In a special Live Recovery Podcast, Ballymun Does Recovery Podcast host Jimmy Bell, chairs an event organised by ‘Finagles/Cabra Recovery’ in which six very courageous individuals share their experiences of recovery, their recovery journey, the highs and lows, and what recovery means to them.

As part of Recovery Month, Ballymun Does Recovery Podcast host Jimmy Bell speaks to representatives from some of the treatment services, locally and nationally about their particular service. This week Jimmy speaks to Daithí Doolan from RDRD about their mission to support people on their journey to overcome their substance use.

Contact details:

The Spellman Centre, 17 Irishtown Road, Ringsend, D04 PW10.

[email protected]

www.rdrdthespellmancentre.ie

Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to broadcast this weeks podcast with

the Ballymun Cycling Club. We hope to re-record the interviews soon. Meanwhile,

our host Jimmy Bell talks all things recovery with 4 local recovery stories, and

what’s happening in Recovery Month

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This month’s podcast is a little different than our usual offerings in the spirit of prevention is better than cure. Jimmy Bell, podcast host discusses a school programme designed to raise awareness and understanding around alcohol, nitrous oxide, and vaping. Guests are Angie Birch and Cathy Duggan from Easy Street - Star. The discussion is followed by a recovery story from Ballymun Local Recovery Stories.

This month's Ballymun Recovery Podcast discusses the challenges and opportunities of Recovery after becoming substance free.

The host Jimmy Bell has invited local people Stephen Kiely and Victoria Mc Kenna to talk about their own life experiences on their Recovery Journey. In addition, the podcast also includes two recovery stories from the book "Ballymun Recovery Stories."

Stephen, who is a Body and mind coach, can be contacted on Facebook under GK fitness body and Mind.

Facebook: https://bit.ly/3NVxIpv

Instagram: https://bit.ly/3pt9NVd

In this month’s Ballymun Recovery Podcast, Host Jimmy Bell talks to Boxing Clever Programme Co-ordinator Karl O’Brien and two Boxing clever participants Christopher and Lisa about the Boxing Clever Programme. “Boxing Clever is a twenty-week integrated educational, substance use recovery and fitness programme that aims to support participants to develop more resilient identities, while encouraging educational achievement, physical wellness, and reduction in harmful or risky behaviours. It offers a marginalised and socially excluded group, stable and drug free service users, the opportunity to reintegrate into mainstream society via the medium of a psycho-educational framework underpinned by the philosophy of peer mentoring”. 

In addition to the discussion, we have also included two recovery stories from Ballymun Recovery stories

For more Information about the programme see Boxing Clever: Impact and outcomes of an integrated education, sport and substance use rehabilitation programme (byap.ie)

In a special extended edition of the Ballymun Recovery Podcast.

Our host, Jimmy Bell, discusses with his four guests, Liam Macgabhann and Triona Bryne from Recovery College, Angie Birch from Easy Street and Seany Kinsell from Sk Life Balance. The current topical issues of trauma informed Ballymun, substance use and mental health, as well as the upcoming Citizen's assembly on drug use.

www.recoverycollege.ie

www.sklifebalance.com

www.facebook.com/Easystreetteam/

Today our host Jimmy Bell discusses the idea of a trauma-informed Ballymun with guests Katy Mac Andrew from the Star Project Ballymun and Micheal Clear from Aisling Project Ballymun. This project has been underway since June 2021.

Trauma in all manifestations has been recognised as a key determinant and underlying cause of many of our community's social issues, whether it be substance use issues or physical and mental health issues and an array of other problems. While recovery from substance use has to date been our main focus on these podcasts, there is a recognition that drug and alcohol use are, in many cases, symptoms of a wider problem or issue. Trauma being a key one. 

Ballymun Recovery Stories final podcast of 2022. 

Jimmy sends a Christmas and New year message of hope and good wishes plus 3 new Ballymun Recovery Stories.