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SHAIR 182: Bars, Bedrooms, and Bad Decisions with Cyndy L

Cyndy L says her story in recovery involves being a slow learner. She went to her first meeting at twenty-one years old, but she didn’t pick up her one-year chip till she was forty. She fell in love with alcohol at a young age, leading her to a lifestyle of bars, bedrooms, and bad decisions. It took her a long time to realize the role her childhood and genetics played in her alcoholism. Some people are proud to say they are the first person in their family to go to college, get a degree, or open their own business. Cyndy jokes that she’s proud to be the first alcoholic in […]

By |2021-05-25T16:01:14+00:00August 7th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Female Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments
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SHAIR 181: The Victim Suit with Denise W.

Denise and I met 5 years ago when she was a patient at Costa Rica Recovery. We saw each other in passing at the AA and NA meetings. And when she finished her treatment, she went back to the United States. She recently returned to Costa Rica to share her story on the anniversary of her 5th year in sobriety. It impacted me so much, I asked her if she would be willing to share her story on the podcast and here we are. Denise has an intense past full of childhood trauma and abuse, self-loathing, and racism that developed into full-blown alcoholism and a long pattern of destructive relationships. […]

By |2021-05-25T16:01:09+00:00July 31st, 2018|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Trauma and Abuse, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SHAIR 179: 25 Years, One Lesson with Andrea Dye

Andrea Dye is a directionally challenged expat who no longer has to huff shoe polish to feel alive. She focuses on cultivating the positive impact of living a balanced life and collaborates on non-commercial interests with cool folks around the world. She is the author of 25 Years 1 Lesson and has a hell of a story for you today. Andrea became a raging alcoholic at the age of 14, and eventually graduated to other drugs. She was rebellious and selfish, with no intention of ever getting clean. She hated being sober so intensely that while in rehab she tried to break open an conditioner so she could huff the […]

By |2021-05-25T16:01:02+00:00July 17th, 2018|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Marijuana, Podcast|0 Comments
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SHAIR 177: The Warrior Within with Sarah Mabry

Sarah Mabry is the wife of our former guest, John Mabry (SHAIR 165). John has been sober for two and a half years and now hosts the High Sobriety Podcast, but before he got clean, his addiction put Sarah and his kids through unimaginable emotional destruction. This is Sarah’s first podcast. For the first time she gets to share her story out loud. Sarah is not a recovering addict or alcoholic, but drugs and alcohol still took her over her life. She is here to talk about what it was like being the wife of an addict and what it is like now living with a spouse who is in […]

By |2021-05-25T16:00:54+00:00July 3rd, 2018|Alcoholism, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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SHAIR 175: What It Was Like with Laura Alvarado

In addiction, there are two sides to the story. We usually have recovering addicts on the show to share their experience, but today we have an unusual guest. SHAIR host Omar Pinto interviews his ex-wife, Laura. She recounts how addiction systematically dismantled their marriage and their future as a family with their daughter. This is an important episode that shows the pain and confusion family and friends go through with a person in active addiction. Laura also tells us how she learned to forgive, heal, and practice self-love to transcend the ruin that addiction caused in her life. Listen to Laura’s story! Here are a few highlights from our interview. […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:27+00:00June 19th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Female Speaker, Podcast|0 Comments
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SHAIR 173: She Recovers with Dawn Nickel

Dawn Nickel is the founder of She Recovers, a community that focuses on women’s recovery from anything and everything, including drug addiction, alcoholism, codependency, love and sex addiction, eating disorders, workaholism and perfectionism. In Dawn’s view, we are all recovering from something, and we’re stronger together. She’s a strong advocate for the view that each woman in or seeking recovery must be supported to find the tools and pathways that will work best for her as an individual. Dawn has been in recovery since 1987. Alcohol free since that time, she struggled until 1989 with a marijuana addiction and was then both alcohol and drug free for nearly 11 years before […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:30+00:00June 5th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs|0 Comments
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SHAIR 170: Being Human with Vasavi Kumar

Vasavi is a savvy entrepreneur, licensed social worker, and a plant-based chef. She holds dual Masters degrees in Special Education and Social Work. She has been featured extensively on TV and in the media. She is now a personal development coach who truly believes that with impeccable character, work ethic, and unwavering values, you can do, be and have anything you want! Vasavi is also a grateful recovering addict and alcoholic who got out of rehab 6 months ago and has just finished moving out of a sober living home. She had always been successful on the outside, but inside she was lost, empty, and addicted to cocaine. Then she […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:35+00:00May 15th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Female Speaker, Podcast, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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SHAIR 168: Throwing Up Rainbows with Z Zoccolante

Z Zoccolante is an LA-based writer and a grad student specializing in substance and behavioral addiction. Z tells her story of addiction to an eating disorder that began at the age of fifteen. Her mission is to help others gain freedom from similar disorders and addictions. She now works at a drug and alcohol rehab. Z has so much knowledge, experience, love and compassion to share. You haven’t heard this kind of advice on SHAIR before. This episode will inspire many aha moments, so make sure you listen and take notes. Listen to Z’s story now! Here are a few highlights from our interview. There is so much wisdom and […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:36+00:00May 1st, 2018|Eating Disorder, Female Speaker, Podcast|2 Comments
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SHAIR 166: A Sober Mom’s Guide to Recovery with Rosemary O’Connor

Rosemary O’Connor is a leading expert and spokesperson on women, children, and addiction. As an author, speaker, and outreach manager for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Rosemary helps people find treatment resources to save lives and restore families from substance abuse and addiction. She is also a recovery coach for women. Rosemary was an alcoholic mom who had no idea that she needed help. Eventually, her high-functioning alcoholism stopped functioning, and she had to get help or risk losing everything. Listen to her story of acceptance and recovery and why she wrote A Sober Mom’s Guide to Recovery. CLEAN DATE: NOVEMBER 13th, 1999 Listen to Rosemary’s story now! Here are a […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:39+00:00April 17th, 2018|Alcoholism, Female Speaker, Podcast, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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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 […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:44+00:00March 20th, 2018|Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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