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Hard Knox Talks: Your Addiction Podcast

314 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratings

Inspiring sobriety stories and real talk about all things substance use. Stay up to date on upcoming streams, get on our email list, shop our store, and more at www.hardknoxtalks.com

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Influencing Substance Use w/guest, Bohdan Lopatnyuk.

September 14, 2022 20:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us each week for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, Bohdan Lopatnyuk. Bohdan is a mechanical engineer here in Canada. Fentanyl brought him to his knees but that's not the whole story. Tune in this week live and interactive to hear the rest. We'll talk about what he was like, what happened, and how he is giving back today with his organization "Touched by Addiction." He has also provided aid, amongst other th...

Influencing Substance Use w/guest, Kim Bellas

September 08, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us every Tuesday for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, Sober is the new cool creator, Kim Bellas. "My son's doctor said he could have 2 drinks with his medication, But I saw the writing on the wall." Kim's son has epilepsy, and drinking wasn't doing him any favors. "I quit to show him it was possible to be happy without alcohol. The first 6 months were for him, but then I realized I preferred a life without a...

Influencing Substance Use w/guest, Mark Meincke

September 06, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us live and interactive every Sunday evening for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, creator, and host of Operation Tango Romeo, the Trauma Recovery Podcast Podcast, Mark E. Meincke. "I was hesitant to attend in-person peer support. But, the fella who invited me was persuasive, and I’m glad he was. In time, I became the Peer Support facilitator. The Canadian Department of National Defense provided me with the tr...

Influencing Addiction w/guest, Natalie Vecchione.

September 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us live every week for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, Natalie Vecchione. Natalie is an FASD parent advocate, author, and host of the long-running podcast FASD Hope. With 19 years of lived experience in not only parenting children with FASD, but homeschooling them as well, Natalie is a warrior, don't let the kind face fool you. And she is joining us live to share with us what she has learned, and the resou...

Influencing Substance Use w/guest, Angie Staines. Phoenix Fire Ep. 24

September 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us every week for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, Angie Staines. Angie has a son who uses substances, she also does outreach on the streets of Edmonton, AB caring for people who use drugs. On one instance she came across a man who was overdosing. The man was her son. Join us this week and listen to Angie tell her story about living with a loved one who uses drugs and how she is advocating for a safer way th...

Influencing Addiction Live w/guest, Chris Sanderson.

August 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. From the UK, Chris was recently told he has stage 4 cancer. As a person in recovery, he understands the life-saving power of story. So with uncertainty in his future and peace in his heart, he is stepping forward to share his journey. Maybe he can influence one person. That is his hope. We are humbled and honored to have been chosen as a platform to share the life and times, so far, of Chris Sanderson. Love what we do? Click the link to see everything we have t...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Lisa Teichroeb. Phoenix Fire Ep. 23

August 27, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us every Tuesday evening for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This weeks guest, Lisa Teichroeb. Lisa hit her rock bottom after 27 years of service as a registered nurse here in Saskatchewan. She is not practicing currently due to the consequences of her alcoholism, But Lisa's story isn't over yet. She is healing and bringing her message to the world. So If you want to be inspired by a rise from the ashes in real time then don...

Addiction Success Stories Live w/guest, Jamie Tall

August 24, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us every week live and interactive for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest, rising social media influencer and person in recovery, Jamie Tall. Love what we do? Click the link to see everything we have to offer! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and hel...

Family Addiction Story w/guest, Ronni Nordal. Phoenix Fire Ep. 20

August 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check us out this week with Ronni Nordal's story of codependency and how she coped and overcame her struggles to the productive life she has today. Love what we do? Check out everything we have to offer, click the link! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep this train on the tracks! Check...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Justin McPadden

August 16, 2022 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check us out live and interactive every week for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. This week's guest is a person in recovery and the creator/host of the live streaming talks show The Hope Shot, Justin McPadden. Love what we do? Click the link to see everything we have to offer https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap ...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Lucien Broste

August 16, 2022 16:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Is "Clean and Sober" a chemical designation, or a lifestyle choice? Frontman of the Saskatoon-based rock band Truth and Agony, Lucien Broste, has some strong opinions and a wild story to back them up. Check us out this week and listen to Lucien #takeofftheblinders around how he found a safer way through suboxone, and how he lives a safer way by knowing what he can, and what he can't do. And staying true to that. Perhaps abstinence isn't for everyone so bring your...

