The Recovery Hub Podcast - Life After Addiction

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 9: Methadone Madness In the final episode of the series, Marcus and Alex sit down with a man navigating one of the most difficult transitions of his recovery so far. Due to prison protocols, he’s being forced off various medications and being made to switch to using methadone, even though he was already stabilised on the othe...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 8: 24-Hour Job Sam sits down with one man whose journey through addiction began long before he made any choices of his own. Born to parents addicted to opiates, and raised in the care system, he shares how those early experiences shaped his path into addiction and led to multiple prison sentences. Now, with release on the hor...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 7: Freedom to Recover In this heartfelt episode, Lucke sits down with Chris and Luke — two men facing the pain of the present while holding on to hope for what’s next. Chris is preparing for release and a place in rehab, navigating a wave of negative thinking stirred up by the low morale around him — but he’s holding steady,...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 6: Same Old Story Marcus hosts this conversation with Sten, Brendan, and Jimmy — three men reflecting on the past and committing to change. There are some unexpected connections: Marcus finds on the recovery wing Sten, a friend from when he was outside and in recovery over in Bangor. Marcus also realises he once used drugs wi...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 5: Transfers and Transformations Hosts Lucke, Alex, and Sam sit down with Adam and Macauley — two men navigating recovery and growth from inside HMP Berwyn. Adam is preparing for release, with one thing on his mind: reconnecting with his daughter. Macauley speaks bravely about what it’s like to live with autism in a prison en...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 4: Inside Out In this episode, Marcus sits down with Jamie — a familiar face he’s seen on the streets of Wrexham over the years. Jamie speaks openly about how he doesn’t see himself living a life of total abstinence — but that doesn’t mean he’s standing still. He’s now on the recovery wing at HMP Berwyn, making positive steps...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 3: Finding Recovery Wings Today we welcome back a familiar voice: Alex, who now returns not as a guest, but as a guest host. She sits down with a group of men in recovery at HMP Berwyn, including one who’s newly arrived on the recovery wing. He shares his remarkable story — from spending six years in an Ecuadorian prison for...

🎙️ The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition An Inside Job - Episode 2: Heroine Guest host Manney sits down with two men currently serving time in HMP Berwyn to speak openly about heroin use, grief, and the long road to recovery. One man shares how, after the loss of his daughter, he turned to heroin to escape the pain — a path that led him to prison, where he nearly lost his life to a fentany...

🎙️ Introducing: The Recovery Hub Podcast – HMP Berwyn Edition Today we launch a rare and unique new series: The Recovery Hub Podcast – An Inside Job. In this special edition, the Eternal team sits down with men in recovery currently serving time in HMP Berwyn . These raw and honest conversations explore how they got to where they are, what led them to choose recovery, and how they stay clean behin...

🎧 Families Recover Too – Episode 6: Jamie Welcome back to Families Recover Too — a podcast by Eternal Media, giving voice to those affected by a loved one’s addiction. In this final episode of the series, Jamie sits down with Caitlin , who returns as host. Jamie shares his story of loss and recovery — having lost both of his parents at a young age, and how that pain shaped his early life. But it...

🎧 Families Recover Too – Episode 5: Sarah Welcome back to Families Recover Too — the podcast by Eternal Media that gives voice to those affected by a loved one’s addiction. This episode was recorded on location at Archway Recovery in Rhyl , a powerful peer-led recovery group we visited during one of their weekly gatherings. Our guest is Sarah , who speaks about her experience as the wife of Danny...

🎧 Families Recover Too – Episode 4: Richard Welcome back to Families Recover Too — a podcast by Eternal Media, giving voice to the loved ones impacted by addiction. In this episode, Richard joins us to speak about his best friend, Carrie , who struggled with addiction up until the point she tragically took her own life. Richard has spent most of his life on the edges of addiction , witnessing it...

