I have my friend Troy on the podcast. He talks about growing up with parents in the military and joining the Marine corps in his mid-20s while battling with severe alcoholism and drug addiction. Despite having a respectable rank in the military (including being deployed to Afghanistan) his long career in the service had to end due to his drinking. Troy was able to enter treatment with the help of the military in San Diego. Troy has been clean and sober since May 5th 2019. He and his wife are part of the recovery community in San Diego and He recently became a father and is about to graduate college and get his master's degree

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I have my friend Sierra on the podcast. She talks about her life growing up in Crest and her struggles after losing everything in a massive fire in 2003. She later got into meth and was in vicious cycle of being in human trafficking and the system. After being offered drug court in 2015 Sierra decided to stick around and has been clean for over 11 years!! She has been a part of the recovery community ever since then with her husband and she is currently in the process of getting her master's degree and with twins on the way

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I have my friend Amanda on the podcast. She talks about growing up La mesa having a great childhood . Her progression from addiction started when she got into the rave scene in Arizona and becoming a budtender. She talks about getting sober without a program for 3 years. After a relapse and being in a nearly fatal car accident from a black out. She check into treatment after being released from the hospital and she is now over 18 months clean and sober!! She is now apart of the recovery community in San Diego

I have my friend Jordan on the podcast. She talks about growing up in Encinitas and her long battle with opiate addiction which started when she was 15 years old. After years of being in and out of treatment and county jail she has sworn off heroin/ Fentanyl surviving a overdose years ago. She opens up about her mental health struggles and recovery journey coming back from a relapse with the help from her partner and mom friends in recovery . Jordan is now 102 days getting clean and sober! She is fully committed to recovery and being a full time mom to her two kids

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I have the legendary Peter De Raffaele on the podcast. He talks about growing up in New York in the 60s and 70s , his service in the army and his long battle with addiction that ended up with him shooting up cocaine at 50 years old. He went to a treatment center in San Diego for 14 months and has not used since 4th of July 1995. Peter D is now 31 years clean and sober and has been huge part of the recovery community in San Diego.

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I have my homie Jake on the podcast. He talks about growing up outside of Philadelphia and his long Battle with opiate addiction which started when was 15 years old. Jake had opportunity to move to San Diego to start his life over in a " sober living" and he got be a part of the recovery community in the process . Jake is now over 2 years clean and sober

I have my homie Mike on the podcast. He talks about growing up in drug filled environment in East county. He ended up in the riverbed and after years of using drugs/drinking and being in the system. Mike decided to give recovery a chance has been clean for over a year and is working in the treatment field and is the house manager of SD sober living

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I have my homie Connor on the podcast. He talks about his life grewing up in San Diego and the bay area. After a long bottle with opiate addiction being homeless and in and out of jail. Connor found recovery after going to sober living and has been clean for 5 years!!. He is now the owner of his own sober living Stay Clean San Diego and is opening a new detox called Double Peak Recovery (760) 579-1109

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I have my homie Sean Wagner on the podcast . He talks about growing up in Clairemont CA, he started using drugs at a young age and went to treatment for the first time at 20 years old. He later would go back to that treatment center 4 more times and cycle through the system. After years of being in and out of jail or programs for a place to stay, Sean moved to Arkansas and started to get his life together getting more deeper into recovery. Sean talks about coming back from a recent relapse and that he needs to live recovery everyday to keep his new life and be there for his family. Sean is now over 30 days sober.

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I have my homie Bones on the podcast. He talks about growing up in the Ocean Beach area and had his first drink at 10 years old with a firearm in Texas. Being introduced to recovery at 14 years old he continued with progressive drinking and drug use until he was 22 years old. Having survived a overdose and better way to live he started to connect with the recovery community and worked on the 12 steps. Bones is now 8 years sober and has a amazing life that he maintains by service and doing what help him stay sober in his early recovery

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