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SHAIR 172: Recovery 2.0 with Tommy Rosen

How can a person can get from a rock bottom life in addiction to an extraordinary life in sobriety? Just listen to Tommy Rosen’s story of true transformation. Not only will Tommy be celebrating 27 years of sobriety, he is the founder of Recovery 2.0, a yoga teacher, and an author. He’s built a mecca for recovery and has created an enormous resource for people who want to get clean and sober by integrating the mind, body, and spirit. CLEAN DATE: June 23rd, 1991 Listen to Tommy’s powerful story! Here are a few highlights from our interview. To get the full story please join us on the podcast now! Daily […]

SHAIR 171: Give Yourself a Chance with Ken Rivord

Today we have an insane show with my guest Ken Rivord who actually flew down to Costa Rica to record this episode with me to celebrate his 6th year of sobriety. After a typical Tico breakfast, we begin with an account of Ken’s Costa Rican travel nightmare. Everything that could go wrong, did. This was followed by another disaster, the disappearance of the first recording of this interview. Then listen we move into Ken’s harrowing story of child abuse, mental illness, IV drug addiction, prison, relapse, and ultimately, lasting recovery. This is a wild episode about how the worst of situations can bring beautiful outcomes. Strap in and listen! CLEAN […]

SHAIR 167: Racing for Recovery with Todd Crandell

Todd Crandell is widely recognized as a leading expert on substance abuse. He has overcome a thirteen-year addiction to drugs and alcohol and is the founder of Racing for Recovery, an organization dedicated to preventing all forms of substance abuse and providing positive alternatives for those battling addiction. Todd regularly competes in triathlons to bring awareness to his organization. His support group format is revolutionary in that everyone can attend, including people recovering from addiction, their families and friends, and community. At Racing for Recovery, we see people as people. Not some label of what they did. Listen to Todd’s story now! Here are a few highlights from our interview. […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:38+00:00April 24th, 2018|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Male Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments

SHAIR 162: Crushing the Prescription Addiction with Mandy K.

Today Mandy K. joins us on The SHAIR Podcast. Mandy is part of the SHAIR private Facebook network. She was first given painkillers for her severe migraines and fell immediately in love with them. This lead her to doctor shopping, taking dangerous combinations of pills, and being so desperate she would drink NyQuil to get through work. After multiple attempts to quit, she finally found recovery. Mandy still suffers from severe migraines, but now deals with them clean and sober. How to recover from painkillers when you’re in pain? Listen to Mandy’s story now! CLEAN DATE: April 5th, 2007 Here are a few highlights from our interview. To get the […]

SHAIR 160: Never Giving Up with Sonia Munoz

Sonia Munoz is a member of the SHAIR Recovery Network private Facebook group. She reached out with 3 months clean and wanted to share the perspective of someone early in recovery. She has a long history with multiple substances and relapses. She also is on a unique path in recovery that most people may not have considered. Sonia has a remarkable story that proves that no one is beyond hope when it comes to recovery from addiction. CLEAN DATE: March 15th 2017 Listen to Sonia’s story now! Here are a few highlights from our interview. To get the full story please join us on the podcast now! Daily Routine Sonia […]

SHAIR 159: Church and Other Drugs with Jed Payne

Exorcizing the addiction demon. Jed Payne is the host of the Church and Other Drugs Podcast. He’s survived a wild odyssey of drug abuse, repeated rehabs, and incarceration that demonstrates just how addiction warps the mind. Not only did he crave the drugs, he craved the attention he got from the chaos he created his life. Listen to how he found recovery and found himself in this amazing episode! CLEAN DATE: Sept. 23rd, 2014 Listen to Jed’s story now! Here are a few highlights from our interview. To get the full story please join us on the podcast now! Daily Routine The first thing Jed Payne does is hit his […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:48+00:00February 27th, 2018|Cocaine, Drug addiction, Heroin, Male Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments

SHAIR 158: My Fair Junkie with Amy Dresner

Getting Dirty and Staying Clean Amy Dresner is the author of acclaimed memoir, My Fair Junkie. She is five years clean from being addicted to sex, drugs, and anything she could use to avoid her feelings. She’s a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. She is a contributing editor at the TheFix.com and has also written for the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 29, and has been a regular contributor to Addiction.com and PsychologyToday.com, where she has her own addiction blog entitled ‘Coming Clean.’ Amy tells her dark and twisted tale with unabashed humor and honesty. Her story proves […]

SHAIR 156: It’s the Only Way with Alekzandr Mac

Getting clean after a decade of suboxone use. Today’s episode is a live interview with Alekzandr Mac. He is a good friend and a prominent member of the SHAIR private accountability group. Today he shares his long, difficult journey with prescription drug abuse. Both his father and step-father were addicted to opiates and Alekzandr joined them in the hunt for pills. Eventually he went on suboxone to mitigate his problems, but he ended up abusing it for the next ten years. This is the story of how he finally broke his dependence on pharmaceuticals and found recovery after a pivotal phone call he made on the night of September 10th, […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:54+00:00February 6th, 2018|Drug addiction, Male Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs|0 Comments

SHAIR 155: Choosing Your Own Recovery Path with Kris Kelly

How can you find the treatment that works for you? Today we have Kris Kelly on The SHAIR Podcast. She is the co-executive director of the MRC, the Minnesota Recovery Connection. The mission of MRC is to educate the masses, remove stigma, and change the language we use when discussing recovery. I met Kris when I flew to Minnesota to become certified as a peer recovery specialist. She was one of our amazing instructors. She has an important story that highlights not only the fact that addiction recovery is not-one-size-fits-all but that there is a recovery option out there that will work for you. CLEAN DATE: April 27th 2009 Listen […]

SHAIR 154: Addiction to the Underworld with Daniel Herron

Can the gang lifestyle be just as addictive as the drugs? Today we have Daniel Herron on The SHAIR podcast. He is a recovery advocate and has his own podcast called Released into Captivity: Hope After the Cage. Daniel served 10 years for armed robbery and was released in 2010. He lived a crazy life a drug abuse and crime that lead him to the bottom multiple times. No matter what, he couldn’t resist the lure of the underworld and this prevented him from ever getting clean. After one last bad run that led him to getting arrested again, he received another gift of desperation. Now he is living sober, […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:57+00:00January 23rd, 2018|Cocaine, Drug addiction, Male Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments