On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast Arielle Spanvill now 6 years clean and sober takes us through her horrific battle with drugs and alcohol.  She started at the age of 12 years old getting high on cough syrup with codeine and quickly turned to narcotic pain relievers when her father passed away.  This was the catalyst for Arielle to completely disconnect from reality and her addiction began to unfold.

During high school around the age of 17 her anger and bitterness about her father’s death escalated and Arielle was soon experimenting with opiates, smoking weed and drinking alcohol as coping mechanisms.

During college she falls in love with a drug dealing ex-con and starts abusing oxytocin and crystal meth.  It was in this moment that her life completely spirals out of control until she ends up in jail and is introduced to recovery for the first time and her journey into recovery begins.

Today Arielle is a graduate of University of Utah with a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is invited to the White House to share her story.  Her story is nothing short of a miracle, you don’t want to miss this episode.