Alison is the mother of Adam Fishman, who graduated from Helping Up Mission years ago and passed away more recently. Jake is Adam's brother. They share Adam's story, but also the story of their grief journeys.

Mother's Day, like any holiday, is joyous for some and bitter or bittersweet for others. This episode goes out to all the mothers and all the family members who don't know where their loved one is today, or who've lost their loved one to addiction. We hope Alison's and Jake's stories and experiences bring you some measure of hope and encouragement in your grief.

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Transcript: https://helpingupmission.org/2022/05/a-mothers-grief-a-brothers-memorial

Produced by Vic King (https://vicking.co). Music by Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue).

Listen as Renee shares her story of healing and recovery from childhood abuse, codependency, and recovery from addiction to alcohol.

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Transcript: https://helpingupmission.org/2021/12/when-the-whole-worlds-falling-apart-what-do-you-do-renees-story

Produced by Vic King (https://vicking.co). Music by Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue).

Listen as Jeremy shares his story of healing from childhood trauma and abuse, and recovery from addiction to alcohol, heroin, and fentanyl.

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Transcript: https://helpingupmission.org/2021/09/my-scars-make-me-beautiful-jeremys-story

Produced by Vic King (https://vicking.ninja). Music by Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue).

Listen as Carlton and Tyrell share their father-and-son story of addiction and recovery, from Tyrell's adoption at a young age to their reunion decades later.

Produced by Vic King. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript: helpingupmission.org/2021/06/father-and-son-in-recovery-carlton-tyrells-story

Listen as Jon shares his story of addiction and recovery, including his growth in mental health, spiritual renewal, and plans to through-hike the Appalachian Trail.

Produced by Vic King. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript: helpingupmission.org/2021/06/its-the-village-jons-story

"Everything you wanted - it's starting right now." 

Listen as Ramon shares his story of addiction, recovery, and spiritual renewal.

We featured Ramon's story in our video Road to Hope: https://vimeo.com/helpingup/roadtohope

Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

We're relaunching our podcast with a new name! A Shot of Hope: Recovery Stories. 

Listen and subscribe at: https://anchor.fm/helpingup

Music is Fifteen Street by Blue Dot Sessions.

We invited our men to share: What does recovery look like for you in this moment of COVID-19? What's changed? What’s stayed the same? What encouragement would you have to offer others? 

View the video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5QPPu3ZVY

Thank you for your prayers and your support, and may God bless you this Easter.

Music is "Keep Up the Momentum, Friend" by Chris Zabriskie