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- Dylan’s Story: Rebuilding a Life in Recovery — Part 2Part 2 of Dylan’s story is about what comes after stabilization: rebuilding relationships, finding work, and discovering community through peer-recovery meetings. We talk about what long-term recovery actually looks like two years in — the slumps, the wins, and the...32 min
- Dylan’s Story: High School to Heroin to Fentanyl — Part 1Dylan shares how casual weekend use in high school turned into daily heroin dependence, then into fentanyl exposure through contaminated supply. Part 1 covers the school years, the first overdose, and the family intervention that pulled him out of Oregon...20 min
- Sam’s Story: Treatment, Relapse, and Recovery — Part 2Part 2 of Sam’s story follows the road from detox through three treatment attempts, the relapse that almost killed him, and the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) plan that finally held. We talk about buprenorphine, naloxone access, and what made the difference...41 min
- Sam’s Story: From First Pill to Fentanyl — Part 1Sam walks us through the slow slide from a prescribed opioid after a sports injury to buying pills on social media. In Part 1, we hear about the early warning signs his family missed, how counterfeit M30s entered the picture,...16 min
- Breath of Life: Living with Fentanyl Loss — Part 1In this opening segment of the Breath of Life conversation, a family member shares the early hours after losing a loved one to fentanyl poisoning — what the phone call felt like, what the coroner said, and how the silence...10 min
- Dylan’s Story: A Rural Farming Community and Long-Term Recovery — Part 2Part 2 continues our conversation with Dylan, who comes from a rural farming community and has moved from fentanyl addiction into long-term recovery. We keep it human and away from sensationalism: his struggles, his wins, the moments that led him...32 min
- Dylan’s Story: Fentanyl Arrives in a Rural Farm Area — Part 1Dylan grew up in a rural area and has come through fentanyl addiction into long-term recovery. In Part 1, he talks with us plainly, without sensationalism, about his life: the struggles, the wins, and the moments that led him to...20 min
- Sam’s Story: Sentenced to Jail, Where He First Tried Fentanyl — Part 2Sam's path to substance use disorder did not start all at once. In Part 2, he shows how little separates a kid from someone sentenced to jail, and it is in jail that he tries fentanyl for the first time...41 min
- Sam’s Story: His First Fentanyl Overdose Happened in Jail — Part 1Sam is an ordinary American whose life took an unexpected turn when he encountered fentanyl in jail. He overdosed the first time he tried it. In Part 1 of his story, we look at how fentanyl reaches even places people...16 min
- Facing Fentanyl: Breath of Life — Part 1Part 1 of Breath of Life, a conversation from the Facing Fentanyl podcast. Facing Fentanyl shares real stories about fentanyl and the hope of long-term recovery. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide...10 min
About Facing Fentanyl
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This is the story of Rob and the first time he experienced Fentanyl. This is a personal narrative podcast series delving into the roots of substance use disorders as a social and cultural documentary to understand the history of the medication seen through actual experience, roots of behavior and biological impacts of fentanyl on a person's life and the options, incentives, and resources available to leave this powerful opiate behind.
The following interviews depict substance use and mental health disorders including abuse, depression, suicide, and trauma, If you or someone you know are suffering from these disorders, we recommend reaching out to the national prevention lifeline at suicidepreventionlifeline.org or the national alliance on mental health at nami.org. Listener discretion is advised.
We'd like to thank our sponsor La Jolla Recovery for making it possible to share about mental health. La Jolla Recovery is an evidence based addiction treatment center providing drug and alcohol detox and rehab programs in a tailor-suited manner in San Diego, California. La Jolla Recovery believes in meeting clients where they are at, and no matter belief systems or cultural background, will develop a customized program to break away from substance use disorders in an inspiring by the sea setting with some of the most passionate and world class therapists.
This is a 210 Digital Marketing podcast media production. For more podcasts listen to Bro Enough mental health podcast series here.