60. Addiction and Trauma
Tom Gonzalez, an expert in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), joins us as we discuss trauma and the relationship with addiction. Persons with the disease of addiction often find substance to be a wa...
15 Mar 20241h 3min
59. Opioid Overdoses
As we now enter the 4th wave of the opioid epidemic, what does the data actually show? And, even more importantly, why does it keep happening? We will discuss how things have evolved over the last 10+...
13 Mar 20241h
58. Pastor John McKinzie- Hope Fellowship- Forgiveness, Love and Addiction
Pastor John McKinzie, the lead pastor for Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco/McKinney/Prosper, Texas (just outside of Dallas), joins us today to discuss forgiveness, love and addiction. This man single-...
29 Feb 20241h 9min
57. Gambling Addiction with Ted Hartwell
Officially the only behavioral addiction, gambling is far more common than what is seen and known. We are joined today by Ted Hartwell, the Executive Director of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling...
16 Feb 20241h
56. Pastor Rich, Part 2- What a Mess!
Pastor Rich Scherber, the 'God-father' of Mn Adult and Teen Challenge, returns for Part 2! We left off last week with Pastor Rich and his family just returning from South Africa where they had served ...
14 Feb 20241h 17min
55. Pastor Rich Scherber- From Drugs to Ministry
Pastor Rich Scherber grew up in MN and was, as he calls it, a 'troubled kid.' Getting straight Ds and Fs, he was fonder of parties and drugs until one day, in his early 20s, he went to a favorite plac...
8 Feb 20241h 14min
54. AA- The History and The Desire to Not Have Another
What is AA and how did it come to be such a universally accepted practice in finding recovery? Started in 1935 by a salesman/stockbroker and a doctor, AA (Alcoholics Anonymous- now broadly includes al...
1 Feb 20241h 1min
53. Brian Part 4- Thriving in Recovery and Lakes Area Restorative Justice
"There is no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone." We start this episode with Brian getting his "bad and good" news and then have the honor to hear how his recovery journey co...
26 Jan 20241h 16min
