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...
30 Apr 20221h 5min
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...
30 Apr 202232min
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...
23 Apr 202258min
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 ...
20 Apr 202258min
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, ...
20 Apr 20221h
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...
20 Apr 20221h 7min
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...
12 Apr 20221h 5min
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 ...
12 Apr 202233min
