2024 1046 Michel M shares her experience of growing up in a public but dysfunctional family where public shaming was a norm as related to her issues with eating disorders and alcoholism, struggling with her addiction issues in recovery to finding a life of freedom and joy today.

2024 E1045 Saxxon shares his powerful story of childhood trauma to his introduction to alcohol and drugs, his journey through addiction and homelessness, to his struggles to achieve a sober and productive life.

2024 1044 In our final discussion about Earnie Larsen's Book and the program “Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction”, Pamela and Curt return talk about creating and working an effective program that is concrete, practical, focused, and consistent to move past the habits or behavioral patterns which stand in the way of the relationships and life we would like to have going forward.

2024 1043 Our third segment on Earnie Larsen's Book “Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction” features Pamela and Curt returning to discuss recovery demanding change, change taking place in three steps: conversion, decision, and action, the conversion experience and making the decision to change.

2024 E1042 Pamela and Curt return to continue our conversation on "Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction" and the importance of understanding the profound effect of habits and their impact on and impediment to change.

2024 E1041 Pamela S and Curt W join us for the first in a series of conversations about the topic of Earnie Larsen's Book "Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction". In this episode we discuss Larsen's definition of recovery and the differentiation between Stage I and Stage II Recovery along with Self-Defeating Learned Behaviors of Caretakers, People-Pleasers, Martyrs, Workaholics, Perfectionists, and Tap Dancers.

2024 1040 Garrison Getchell shares the struggles of his journey to get to the doorstep of Hope Is Alive, his progression through the faith based program, what success looks like for a participant, and the process of entering and expectations as part of the program, his current role as a Community Outreach Coordinator, and future opportunities within the spectrum of the HIA programs.

2024 1039 "It Wasn't For Lack Of Trying" is Michelle H's powerful life share of experience, strength, and hope in her alcoholism and recovery journey through the programs of Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Adult Children Of Alcoholics and more.

2024 1038 Michelle H continues our conversation on the topic boundaries, with Rusty and Tim, in terms of defining healthy boundaries based on our individual motivations and difficulty with codependency as related to boundaries.

2024 1037 Michelle, Larry, and Rusty discuss growing up in chaotic households and some of the unreasonable boundaries they experienced in their youth and how as adults they have been able to establish and experience healthy boundaries as a result of various programs of recovery.