From Junkie to Judge. Mary Beth O'Connor shares her riveting story with us.

From Junkie to Judge. Mary Beth O'Connor shares her riveting story with us.

Send us Fan Mail Mary Beth survived a lot of abuse growing up, this led her to shooting meth at 16 years old. After losing nearly everything to her addiction, she got clean in her early 30's, went to law school, and became a judge. We talked about everything from how she found and stays in recovery as an athiest, and how she is using her experiences to educate other law professionals about the realities of substance use. Check out Mary Beth's book https://www.amazon.ca/Junkie-Judge-Wom...

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Gang Life, Meth & Fentanyl Addiction | Elijah’s Recovery Story

Gang Life, Meth & Fentanyl Addiction | Elijah’s Recovery Story

Send us Fan Mail Elijah grew up surrounded by addiction, instability and gang life, joining a gang around 10 years old and facing a murder charge at just 13. His story would take him through drug de...

4 Sep 57min

The Real Darkness of Meth Addiction | Nurse Practitioner | Chastidy's Story.

The Real Darkness of Meth Addiction | Nurse Practitioner | Chastidy's Story.

Send us Fan Mail Chastity went from teenage mother to nurse, then watched addiction unravel the life she had built. Xanax and alcohol progressed to opioids, heroin and meth, eventually costing her car...

26 Aug 55min

Heroin, Gangs & the Voice in My Head | Billy’s Recovery Story

Heroin, Gangs & the Voice in My Head | Billy’s Recovery Story

Send us Fan Mail Billy shares his journey from glue sniffing and gang violence in Glasgow to heroin addiction, drug dealing, prison, grief, and ultimately recovery. After 27 years caught in addiction...

14 Aug 43min

Meth, Heroin, and Faith | Aaron’s Recovery Story

Meth, Heroin, and Faith | Aaron’s Recovery Story

Send us Fan Mail Aaron shares his journey through opioid addiction, heroin, meth, overdose, relapse, psychosis, and frightening experiences he understood as spiritual — and how faith, honesty, and fin...

7 Aug 54min

The Rap Game, Crack Addiction & Codependency | Gerald's Story

The Rap Game, Crack Addiction & Codependency | Gerald's Story

Send us Fan Mail Gerald grew up in Chicago searching for somewhere he belonged. That search eventually led him into drugs, the rap and nightclub scene, crack cocaine addiction, and years of destructi...

31 Jul 47min

Meth, Homelessness & Faith | Mike's Story

Meth, Homelessness & Faith | Mike's Story

Send us Fan Mail Mike spent years chasing relief through alcohol, prescription opioids, methamphetamine, and anything that could numb the pain. What followed was prison, homelessness, broken relations...

24 Jul 44min

Surviving Foster Care, Meth & Witchcraft | James' Recovery Story

Surviving Foster Care, Meth & Witchcraft | James' Recovery Story

Send us Fan Mail James shares his journey through foster care, childhood abuse, meth addiction, psychosis, witchcraft, and recovery. After enduring years of neglect and abuse, he turned to drugs in an...

18 Jul 1h 14min

My Minivan Became My Home | Emma's Recovery Story

My Minivan Became My Home | Emma's Recovery Story

Send us Fan Mail Emma never imagined she'd lose everything. She was a mother of five, a children's counsellor, and the kind of parent driving a minivan to soccer practice. But after a prescription opi...

10 Jul 48min

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