Welcome back to Families Recover Too — the podcast by Eternal Media that gives voice to those affected by a loved one’s addiction. In this episode, we’re joined by guest host Manney , who brings along warmth, brilliant presence to the mic, and insights from his own experience of addiction and recovery. Our guest today is Saffron , who has lived through addiction across generations . She grew up ar...

🎧 Families Recover Too – Episode 2: Nicky Welcome back to Families Recover Too — a podcast by Eternal Media, giving voice to the loved ones affected by addiction. In this episode, we’re joined by Nicky , who returns to the podcast — this time not to speak about his own recovery, but about his son , who is currently in active addiction. Nicky has over a decade of recovery behind him and now works...

🎧 Families Recover Too - Episode 1: Lowri & Kelly Welcome to another new series from Eternal Media — Families Recover Too . This podcast is dedicated to giving a voice to the loved ones of people affected by addiction. These are the stories of parents, partners, siblings and children — people whose lives have been changed by someone else’s addiction. To open the series, we welcome back Lowri...

Welcome to the final episode of Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. After time to reflect on the powerful conversations they recorded, the Knowing The Score team — Marcus and Lucke from Eternal Media , and the crew from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future — come together for one final episode. They look back on what they learned, what...

Welcome back to Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. In this episode, Lucke from Eternal joins Emma, Lucja & Arlo from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future to speak with Ian who is in recovery from cocaine. Ian grew up in a bubble. But when adulthood hit — with work, pressure, and fatherhood — cocaine became his way of coping. It kep...

Welcome back to Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. In this episode, Marcus from Eternal joins Ffion, Josh & Amanda from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future to speak with Zoe who is over 10 years into recovery from 28 years of addiction to heroin. “When I hear the word addiction, what I hear now is: escape”. Zoe used heroin to esca...

Knowing The Score #4 Ross Welcome back to Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. In this episode, Lucke from Eternal joins Kris, Ryan & Arlo from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future to speak with Ross who is in recovery primarily from alcohol. Ross is a charismatic, entertaining self-described extrovert who breaks the stereotype. He h...

Welcome back to Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. In this episode, Lucke from Eternal joins Levi & Josh from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future to speak with Alex , who opens up about how adverse childhood experiences set her on a path to addiction. Alex’s story hits hard. What shocked Levi and Josh most was how alcohol — often...

Welcome back to Knowing The Score — drugs & alcohol education from the experts: people in recovery from addiction. In this episode, Marcus from Eternal sits down with Macy, Ffion & Karlos from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future to speak with Lowri , a young woman in recovery from ketamine, benzos, cocaine and alcohol . Lowri’s story is intense — her addiction began young and progressed fast....

Welcome to Knowing The Score — drugs education from the real experts: people in recovery from addiction. In our first episode, Ryan and Carlos from Meddwl Ymlaen – Mind Our Future take on Eternal’s own Marcus , who opens up about going from being “cool in school” and experimenting with drugs to spending 25 years addicted to heroin and living homeless . 🎙️ This is a raw, honest conversation that do...

🎙️ 🌟 When some of our friends popped in for an Eternal Recovery Hub Special with Prof David Clark Prof Wulf Livingston Alexandra Magson Tony Ormond sharing our experiences of addiction, treatment and recovery from very different perspectives. This is an extremely candid and fascinating conversation which among other eye-openers, blows the lid off pharma treating addiction as a very modest expert...

In the final episode of Season 1 of The Recovery Hub Podcast, Caitlin speaks with Rachel about her life growing up in an abusive family, how drugs helped her escape, to then how it led to addiction that put her through even more suffering for years. She also shares her experience of struggling with developing relationships with people in active addiction and how it affects her recovery. To learn m...

Caitlin speaks to Ade today. Ade talks about his life in addiction, what works for him in his recovery and shares his views on how those who share the same experiences are the best people for supporting those in recovery. He also gives advice to how those in fellowship meetings with more clean/sober time can avoid discouraging people early in their recovery journeys. To learn more about Eternal Me...