Don't Die Wisconsin

Don't die's resident junky Ryan shares his existential travels of his childhood excursions with robots to recovery in Prescott Arizona and on to Florida or bust....listen to Ryan share the good the bad the ugly and finally his hope!

All of us unfortunately will experience losing someone we know to the chaos of reality we call life. Join the guys as they stumble through the stages of grief to find some sort of frame work to learn and cope with the ones we lost.

In this episode the boys talk about the history of drug and alcohol treatment and how the current opioid crisis is overwhelming outdated practices and programs. They get into how effective MAT can be and Ryan attempts to walk back his comments about methadone. And fails.

With our last episode of the year, we thought we'd do it right by talking with "Rehab Bob" and explore alternatives to help individuals suffering from addiction. We discuss supporting recovery in creative ways by waiting tables and caring for rescue animals. Bob Forrest, who started Don't Die and graciously gave us our start, wants all to get the message "Don't Die!" We close this episode with an original song by Bob Forrest "Memphis"

Buddha who? Buddha what? And what does Buddhism have to do with recovery? In this soup for the Zen soul episode, John from Refuge recovery sits down with us and enlightens us to the path of recovery through Buddhist meditation. Listen as John mindfully explains the 4 noble truths to the 8 fold path to better living regardless of your addiction.

Holidays can be ROUGH...

This week, we have Counselor Sara in studio to discuss how we can handle the Holidays.

The Boys also discuss the 8 Overdose Deaths this past week in Milwaukee.

The guys are doing their best this week to discuss the family aspect of the disease of addiction.

Kevin talks about Lederhosen and adoption

Ryan talks about being a shitty friend in Dublin

Patrick goes off on tangents..

Pull over people we have red lights and sirens screaming by us in this episode.

This week we share an hour with an amazing friend and righteous dude who literally brings people back from the dead. This firefighter is serious about helping our community. Listen to him tell his story and what it's like screaming through the streets at all hours of the night, saving lives and willing to act on just a glimmer of hope to get the message of recovery to those in need!

With all the negative press and stories concerning the opioid epidemic we wanted to share with you someone in our own community who is fighting back with honesty and integrity. In this episode, we get the privilege to have a candid conversation with one of our home town hero's Dr. Arassi. Dr Arassi discusses the disease of addiction, different Medication Treatments available, and how and why they are used.