I can't wait to hear what y'all think of Brandon D'Ambra!

Brandon is one of the creators of the lifestyle brand,Pink7

Brandon graduated from the USC Marshal School of Business and was working in tech in Silicon Valley even as his addiction to opiates was steadily progressing. Eventually strung out on fentanyl, Brandon found himself in and out of detoxes and rehabs until finally finding success in sobriety in 2022.

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TW: Graphic description of wound care and necrotic skin from 1:09:00 to 1:10:00

Welcome back to another episode of Chasing Heroine!

So happy to have y'all here :)

Today's episode is going to be your new favorite - Tracey's story is incredibly powerful and inspiring. After narrowly surviving a serious car crash in her twenties, Tracey's use continued to escalate, eventually landing her homeless in Kensington in her late 30s.

Tracy hit Kensington right as the tranq dope epidemic began and when mysterious black wounds began appearing on her arms, no one was sure what was happening or how to treat her.

Sober now for two years, Tracey is an incredible success story - please let me know what you think!

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Y'all, my guest today, Toni Becker is absolutely incredible.

Toni lives in South Africa and is a content creator with twelve years sober. Toni was plagued by disordered eating years before her addictions to meth and alcohol began. Years of partying led to homelessness, meth psychosis and severe illness and kidney failure.

In sobriety, Toni was still struggling with disordered eating. Treatment in sobriety finally helped her with that struggle. Later in sobriety, she developed facial dysmorphia induced by social media expectations and filters. Talking about these issues in sobriety was fascinating and I learned so much from Toni!

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I am thrilled for you guys to hear my conversation with my mom! My mother was in town for my ten years last week, so we sat down one afternoon and chatted about both of our experiences during the chaos of my active addiction. In addition to her lived experience, my mom is also an MSW with an extensive career in social work. She is a wealth of knowledge and information about everything from addiction to forgiveness to healing from divorce.

Please let me know your thoughts on this one!

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Oooh, y'all are gonna love today's episode! I sat down with Jared Klickstein, author of Crooked Smile, to chat about his addiction and path to sobriety. Jared was homeless on Skid Row and in the Tenderloin area for much of his addiction. His stories are wild and raw and I highly recommend reading his book. Jared was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1989 to heroin-addicted parents. He spent his teenage years outside of Oakland, California after being adopted by his aunt and uncle. He attended UC Santa Cruz where he got addicted to heroin himself, dropped out, and spent nearly ten years chronically homeless and addicted around the country. His stories are wild and raw and I highly recommend reading his book.

I can't wait to hear what y'all think!

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I can't wait to hear what you guys think of this episode!

I sat down with MMA fighter, Blake Bilder, and he has such kind and earnest energy, I could have chatted with him for another two hours.

Raised by his mother, a series of step dads and the occasional contribution of his dad when he wasn't in prison, Blake's childhood was chaotic but mostly very lonely. Growing up, Blake lived with a constant chip on his shoulder and the feeling that no one ever actually showed up for him or had his back. After watching his dad become violent one night, Blake decided he would grow up to be someone who was strong enough to never be scared again. He set out on a path to professional fighting and stumbled onto alcohol, adderal, cocaine and meth along the way.

I think you guys will love Blake and his story, let me know what you think!

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(The first four minutes of audio when I begin my talk is kind of crackly - it clears up after that!)

Happy New Year, y'all!

I hope everyone had a good holiday season and is feeling hopeful about 2025. Scuyler and I didn't do sh*t, lol. Finished Ozark and went to bed way early. Wouldn't have it any other way!

Today's episode is a bit different, today I'm sharing my talk from Cal State San Marcos in October 2023. They invited me to campus to share my addiction and recovery story, as well as easy and effective ways to add fitness to your life. I am also sharing some mental health benefits of exercise and my hope is to inspire you to add some more movement and exercise to your life in 2025! When I changed my motivation from "getting skinny," to " staying happy," my fitness routine became way more consistent and rewarding.

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Hey, y'all!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday (if you celebrate)! Scuyler and I watched all five Die Hards over two days - I had never seen a single one - they're really good!

Y'all are going to LOVE today's episode with Colin Morrison. Colin was a legend in the 90s Motocross world, traveling with the Warped Tour, getting arrested in Germany, partying all night with the bands - basically living a rock star life...including all the drugs. Colin finally found sobriety and made a name for himself as a sober influencer, even resurrecting his motocross career - only to have it all crash and burn when he revealed he had been relapsed and lying for two years of his sobriety. I had a great time chatting with Colin, you can feel his kindness through the screen, he's just a super genuine dude.

Can't wait to hear what y'all think!

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Y'all are going to LOVE today's episode. I spoke with Somatic Sobriety Coach, Elan Hardy. Before she was ten years old, Elan had smoked weed and taken mushroom, which was common in the culture in which she was raised - traveling with the Grateful Dead as a child and teenager. Her early drug use escalated into opiate addiction as an adult. After getting sober, Elan discovered somatic therapy is a form of body-centered therapy that looks at the connection of mind and body and uses both psychotherapy and physical therapies for holistic healing. In addition to talk therapy, somatic therapy practitioners use mind-body exercises and other physical techniques to help release the pent-up tension that negatively affects a patient’s physical and emotional wellbeing. Elan is certified in Somatic work and is also an addict in recovery. Combining her training and lived experience, Elan specializes in somatic and sobriety coaching.

Elan is also offering all of you a free resource, simply DM her and she will send you free somatic exercises designed specifically for those in recovery.

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Hey, hey, y'all! Today we're catching up with long time NodPod member, Matt Billions! Since we last spoke with Matt, he's gotten married and bought a house! Matt and I share some holiday stories and what we've done to stay sober over the holidays. I also school Matt in how a secret proposal with photos can absolutely be achieved!! :)

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