Rise & Grind Recovery Radio e2 – Sexual Assault, Addiction, Prison, and Redemption: Douglas Darby Tells His Story to Help Save Lives

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

• Group conversation with the co-founder ofRiseTogether, Douglas Darby, and founder of Air & Allies, Adam Racette, on how the drug culture has influenced the

  hiphop music scene locally & nationally.

• White House & Addiction Awareness Convo with our friend Veronica Amarante, who is the director of marketing for Life of Purpose, shares the stage at the White House with Grammy Award Winner Macklemore aka Ben Haggerty, & Michael Botticelli, who is the director of the National Drug Control Policy, to discuss solution to the opioid epidemic. The entire panel discussion was even moderated by MTV which sounds like it will be part of a documentary they are putting together!!! You can go to www.whitehouse.gov or MTV News to check out the full story.

• In this first segment we further the conversation in support of addressing the need for a better and more supportive criminal justice reform, the need for big changes in our medical community, and even how much momentum the recover movement is gaining.

• Varying opinions about the medical community – In the panel discussion, Macklemore makes a comment that there needs to be some social responsibility that each person in recovery holds while they are engaged with or receiving care from medical providers in regards tobeopen and honest about their struggles with addiction. The ONDCP director, Michael B., supported the comment in understanding the concern but also pushed back to say that it isn’t our responsibility as a patient to educate our health care professionals on recovery or the disease of addiction for that matter and they actually have more of a responsibility than the patient in providing that info. Rise & Grind discusses their opinions in the first segment.

• The group discusses the greater sense of power and passion that people are starting to have in part because of the great change that is needed here in America. From personal stories of recovery to viable solutions; it is clear that the voice of those in recoveryarestarting to be heard. Change is happening in part because people are continuing to talk about the issues they care about even at places like the White House. But we have to keep the momentum going. Hear the group discuss how we ALL can make that happen.

• Douglas Darby discusses why he has been “MIA” from Facebook & the big changes have happened in his life recently.  Doug discusses his why and tells the world where his passion comes from.  Doug discusses his experience with sexual assault, losing his father, drug abuse, long-term addiction, prison, and how his life almost ended, and gives advice on how to help others that are struggling.

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