Addiction Advocacy w/guest, Reporter Zak Vescera. Phoenix Fire Episode 19.

August 11, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

Send us a Text Message. Zak is a reporter at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, where he's been covering Saskatchewan's overdose crisis since 2019. He began reporting on drug policy at his student newspaper before a stint covering Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for The Vancouver Sun and The Province. He cares deeply about the social and economic roots of substance use, including trauma, poverty and inadequate housing, which he wrote on in a seven-part series called Trapped. HIs reporting has won...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Brittany Stockley. Phoenix Fire Ep. 18

August 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join us every week live and interactive for inspiring stories and real talk about all things substance use. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep this train on the tracks! Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hardknoxtalks

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Sarah Laurel

August 05, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MB

Savage Sisters founder and Executive Director, Sarah Laurel, created Savage Sisters and its programming after she overcame her traumatic battle with Substance Use Disorder and homelessness. After years of being shuffled through the system, she found herself in a wheelchair and once again being offered substandard care. What began as a desire to have one safe home for a couple of women grew organically over the past five years. Today Savage Sisters has six houses, weekly street-based outre...

Savage Sisters founder, Sarah Laurel, shares her story.

August 05, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. Savage Sisters founder and Executive Director, Sarah Laurel, created Savage Sisters and its programming after she overcame her traumatic battle with Substance Use Disorder and homelessness. After years of being shuffled through the system, she found herself in a wheelchair and once again being offered substandard care. What began as a desire to have one safe home for a couple of women grew organically over the past five years. Today Savage Sisters has six houses, ...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Film Director Philip A. McCarthy.

August 04, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check us out live every Sunday night for inspiring stories of overcoming addiction and finding a safer way to live! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Love what we do? Tell your friends, share this with your community, tie a message to a pigeon, send out smoke signals we don't care how you do it as long as we keep gettin' louder! #inspiration #motivation #hope Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something fr...

Addiction Success Stories w/guest, Philip Cargill

August 03, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks Philip grew up in an Irish Catholic home. He started drinking in the 5th grade. by 14 he was drinking with college kids. Fast forward to 7 years ago... "I Did 2 8 balls a night for a month and still continued to drink at a extremely high level. I was covering up the pain. But what pa...

A Story of Surviving the Chaos of Addiction in The Family.

July 29, 2022 15:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Patricia is no stranger to the ravages of substance use disorders and gang life. She has lost 12 family members, most recently as 2 years ago. She felt helpless and hopeless as she watched one of her children fall into the life: "When your child is on the streets and using, you internalize it and put all the blame on yourself and you don't understand how it rewires the child's brain. I had to relearn how to parent and give up the role of mom and realize that I wasn'...

The Front Line: Harm Reduction Interview with Canadian Advocate, Ronnie Grigg.

July 23, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click here to start exploring. “I was working at Insite, Vancouver’s only safe consumption site, the day black market fentanyl hit the streets.” Ronnie has been on the front line of the drug war for many years. “We know what needs to be done to bring overdose deaths down to almost zero, but we aren’t being heard.” With his own story to tell, he us...

Interview with Person In Recovery Chalie Benoit

July 19, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. We had an extremely last minute cancelation so everyone please say thank you to Chalie for dropping everything to share his story with us tonight! -------------------------- Love what we do here? You can show your support for only $6.49 CAD/month. Click the link, cancel anytime! https://www.facebook.com/becomesupporter/hardknoxtalks/ Support the Show. We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HERE Are you getting something from our content? Tap her...

Roe v. Wade: Dr. Craig Swainey Speaks Up.

July 16, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. “This is going to cause a lot of trauma, no doubt about it. We're going to see a big increase in suicides” Dr. Swainey is the Medical Director of a renowned Addiction treatment facility. He also oversees 2 methadone clinics in the Richmond Virginia area. “How is being born into a world with parents that aren’t prepared to be parents, not traumatic?” Join us this week and listen to Craig #takeofftheblinders about how he feels the Roe v. Wade ruling will affect the ...

