Dr. Louise interviews interventionist and recovery entrepreneur Gino Galofaro, recounting how they connected through the late Ian DePuy and later met at a networking event after Ian’s death. Gino describes getting sober in 1999, opening Rancho Coast sober livings in 2005 near Pathfinders, and building programs including Hope Interventions, Windansea Recovery (PHP/IOP in La Jolla), Grotta House/Grotta Ranch (detox/residential), House of Hope in Logan Heights for Medi-Cal clients, and a new Hope and Recovery Foundation to support housing and recovery for people coming from homelessness or incarceration. He explains his Johnson Model intervention training and preference for high-intensity, high-risk interventions, sharing a recent Texas case involving severe nitrous use. They discuss how insurance and fentanyl have changed treatment and why families must set boundaries while keeping hope. Gino provides websites for his services.
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
00:18 How We Met Through Ian
04:08 Building Sober Living Homes
06:07 Why Interventions Matter
09:13 High Risk Intervention Story
11:45 Trust and Staying Calm
12:50 Celebrating 27 Years Sober
14:29 Addiction Landscape and Insurance
16:17 Fentanyl and Rock Bottom Rethink
17:39 Family Boundaries and Tough Love
19:58 New Projects and Nonprofit Plans
23:43 Hope Message and Where to Find Gino
25:43 Closing Thanks and Next EpisodeWebsite: https://windansearecovery.com/
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