Voices In Recovery Podcast

Our guest this week, Riaz stopped by and shares his story. He spoke of being  adopted from India and how grateful he is to have been brought to Canada. He spent a good deal of time working in the restaurant industry where he noted that his drinking and using became more of a lifestyle of necessity. At one time he went to university for culinary arts and ended up dropping out due to his addiction....

This week Vince stops by and shares his difficult journey into recovery. He talks about how important the music industry is for him and his journey of sobriety. To say he survived some difficult times throughout his life, is an understatement. Thank you Vince! Please check out Vince's music and pages at the following places: on Instagram @the_vinz1   and in Facebook @Vinz Wolvie  On Spotify: No Li...

Wow! I am so grateful to have been able to sit down with this week's guest, Dee. We definitely go back a fair ways in our recovery journeys and it was a pleasure to sit a chat. She has been through so many things, but it's best I leave that to her! It was a lot of fun seeing you Dee! Thank you for sharing your experience, strength and hope with all of us. We appreciate you and your courage to be v...

This week's guest, Robbie stops by and shares his story. From early coping with grief and loss, which taught him to turtle inside himself - to a world where he values his life and those helpful, loving humans who surround him now. Thank you Robbie for your experience, strength and hope!

This week Darcy and I sit down and talk about several things fluttering around our minds. Sitting and talking about what is happening on our planet can be heavy considering how dire it is for so many humans at this very moment. It's a mad world out there so we need to do better in our own little universes to spread whatever goodness we can. In service.

This week's guest is artist, Jeff Burns. He shares his winding journey into, out of, and thankfully back into recovery. Like most of us his path was anything but linear. Recovery has put him in a position that he now lives the life of an artist. He's happy if you want to look him up for any reason and he definitely wants to be of use to others struggling where he he's been.

Stories from survivors and warriors living in the world of recovery. We can and do recover in many different ways and these stories are from incredible humans living their second, third, hundredth lives. Tune in for a laugh, a cry, and some information you may not have had yesterday. For information or support please contact us through www.freedomspathrecoverysociety.ca

This week's guest shares about living with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia and the stigma that is attached to it. We are taken through adolescence into her young adult years where psychosis became the normal reality. How practicing her addiction/self-medicating turned into destructive use, which potentially changed her brain chemistry etc. We are extremely grateful and honored that she shared all she...

Darcy and I sit down for a zoom chat about meditation, the importance of mindful breathing, focusing on yourself, and combining, even short meditations into your current daily practices of recovery, exercise, family, work, and everything else you might do in a day.

This week's guest, Sarah drops by and shares her experience, strength and hope with us. She was raised with recovery on her periphery, as family members were living the life free of substances and in some cases, free of the chaos, which often accompanies substance use. Her life today, in spite of challenges, is one of wellness, recovery, and attempting to be of use through her incredible skills as...

This week Tim and Andrew of "Moving the Mark" addiction services stop by and share their courage, strength and hope with us. Their group specializes in interventions and placing people into treatment as quickly and efficiently as possible. Their services are available across Canada. Tim and Andrew's special relationship with the recovery communities in Calgary and the Okanagan make the transitions...

This week Alisha stops by and shares her experience, strength and hope with us. Her journey takes us through difficult childhood experiences into adulthood. In adolescence, she moved a lot, changing schools frequently and discovered anything that took her away from the pain of home. As she continued to fall deeper and deeper, an accident and an addiction to opiates amongst other drugs; brought her...

This week Rae Ann joins us via Zoom from Washington State. From an abusive childhood, she moved to drinking early in her life to cope with the pain, abuse and confusion that she went through. The downward spiral took her through DUI's, abusing prescription drugs, physical, and mental injuries until finally overdosing and nearly remaining dead. Today she puts more and more energy into her recovery...

Our guest this week, Lana, is a wonderful human and an incredible actor, writer, and playwright. She shares about family and her  life and recovery; as a recovering Christian and an adult child of an alcoholic. Her spirit is electric, wild, contagious, inspiring, and considering her young life; who she is today, is a damn miracle! Thank you Lana; your courage, strength and hope helps many every da...

This week's guest is Clayton and he comes to us via Zoom from somewhere in Alaska! His story takes him all over North America; from California to Alaska, Alberta and back to California again. He survived some incredible things and we are very grateful for that! Thank you for sharing your experience, strength and hope with us Clayton. Keep spreading the message!

This week's guest is Mike D. not to be confused with the other Mike D. from the Beastie Boys. His story is one of survival from one road to another leading up to him getting sober and clean. From the darkness he continues to climb one step at a time putting his energies into staying sober and helping others. He has discovered the beautiful gift of service to others and the freedom it brings as he...

This week our amazing guest, Bethany stops in, sharing her experience strength and hope with us. Bethany approaches recovery from multiple perspectives; she utilizes a twelve step fellowship, yoga, and energy healing techniques to both enhance her recovery and those, whom wish to practice with her. She spoke about coming out of the darkness and insanity of addiction into a life, where she is prese...

This week, our guest, Scooter drops in from the middle of nowhere USA via Zoom. Her story is tragic, there is no doubt, but she perseveres everyday. Since cleaning up she continues to practice a life of service as best she can from wherever she's at. Her recovery journey has been tumultuous at times where more is revealed everyday. We apologize for any sound issues, the internet from the middle of...

This week our friend, Heather L. stops by to share her story of discovery, recovery and healing. She is a strong indigenous woman, a single mother of 4 children, she's studying addiction, and recently created and began facilitating her own recovery program, "Planting Seeds of Change". It is an honour for us to sit with her. I don't know how single parents do it, unless they're super heroes! Thank...

*Explicit content and language warning* **If you are under the age of 18 please consult with your parent or guardian prior to listening or viewing** This week our guest, John Hugger stops by and shares his incredible journey. He talks with us via Zoom from Washington state. I cannot do his story justice, as I cannot imagine surviving what he went through. The depths of his pain equalls the depths...

This week Darcy and I talk about bringing compassion to public services, focussing energies on rehabilitation VS. Prison, and the impact government funding could have on the lives of people struggling before prison is necessary. We also talk about a complete restructuring of our justice system to accommodate the shift in focus. We are encouraged by the movement towards decriminalization even as we...

This week our guest is a long time friend from my California life, Rob. He comes to us via Zoom from Indianapolis! He shares his story of addiction and the winding road he undertook to enter sobriety. He reminded me of many things from when we were young and some of them are not fond memories at all. It is a reminder that no matter where I might find myself today, I have no right to judge anyone a...

This week's guest is Jerad. His story involves developing complex PTSD early due to an incredibly stressful environment. He talks about the ten years spent in active addiction and the damage, which looks like PTSD today, which he now lives with and is learning to treat. He shares how reconnecting with his culture more and more every day helps him find purpose and direction in his daily life. If he...

This week's guest is Cheryl. It was over a year ago when she lost her son Jacob due to a drug overdose. Jacob was a kind, compassionate, and caring man, who found himself fighting an incredible fight for the last few years of his life.  Within Jacob's story is a young man, whom was bullied in school, confused by mental health difficulties, and tortured by a deep pain. Cheryl talked about compassio...

Darcy and I sit down to say goodbye to 2021. A huge thank you to our listeners, viewers, and supporters of all kinds. We are excited to begin another year of incredible stories. To our guests we can't thank you enough for having the courage to be on the show and share yourselves with everyone. You are the reason that we love doing this show so much.