Reality Check: Addiction Interview With FASD Expert, Robbie Seale. Phoenix Fire Ep. 17

July 14, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. Robbie is a mother of 4, 3 of whom are adopted and diagnosed with FASD, is an educator on the topic and host of the FASD Family Life Podcast. I thought I had some idea about FASD but when we spoke, she hit me with some facts that made me take a step back and rethink and question things: Did you know: - roughly 1 in 25 in general population of those incarcerated have FASD markers - and according to Robbie, that is a highly conservative number. - highest risk for e...

Reality Check: Addiction Interview With FASD Expert, Robbie Seale. Phoenix Fire.

July 14, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MB

Robbie is a mother of 4, 3 of whom are adopted and diagnosed with FASD, is an educator on the topic and host of the FASD Family Life Podcast. I thought I had some idea about FASD but when we spoke, she hit me with some facts that made me take a step back and rethink and question things: Did you know: - roughly 1 in 25 in general population of those incarcerated have FASD markers - and according to Robbie, that is a highly conservative number. - highest risk for exposing a fetus are women...

Clean and Sober That's What's Up: Motivational Recovery Speaker, Dru Hicks.

July 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB

Send us a Text Message.  Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. Click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ------------------------------------------------------ "I’ve dedicated my life to helping our sick and suffering brothers and sisters! Together we can walk a different path and together we no longer have to sit in the darkness alone." Join us this week to hear Dru #takeofftheblinder...

A Message of Hope: Addiction Education with Albertus Project founder, Alex Colyer.

July 09, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. Click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------  "I was one of those people who thought addiction was a choice until I lost my best friend to an overdose." When Alex went looking for information she was shocked at the lack thereof. “I found it very difficult to find information on substanc...

Stronger Together: Harm Reduction Interview With Tyla Savard. Phoenix Fire Ep. 15

July 07, 2022 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming live streams on YouTube, Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, Click the link, and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ---------------------------------------------------- Tyla Savard, outspoken and fierce advoke in Alberta and who now serves as Program Manager for the Stronger Together Canada peer-support group through Mom's Stop the Harm, among several other equally important roles, is no stranger to the difficulties pare...

Prescription Strength Hell: Interview With Addict in Recovery, Dr. Craig Swainey.

July 05, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on upcoming live streams, get on our email list,  check out our shop, listen to our audios, and more. click the link to start exploring. https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks --------------------------------------------- “My weed guy moved away and my wife had a prescription for Percocet” Dr. Craig Swainey is a Medical Director at the Coleman Institute for Addiction and 2 methadone clinics in the Richmond Virginia area. He is also an addict in recovery. ...

The Saskatchewan Methadose Switch: A Stark Warning, With Garth Mullins.

July 02, 2022 14:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on all our upcoming live and interactive streams, get on our email list, shop our store, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------- "The methadone switch in British Columbia was a disaster that led to a lot of misery and many deaths." Garth Mullins and his team from the renowned harm reduction podcast "Crackdown" won the Canadian Hillman Prize for investigative j...

Finding A Way: Addiction Recovery Interview With Amy Franks

July 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB

Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ------------------------------------- "Sometimes the universe forces you by making you so uncomfortable that you will have no choice but to make a change in your life." Amy is a Single mother of 7 - ranging from the ages of 3 to 15, without any support from the father. She's also a person in recovery, living well with an inspired view of the wor...

Finding A Way: Addiction Recovery Interview With Amy Franks. Phoenix Fire Ep. 14

July 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ------------------------------------- "Sometimes the universe forces you by making you so uncomfortable that you will have no choice but to make a change in your life." Amy is a Single mother of 7 - ranging from the ages of 3 to 15, without any support from the father. She's also a person in recovery, living well with an...

Jail House Preacher: Addiction Recovery Interview With Ronnie Mardis

June 28, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. "They offered me 35 years for my drug charges. I didn’t take the plea and I have no idea what will happen." Ronnie went from prisoner to social worker. He spoke at schools, worked with inmates, and preached at the local jail. But in 2016 the threat of losing his children through divorce took him back out. "I ended up getting raided by law enforcement in September 2021. At that time, I had no desire to stop using. I was mad at God. Very upset, bitter, and carrying ...

