How do people fall into addictive traps? How do people break free from addictive dungeons? Exploring and philosophizing about problems and solutions to the drug overdose problem, the world of substance use disorder counseling, addiction recovery, prevention and treatment. Nothing is better than being free. A dialogue as service to build stronger, healthier communities through education for prevention of the next tragic overdose death and stolen potential. We can be come wiser and more strate ...
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My Differential Diagnosis professor from graduate school at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies joins us for an exploration of addictive behaviors from sexual related to meth, and how mental disorders can change or fade in the long term as we age out of the energy it takes to maintain them. Caffeine addiction, and your host's p…
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Judy Squires worked as an addictions counselor at Minnesota Corrections - Fairbault prison and Shakopee women's prison. She brought a passionate energy to her career for nearly 2 decades in her mission to set offenders free of the prison of their minds behind bars. Her experience as a mother who struggled with alcohol use which spiraled into losing…
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Episode 2 - James Longhenry - Marketing exec with Beauterre Recovery Institute and Meridian Behavioral Health James paints a picture of every small town in America. The unfulfilled American Dream. A sinking feeling that the underlying disappointment with our lives is a toxic shame is rooted in the force-fed delusion of the American Dream. Are we se…
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Background cover painting by Robyn Anderson Watercolors Background Music by CarlyThomas.com Photography by Jennifer Mao Jones Noah Latzer works as a recovery support specialist at the Minnesota Recovery Connection, working individually with clients, helping run groups with Virtual Addiction Care at Allina Health and running inclusive, weekly ALL re…
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