Living Like the First 100: Old School AA Saved My Life.
Send us Fan Mail “I was existing and not living, I wanted to die. I was done with it all” Justin was past the point of return, so he thought. Opiate addiction, home invasions, cheque fraud, drug deali...
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Called to action by God - Clinical Addictions Specialist, Joy Rutledge. Phoenix Fire Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail In her travels around the world, and close to her heart, Joy couldn't help noticing the suffering of people struggling with mental health & addictions. Eventually, she asked: "Why are...
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The Addictions Research Resistance: Fighting for Reasonable Health Care.
Send us Fan Mail “When I was interviewing HIV patients, I learned very quickly that HIV was the least of their worries.” Maryellen is an Addictions Researcher and Ph.D. Student at the University of Sa...
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I Didn't Have an Off Switch: Recovering Alcoholic Tells Her Story. Phoenix Fire Episode 3
Send us Fan Mail “I was who he said I was. If he said jump, I asked how high. I didn’t believe I measured up – a belief I’ve carried my whole life.” Married right after high school and 2 kids shortly ...
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From Prison to Parenthood: An Addicts Journey Home.
Send us Fan Mail “I lost everything, kids, family, health. All I had left was the drugs in my hand.” Chantal's rock bottom was Pinegrove Correctional Center. Her family was grateful she landed there, ...
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Warrior of Hope: Substance Use Advocate Speaks Up. Phoenix Fire Episode 4
Send us Fan Mail Kelsey is 16 years in recovery, a pharmacist, a mother of 4, and activist on many fronts with an insider's look at the cold-hard numbers we often wonder about. "Folks who access publi...
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I Couldn't Stop Using: The Story of One Basement to Another.
Send us Fan Mail "I was spiritually bankrupt and I wanted to die." Shane started using heavy in Grade 7. Years later he found Crack in Calgary, AB. It all went fuzzy after that, "I remember people tel...
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One Pill Kills: The Parents Speak Up. Phoenix Fire Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail Lea and Todd Hoiland’s world was shattered on July 8, 2021 – the day they lost their vibrant 20-year-old daughter, Alyssa, to a fentanyl-laced Xanax. “If my daughter had taken just a ...
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