There Was A Statue Of Jesus: Addiction Recovery Interview With Jocelyn Stockwell.

June 25, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Send us a Text Message. “I wanted out, but I didn’t know how to get out.” Jocelyn's story takes us from a wonderful home life growing up, to homeless and addicted before she found her way. "I was in a wheelchair when I went into treatment, I couldn’t even hold my head up.” Join us and listen to Jocelyn #takeofftheblinders around addiction right here in Saskatchewan. We'll talk about what she was like, and what she found in all that darkness that brought her to the program of recovery sh...

Out of Chaos Comes Beauty: Renowned Ibogaine Counsellor, Anders Beatty.

June 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

"I resented being told that I had to be called an addict for the rest of my life and had no sovereignty or autonomy. I had enough white key tags to tile a room." Anders Beatty lived in addiction fr 25 years. He tried every modality available to no avail: 8 years ago, he found his way to a happier life through Ibogaine. A powerful psychedelic plant medicine. Today he is the founder of Ibogaine Counselling Services, is a Qualified Integrative psychotherapist, a plant medicine counselor, an...

Out of Chaos Comes Beauty: Renowned Ibogaine Counsellor, Anders Beatty. Phoenix Fire Ep 13.

June 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. "I resented being told that I had to be called an addict for the rest of my life and had no sovereignty or autonomy. I had enough white key tags to tile a room." Anders Beatty lived in addiction fr 25 years. He tried every modality available to no avail: 8 years ago, he found his way to a happier life through Ibogaine. A powerful psychedelic plant medicine. Today he is the founder of Ibogaine Counselling Services, is a Qualified Integrative psychotherapist, a pla...

Anger Management: Interview With Person In Recovery, Jamie Downie.

June 22, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ---------------------------------------------- “I was throwing Molotov cocktails by the end.” Jamie lost 6 years of his life locked up and double that to addiction. "I got kicked out of anger management for fighting." Today Jamie spends his days building his contracting company and working with the organization “Touched...

Truth Trip: Interview With Underground Psychedelic Practitioner, Garyth Moxey.

June 19, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ----------------------------------------------- “I recovered from alcoholism with LSD 22 years ago. And if you find something that works, you want to share it, right?” Garyth is an Ibogaine provider and psychedelic practitioner in Vancouver British Columbia. “Drugs are bad, it’s your fault, you made the decision. We’ve al...

Interview With Advocate and Person in Recovery, Amanda Flowers. Phoenix Fire Ep 12

June 15, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  -------------------------------------------------------- Amanda's boots-on-the-ground vantage point around addiction has given Amanda a crystal clear perspective that "not one size fits all" when it comes to addiction services and that while there are a multitude of services, accessing them is the main problem. "You want p...

A Life Recovered: Interview With an Addict Named Matt.

June 14, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, find us on your favorite audio podcast platform, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  -------------------------------------------------------------- “Hanging out behind Home Depot, even the meth heads were scared of me.” Matt started drinking at 16 years old, started using hard drugs at 18. “For a long time, how I felt internally was determined by what others ...

Police Shot my Son: The Story of Carey Rigby-Wilcox and Her Son Steven.

June 11, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 54 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming live streams and find us on your favorite audio platform. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------------------------- “Good days are guilt, I feel like I killed my son because I called the cops, and they shot him.” Carey lost her son in 2018. Substance use and mental health were at the root of it all. “Nobody believed us, he was so intoxicated at the emergency roo...

Epigenetics, Addiction, Concurrent Disorders: Real Talk With Dr. Kim Hellemans. Phoenix Fire Ep 11

June 10, 2022 21:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Kim Hellemans is a teaching professor and Associate Dean of Science at Carleton University, and the co-host of the popular podcast, Minding the Brain. While Dr. Hellemans is incredibly accomplished, she is equally personable, which is why I've asked her to come on the show. I had questions and I suspect many of you might be wondering the same things: Is there a genetic disposition to addiction? Are my kids doomed to follow in my footsteps? Would treating co...

For My Daughter's Sake: Street Survivor Cara Tatarelli Tells Her Story.

