Better Life in Recovery

David and Wayne pick up where they left off last week, discussing recovery, concerts, multiple pathways to recovery and a whole lot more!

Today David sits down with Wayne Nale and talks about recovery, growing up in the underground music scene in California in the 70's and how that led to him creating the Chains Unchained Music Festival, why the festival has continued to grow and where it is headed in the very near future with Wreck the Halls coming in December.

Last year we saw a huge spike in overdoses locally in Springfield/Greene County. The city brought people together, everyone talked about the amazing work they were doing (which is why we had a huge spike in overdoses, obviously) and all of the amazing things they were going to be doing. The city said they would continue working on it, and in the first 6 months of this year compared to last year we have seen a 120% increase in opioid overdose deaths locally. I am so tired of hearing people talk about what they are doing and getting millions of dollars to do stuff, then deciding how it will be done using mostly bureaucrats and business men. We have to get better at two things, demanding nothing about us without us and staying out of our silos and working together. Be warned, this is a full podcast rant!!

David and Josh talk about their frustrations when so many organizations don’t cooperate together and stay siloed in doing their own thing.  We’ve got to get better at working together or we will continue to see increases in deaths of despair.

In this podcast David sits down with Josh Lien and Alon Fisch to talk about multiple pathways of recovery. May see recovery as their pathway only and marginalize people who have taken different paths. Recovery occurs across and through many pathways, which is talked about then a focus is put on the power of pro-social events as an amazing pathway of recovery.

Today David Stoecker is joined by Alon Fisch. the founder of New Beginnings Sanctuary and one of the people who helped draft the Missouri NARR (National Association of Recovery Residences) housing committee when it started in Missouri.We discuss some of the ins and outs of recovery residences.

This week Josh and David talk about the second of the 4 Agreements, don’t take anything personally. A lot of time we blame others for our own behaviors when really we are the only ones that control what we say and do. A lot of times how others react towards you is not a reflection of you but more about them and what they are going through. Take a listen as they explain what it means to not take anything personal.

David and Marlisha talk about the events that have been happening around the country, and Marlisha shares her personal experiences and how she is impacted. As a recovery advocate we must be willing to talk about difficult subjects. We must stand with those who are advocating for change, especially if we expect others to stand with us as we advocate for change.

In this week’s podcast Josh and David (okay, mainly David because he basically goes on an hour long rant this week because body brokers and bad treatment centers are killing people and he is tired of going to funerals for his friend’s kids) talk about some signs to look for to identify if a treatment center may provide good or not so good services. Oh yeah, he just told me this is also about body brokers and why they suck.