Episodes

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

This is the kickoff of Rise & Grind Recovery Radio with Anthony Alvarado; leading recovery advocate & national speaker.

Annie Highwater joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Annie is the author of Unhooked: A Mother’s Story of Unhitching from the Roller Coaster of Her Son’s Addiction. This memoir follows the experiences of one mother who started her own life in a neglected home and came to realize how those experiences both helped and hindered the hardest, most heartbreaking, yet illuminating changes of her life, her son’s addiction to opiates.

Dr. Christina Delos Reyes discusses how she got into the field of psychiatry and addiction, as well as the severity of opioid addiction from a medical perspective. She is the Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at University Hospital’s Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. As an academic medical center, the hospital is dedicated to educating and training physicians and conducting clinical research.

Jason MacKenzie joins us on The SHAIR Podcast. Jason is a dad, a husband, an author, public speaker. His website: The Book of Open, is geared towards helping men become stronger, wiser, and more courageous fathers.

In Episode 23, Jim talks about how he never felt good enough until he used the 12-Steps to get him through relapse and navigate every day in his personal commitment to doing the next right thing.

Dan discusses his journey from Mormon missionary… to addict …to founder and writer at Keep Hoping People.

The Rise2Recovery podcast is back with Episode 9 featuring Paul Schmitz. Paul is the author of Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up. Paul also writes for Huffington Post and has a great recovery story to share with us.

Esther Nagle joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast.  Esther is the founder of Balance and Breathe Recovery Support through Yoga.  Esther spent most of her adult life living with addiction and mental illness and has come out the other side older, wiser, happier, and free.  She is also the Author of Bent Back into Shape, Beating Addiction through Yoga.

Jerry Craig, the Executive Director of the Summit County Alcohol, Drug, Addiction and Mental Services Board, is working to get Narcan widely distributed in Summit County. He discusses the Summit County Opiate Task Force. Formed in 2014, the task force consists of a group of key individuals and organizations committed to reducing the tragic consequences of opiate abuse through education, collaboration and wise use of available resources.

In Episode 22, Adrian talks about how LGBTQ friendly treatment made him start to accept who he was on the inside, in order to live sober and to the fullest on the outside.

Robert is an author, a writer and a consultant.He was also a dope fiend for many years where he lost everything, jobs, relationships, and his self-respect. Addicted to heroin, heading to prison, suffering from depression and a host of physical ailments, Robert Hammond was literally on death’s door. Writing transformed his life and he has seen it transform the lives of countless others.

Gabrielle “Gaby” Campagna joins us on The SHAIR Podcast.  Gaby was an active alcoholic from age 15 to 36. In 2009, at age 36, her liver and kidneys shut down from drinking vodka heavily for over a year and she slipped into a coma. While Gaby was dying in the ICU from Non-viral hepatitis Alcoholic liver disease her family was told she wasn’t expected to make it. However her Higher Power had different plans for her and she survived, it took her over two years to recover her health back.

Judge Thomas Teodosio runs a compassionate drug court in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas called The Turning Point. He discusses how the special court was founded and the success the court has experienced. Judge Teodosio has been running Summit County’s drug court for the past 8 years.

In Episode 21, Chris talks about his recovery and how he uses his story to offer hope to those who are struggling with addiction today.

Brett Bramble…walking across America for Overdose Awareness in honor of his sister, Brittany.

In Part 2 of Episode 20, Jimmy shares the emotional conclusion to his story of addiction, getting into treatment, and about how treatment has brought him much closer to his family, especially his son.

The suboxone program of First Choice Community Healthcare (FCCH) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has seen great success over the past few years. Minda Jaramillo, Director of Behavioral Health at FCCH, discusses the program and how it uniquely treats opioid addicts.

Keith Campbell joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. Keith has a thriving Facebook Group called Sober and Serious with over 3,700 active members.  This is a group for people who are Serious about their recovery and striving to be a better people every day!

In Part 1 of Episode 20, Jimmy shares the first part of his story of the negative effects that substance abuse had on his work and life, and getting into treatment to be the best he can be.