Today we have a very heavy and heartfelt episode with Dave from Dopey Podcast. His cohost Chris recently passed away after a tragic relapse and overdose. Many of our listeners reached out and wanted to know what happened. We’re so grateful for Dave to join us to discuss Chris’s death and the future of Dopey Podcast with our recovery family across the world. Listen to Chris’s … [Read more...]
SHAIR 156: It’s the Only Way with Alekzandr Mac
Getting clean after a decade of suboxone use. Today’s episode is a live interview with Alekzandr Mac. He is a good friend and a prominent member of the SHAIR private accountability group. Today he shares his long, difficult journey with prescription drug abuse. Both his father and step-father were addicted to opiates and Alekzandr joined them in the hunt for pills. Eventually he went on … [Read more...]
SHAIR 149: Down The Rabbit Hole with Carrie Burgess
Carrie Burgess is one of The SHAIR Network’s first members and has been active in the community ever since. If you have joined our Free SHAIR Facebook Group, then you have seen her around! Carrie was a perfectionist who became addicted to alcohol, marijuana, and painkillers. Her addiction was so bad, she taught little girls dance class while intoxicated. She broke into her mother-in-law’s house … [Read more...]
SHAIR 115: Adam Jasinski a Convicted Drug Felon now Helps Recovering Addicts.
Adam Jasinski joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. In April of 2008 Adam Jasinski was the $500,000 prize winner on the CBS reality show "Big Brother Season 9" and from the moment he cashed in his check his life unraveled. First he failed to file an income tax return nor pay the taxes owed on the money. In 2009 Adam was arrested outside Boston and charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills of … [Read more...]
SHAIR 106: “Holy Addiction” with JoAnn Miller: Suboxone – the Cure or the Epidemic?
JoAnn Miller is a recovery advocate and the founder of Holy Addiction. And this is her story… “If you had told me the day I snuck in that window that I would own a blog with traffic, would be working with a radio station and three of the coolest guys in the recovery community, I wouldn’t have believed you. The past year of my life has been one crazy ride. I gave up drugs and picked up a … [Read more...]
SHAIR 99: “Get Sober, Stay Sober” with Dr. Harold Jonas, founder of Sober.com
Dr. Harold Jonas joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Dr. Jonas, PhD, LMHC, CAP is the founder of Sober.com and has extensive experience with web development and award-winning app development since 1999. He’s responsible for the concept, design and launch of multiple directories serving the Addiction & Recovery industry, including Soberhouses.com, Detox.com, Halfwayhouses.com, Rehabs.com, … [Read more...]
SHAIR 96: “Unhooked: A Mother’s Story” with Annie Highwater, Unhitching from her Son’s Addiction
Annie Highwater joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Annie is the author of Unhooked: A Mother's Story of Unhitching from the Roller Coaster of Her Son's Addiction. This memoir follows the experiences of one mother who started her own life in a neglected home and came to realize how those experiences both helped and hindered the hardest, most heartbreaking, yet illuminating changes of her life, … [Read more...]
TSP 069: “Chasing the Dragon” with Katrina King: A Tragic Story of Opiate Abuse
Today we have Katrina King joining us on The SHAIR Podcast. Katrina contributed to an interview for the FBI's documentary on opiate abuse, "Chasing the Dragon" and has been interviewed for several other podcasts and articles on addiction awareness and recovery. She is currently working hard at completing her first book, a memoir on her family's tragic experiences with drug abuse, and is attempting … [Read more...]
035: “Invitation to the White House” Arielle Spanvill goes from opiates, crystal meth and jail to recovery and the White House.
SHOW NOTES: On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast Arielle Spanvill now 6 years clean and sober takes us through her horrific battle with drugs and alcohol. She started at the age of 12 years old getting high on cough syrup with codeine and quickly turned to narcotic pain relievers when her father passed away. This was the catalyst for Arielle to completely disconnect from reality and her … [Read more...]
025: Jason Smith “The Bitter Taste of Dying” Takes us through 16 years of prescription drug abuse more powerful than heroin or morphine.
On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast Jason Smith, the author of The Bitter Taste of Dying, takes us through 16 years of addiction to prescription drugs more powerful than heroin and morphine. During High School Jason get's into a car accident and is prescribed Norco and Soma for pain relief and overnight becomes addicted to painkillers. After college in order to get off of the pills his … [Read more...]
