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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 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 174: Genius Recovery with Joe Polish

Joe Polish is founder and president of Piranha Marketing. His Genius Network and GeniusX masterminds feature household guests like Peter Diamandis, Tony Robbins, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Forbes, and John Mackay. Joe is the creator of Artists for Addicts and Genius Recovery, an organization’s whose mission is to change the global conversation around addiction and recovery from one of judgment to one of compassion. He is currently working on an addiction recovery book with former SHAIR guest, Anna David. Joe is a dynamic individual who is seeking tools for recovery in any shape or form, even ibogaine and ayahuasca. His is an inspirational story full of new insights into addiction and how to break […]

By |2021-05-25T16:00:41+00:00June 12th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Crack, Drug addiction, Eating Disorder, Eating Disorders, Hallucinogens, Heroin, Main Slider, Male Speaker, Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Podcast, Podcast Archive, Prescription Drugs, Sex and Porn Addiction, SHAIR your story, Trauma and Abuse, Uncategorized|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 165: High Sobriety with John Mabry

John Mabry is a highly sought after motivational speaker, philanthropist, and athlete. He is an actor and stuntman who has been featured in numerous television projects including Cold Case, E.R., JAG, and feature films such as Super Bad and Sublime. He also has a prosthetic leg from a car accident. John experienced a charmed journey to Hollywood. He had the big bank account, the fancy condo, and the elite social circle. Soon, he was doing shots with movie stars at the Playboy Mansion. No one knew that inside he was lost and terrified, drowning in an addiction to pills and alcohol. Learn about how John Mabry finally got sober and […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:41+00:00April 10th, 2018|Alcoholism, Male Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs|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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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 […]

By |2021-02-17T15:29:46+00:00March 6th, 2018|Alcoholism, Cocaine, Drug addiction, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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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
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SHAIR 149: Down The Rabbit Hole with Carrie Burgess

Carrie Burgess is one of The SHAIR Network’s first members and has been active in the community ever since. If you have joined our Free SHAIR Facebook Group, then you have seen her around! Carrie was a perfectionist who became addicted to alcohol, marijuana, and painkillers. Her addiction was so bad, she taught little girls dance class while intoxicated. She broke into her mother-in-law’s house to steal pills while carrying her baby son on her hip. She smoked synthetic marijuana until she didn’t know if she had been coming or going to work. She became a hollow shell that didn’t care about anything anymore. Now Carrie is celebrating more than […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:03+00:00December 19th, 2017|Alcoholism, Female Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized|4 Comments
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SHAIR 134: Live an Epic Life with Larry Hagner The Good Dad Project and The Dads Edge Alliance

On today’s episode The SHAIR Podcast we are featuring my good friend Larry Hagner. Larry is the founder of The Good Dad Project podcast and the founder of the Dads Edge Alliance Mastermind community. Larry is not a drug addict or an alcoholic, but as I have gotten to know Larry and gotten bits and pieces of his story, I knew it would be a story that would inspire and impact the members of The SHAIR Podcast community. Today, we go deep into some very dark places that Larry has been in, very dark places where his mind has gone, and this pivotal moment in his life where he prayed […]

By |2021-02-17T15:30:30+00:00September 5th, 2017|Male Speaker, Podcast, Prescription Drugs, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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