as a student and graduate of The School of Hard Knocks. His life...

Curtis here from The Sober. An app that provides resources for those in recovery. Think of Netflix meets Masterclass, but sobriety-based. We bring together all the resources already out there and combine them with new fresh, engaging and educational content to show our members that there is more than one way to recover, but more importantly, how to enjoy life after recovery. Instagram | thesober.p...

After 27 years of addiction to alcohol and drugs, suicide attempts and legal trouble Tim finally had had enough! Tim finally found hope and the courage to get the help he so desperately needed to save his life. Today Tim has 1 year clean and sober and his life has changed more then he could have ever imagined. He would not change the path he had to go down because it has made him the man he has al...

Chris Thompson is a serial entrepreneur, and a human who has embraced the comeback story of a life in recovery. As someone who knows how dark the path of addiction can take us, Chris founded Sober Sidekick in 2018 to help as many people as possible to start and maintain their own comeback stories. Since that time, Sober Sidekick has grown to almost 100,000 members, with many claiming it saved thei...

Doc Marty has lived many lives within one. From ex-dj-rave star to his own addiction struggles to recovery full circle; giving back, living dreams, going to school, becoming a licensed psychologist, directing and developing treatment services, and starting a business with a book on the way. He draws from his own experience immersed in recovery communities for the past 17 years. One of the many gif...

Donald McDonald is a person thriving in recovery from severe mental & substance use disorders since 2004. Donald’s background includes being a consumer of behavioral health services, provider of treatment & recovery support services in multiple settings, health policy advocate, and Recovery Community leader. Previously, Donald served as the National Field Director of Faces & Voices of...

Bipolar Barbie is an Australian Artist, Author and Motivational Speaker. she is committed to changing the face of Mental Health. She aims to abolish the stigma surrounding Mental Health, leading by example, sharing her journey with Mental Illness. She hopes to make others feel less alone as they experience her creative take on living with Mental Illness. She hopes to inspire change and encourage o...

This is Jason Rudeen, I co host The Way Out Podcast and I'm a person in long term recovery. What that means for me is that I haven't felt the need to touch a drink or a drug since 7/23/2016. My DOC was... well anything! I guess meth was my kryptonite. I support all pathways to recovery. I was a buffet style user so I work my recovery the same way. I draw from many different sources in my own recov...

Hi. I'm Mike Paddleford, and I Recover Loud! In 2002, an injury at work took me down a road I never imagined I'd ever be on. What I saw as a way to earn some extra money each month, opiates became my addiction, and it cost me more than I could have ever earned. Over the next 16 years, I lost everything I had ever worked for; my money, my family, and almost my life. On Nov 3, 2018, my wife and I, b...

Leonard Buschel is an American publisher, substance abuse counselor and co-founder of Writers in Treatment , which supports recovery and the arts, and executive director of REEL Recovery Film Festival , focusing on stories of addiction and recovery. HIGH: Confessions of a Cannabis Addict The Drunken Worm Podcast | Recovery Survey

Kevin Barhydt is the author of Dear Stephen Michael’s Mother. Abandoned by his mother at birth, Kevin was enveloped in a labyrinth of adoption, addiction, and child sexual abuse. By age 20, a shell of the boy he once was, Kevin succumbed completely to a suicidal lifestyle of drug dealing and prostitution. At 45, after many years of recovery, Kevin began a painful journey to uncover his origins, an...

J. Maxwell is a recovering addict and published poet of the book "Sober Thoughts from the Crazy House," which depicts his struggles with mental illness and addiction and his road to recovery. He was originally born in Bellevue, WA, and raised in Las Vegas, NV. He started his struggle with addiction when he went to school for a degree in Creative Writing and Philosophy in Reno, NV. His ad...

Zachary Small is a 34 years old, married to high school sweetheart, father of 2, Navy Veteran of 8 years with 2 deployments. He has 1.5 years sober after 20 years binge drinking (13-33 yrs old). He founded  TheFamilyAlpha.com  in 2015 and it includes a blog, YouTube, & Podcast. He also founded  ForebearClothingCo.com , a Family focused clothing brand in 2020. He is the owner of  FraternityofEx...

Matthew is a powerful recovery activist who had a dream of opening a sober living program to give back what was so freely given to him in early recovery. He is the Founder and Director of Operations for Learn to Live Recovery LLC which is that dream. Matthew graduated with his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUe) in May 2019. While attending...

Carl is a person in long term recovery who just celebrated 4 years clean. Carl has his own podcast that airs every Friday called, ”The Drunken Worm Podcast”. Carl works in the recovery field and is the clinical supervisor at the House of Acts located in Vallejo, CA. When Carl is not working he enjoys spending time with his boyfriend and having amazing adventures together. Carl is also an avid golf...

Martha Duke of Recover outloud is a single mother and entrepreneur who found freedom, pride and peace through sobriety. After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of those who were supposed to love her; she changed the narrative and chose to shed the shame and stigma to become a sober mom and activist. Surviving childhood abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence she leads by example in the fact we...

Speaker, Author, and Coach. Nicole is a tenacious woman geared to helping high-achieving women claim their God-given power and destroy their self-destructive thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Nicole has over 12 years of combined experiences in personal growth, and self-leadership development which helped her overcome childhood sexual abuse, binge eating, and break free from toxic relationships. Sh...

David Barnes is the owner of Broken Chains Apparel. The mission is to create inspirational designs to make you proud to have made it through addiction into recovery. Our Inspiration: Our products are inspired by our Friends, Family and Customers testimonies of Recovery. They are creative, high quality products that are designed especially for you. Discover our story and meet the people that make o...

Anna David is the New York Times bestselling author of two novels and six non- fiction books. She’s been published in the New York Times, Time, LA Times, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Vice, Cosmo, The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Salon, among many others, written about in Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entrepreneur, Allure and Women’s Health and has appeared repeatedly on Today, The Talk, Good Morning Am...

JoAnna Vance, Advocate and Organizer, is a person in long term Recovery from SUD. WV State Organizer for the Recovery Advocacy Project and Recovery Fellow for the American Friends Service Committee. Recovery Advocacy Project

Sophie is an Addiction Recovery Coach and, separately, a Brand Strategist. Having grown up in Switzerland and the UK, Sophie now lives in Australia and works with clients worldwide. She's passionate about helping others strengthen and maintain long-term recovery and owns her own coaching practice, The Wolf You Feed. During her prior 10+ year marketing career with world-class brands, she held a num...