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SHAIR 153: Behind the Wheel with Lori Kinney

How to find recovery when addiction and tragedy collide! Today we have Lori Kinney on The SHAIR Podcast. We’re very excited to have her on the show. She is one of our private Facebook group members and has one of the most astonishing and hopeful stories you will ever hear. This is a powerful episode you don’t want to miss. CLEAN DATE: Nov. 2nd, 2008 Listen to Lori’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 Lori’s daily routine is all about recovery. Without it, she’d be a hot mess like she was ten years ago. […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:58+00:00January 16th, 2018|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SHAIR 152: Changing the Way We Talk About Recovery with Jesse Heffernan

Our words matter! Jesse Heffernan probably has the coolest job title in the world. He is the new National Outreach and Empowerment Coordinator with Faces and Voices in Recovery, an organization dedicated to mobilizing the over 23 million Americans in recovery to promote the right and resources to recover through advocacy, education and demonstrating the power and proof of long-term recovery. You might have seen the live video we did in the private Facebook group. We want to dive into the new culture surrounding recovery and bring you up to par on how we talk about recovery and how the language we use can destigmatize addiction. CLEAN DATE: January 1st, 2009 […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:59+00:00January 9th, 2018|Drug addiction, Heroin, Male Speaker, Podcast|2 Comments
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SHAIR 148: Freddy Negrete Smile Now, Cry Later

Guns, Gangs, Tattoos & Recovery…  Freddy Negrete is a legendary tattoo artist based in Hollywood, CA. He’s been profiled on numerous media and has tattooed numerous celebrities, musicians and sport personalities. Freddy was orphaned at the age of two when his mother and father, both Pachuco gangsters, went to jail. After a youth of foster care and boys’ homes, Freddy went down the same path as his parents and lived a cycle of gangs, drugs, and incarceration. Freddy honed his skills as a tattooist in prison and is now a world-renowned pioneer of black and grey realism. Freddy endured countless ups and downs with addiction and suffered deadly health issues, but […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:05+00:00December 12th, 2017|Drug addiction, Heroin, Male Speaker, Methamphetamines, Podcast, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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SHAIR 143: The Dive Bar with Bonnie Pelletier Donahue

Bonnie Pelletier Donahue used to be a heavy alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine user. Her two marriages failed, her youngest daughter was taken away, and her family wanted nothing to do with her. Now Bonnie is a Y12SR yoga instructor and the founder of Bonifide Yoga. She has dedicated her new life to yoga for 12-step recovery, her sobriety, and her kids. Bonnie also owns and manages a dive bar that belonged to her father. She is surrounded by alcohol every day, yet she stays sober. Listen to Bonnie’s descent into addiction, her many failed attempts at sobriety, and how she’s now crushing it in recovery. CLEAN DATE: OCTOBER 16TH, 2011 […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:12+00:00November 7th, 2017|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SHAIR 141: The Right Way to Help an Addict in Your Family with Arden O’Connor

What’s the best way for families to help an addict? How can families of addicts avoid codependent and enabling behavior? How can parents use drug testing and alcohol monitoring to help treat addiction? Today we have Arden O’Connor on The SHAIR Podcast. She is the founder and CEO of O’Connor Professional Group, which helps individuals suffering from addiction and their families by providing concierge services for treatment options and recovery plans. Arden knows firsthand what it’s like to be in a family where an addict is causing chaos. Her little brother, Chris O’Connor went to 14 rehabs before finding lasting recovery. Chris is now clean and sober and the host […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:14+00:00October 24th, 2017|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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SHAIR 139: Social Anxiety, Self-Image, and Addiction with Sasha Tozzi

Sasha Tozzi is a recovery lifestyle coach, a Y12SR (Yoga for 12 Step Recovery) instructor, a Reiki practitioner, and a writer. She helps individuals with physical and emotional sobriety, self-sabotage, and codependent relationships. As a teenager, Sasha suffered from clinical depression and social anxiety. When she found alcohol, she thought it was the answer to all her problems. Later, she coupled her binge drinking with an addiction to cocaine, which led her to nights of blacking out, reckless behavior, and a shame cycle she could not escape. Sasha eventually accepted the fact that she had a problem, and got help, but that wasn’t the end of her journey. After she […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:17+00:00October 10th, 2017|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Eating Disorders, Female Speaker, Podcast, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SHAIR 138: Atheists, Agnostics, and Addiction Recovery with Joe C.

What might a higher power look like for atheists or agnostics? Joe C. was a teenage alcoholic and drug user who almost died several times before he was brought to Alcoholics Anonymous. There, he went through all the motions, but eventually took his sobriety seriously and has been active in Twelve Steps ever since. Joe C. writes, broadcasts, and podcasts (RebellionDogs) about addiction/recovery & mental health. He is also the author of Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life. Joe C. is here to shed some light on atheists and agnostics, and how they understand the Twelve Steps and succeed without the belief in a supernatural higher power.   CLEAN […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:18+00:00October 3rd, 2017|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Male Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments
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SHAIR 137: Yoga for Internal Healing from Addiction with Kyczy Hawk

Kyczy Hawk was raised by an alcoholic mother who was incapable of taking care of the family. She graduated early so she could dive head-first into the counter-culture, drug-filled world of 1960s San Fransisco. She became an alcoholic and an IV drug user, and let herself be abused by men to the point where she had but one thread of dignity left. That last thread brought her to Alcoholics Anonymous where she eventually found sobriety. Fourteen years later, Kyczy was overworked, overwhelmed and in danger of a relapse. By a divine sign, she discovers yoga, taking her recovery to new heights of healing, self-discovery, and self-love. She has written the book […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:21+00:00September 26th, 2017|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Trauma and Abuse|0 Comments
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SHAIR 132: “Hope Dealer” with Jason Rudeen, child abuse, prison, drug addiction, God and recovery!

Jason Rudeen joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Jason emailed in to share his story.  And Jason participates in AA, NA, CMA (that stands for crystal meth anonymous) and life recovery.  He’s doing it all!! He is 100℅ abstinent for the first time since he was 11 years old.  Nobody would have ever believed that Jason would find recovery and now he shares his experience on a regular basis in treatment centers wherever he goes. He found God and just started working with a new ministry that does a 12 step life renewal program and he’s training to become a peer recovery specialist. Join us now as Jason takes us […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:35+00:00August 22nd, 2017|Crack, Drug addiction, Male Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments
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SHAIR 130: “Straight Outta Compton” with Patty Powers, Strip Clubs, Drug Dens and the Miracle of Recovery.

Patty Powers joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Originally from Toronto, Patty began drinking and using drugs recreationally as an adolescent. At eighteen she moved to New York City where chance meetings with other addicts opened doors to careers, romantic relationships, the art world and the music scene. For years, whenever the negative consequences of addiction started taking their toll, survival instincts kicked in and she’d return to Toronto. It was a hamster wheel existence – getting strung out and cleaning up – and it relied heavily on the resiliency of youth. By 1987, she was living alone in an abandoned building in Los Angeles, having cut all ties […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:41+00:00August 8th, 2017|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Heroin, Methamphetamines, Podcast|0 Comments
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