June 07, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ------------------------------------------ "I was on the streets of Detroit using Fentanyl, Crack, and Meth. It was the darkest and most horrific 3 years of my life." Cara started using at 13, she quickly spiraled out of control but managed to pull it together at 19 to be a mother and become a Registered Nurse. "I was a...

Sober Motivation Creator and Person in Recovery, Brad Macleod Tells His Story.

June 04, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Join the conversation live, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ------------------------------------------ “I was deported from the U.S. and am on a lifetime ban because I am a convicted 3-time felon.” Brad is the creator of the popular social media platform Sober Motivation on Facebook and Instagram. He is also a person in long-term recovery from a toxic relationship with Heroin. “I...

"Rough, Real, And Rugged": Ex-Gang Member Chelsey Laliberte Speaks up. Phoenix Fire Ep 10

June 01, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming live streams and find us on your favorite audio platform. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ---------------------------------------------------- If you ask Chelsey, her first love wasn't a person: it was fentanyl. "I was a young girl without a father figure, I didn't know what to do to get that connection and fill that void" After years of living the life, and getting dragged into a situation that she wasn't a ...

@therealsharkshady2323: Recovery Influencer Trey Harbaugh Tells His Story.

May 31, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Stay up to date on our upcoming live streams, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ---------------------------------------------------- "Long story short, I ended up having 2 open heart surgeries and my legs amputated as a result of my addiction." Trey just celebrated 19 months in recovery, and with 110k followers on TikTok, he's making some real noise about the realities of addiction...

Live, Laugh, Naloxone: Harm Reduction TikTok Influencer, Chauncie Beaston.

May 27, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming live streams, find us on your favorite audio platform, shop our store, get on our email list, and more. Click the link in our bio and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ----------------------------------------------- "I ended up Heroin and Meth but I finally got into recovery, I relapsed a lot." Today she owns a cleaning company, and her own home. She also has 23k followers on her Live.Laugh.Naloxone TikTok Account. " I starte...

Phoenix Fire Ep. 9. Prison to PhD: Woman in recovery, Dr. Sharon Acoose speaks.

May 26, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

Check out our upcoming streams, find us on your favorite audio platform, get on our email list, shop our store, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Sharon Acoose is a person of lived experience with substance use and street life. She has been on a healing journey for the past 30 years. And in that time she went on from street life to earning a Ph.D. in Indigenous Social Work. Tod...

Prison to PhD: Woman in recovery, Dr. Sharon Acoose speaks. Phoenix Fire Ep. 9.

May 26, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming streams, find us on your favorite audio platform, get on our email list, shop our store, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Sharon Acoose is a person of lived experience with substance use and street life. She has been on a healing journey for the past 30 years. And in that time she went on from street life to earning a Ph.D. in Ind...

Prison to PhD: Woman in recovery, Dr. Sharon Acoose speaks. Phoenix Fire Ep. 9.

May 26, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

Check out our upcoming streams, find us on your favorite audio platform, get on our email list, shop our store, and more. Click the link and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Sharon Acoose is a person of lived experience with substance use and street life. She has been on a healing journey for the past 30 years. And in that time she went on from street life to earning a Ph.D. in Indigenous Social Work. Tod...

White Collar Drunk: The Story of Jamie Miley

May 24, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. Check out our upcoming live streams, find us on your favorite audio platform, shop our store, and more. Click the link in our bio and start exploring! https://linktr.ee/hardknoxtalks  ---------------------------------------------------- "I heckled a guest speaker at a conference, but was still baffled when people suggested I had a problem." Jamie grew up in an alcoholic home, and he carried that into his career in corporate communications. Lucky for him he had an ...

My Plan B Was Death: Family Member of Overdose Victim Tells His Story.

May 21, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. Darren was already struggling with substances when he tragically lost his brother to drug poisoning. That sent him into the abyss. “My plan B if I ever got into serious legal trouble was to just kill myself. I didn’t care.” And despite the dangerous lifestyle and suicide attempts, Darren found his way into a church basement. “I walked into a meeting, took a white chip. I started crying and said I just wanted to feel happy.” Tune in this week and listen to Darren...

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