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Doug Gagnon was a successful business owner with a passion for racing. But the accidental death of his 9 month old daughter sent him down a dark path that led to crack addiction, driving for gangsters, and many near death experiences. Today Doug is 10 years in recovery and joined me to share his experience, strangth, and hope.

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Megan joined me to talk about how her addiction got started in Yorkton, SK. and how she ended up in recovery after a lifetime of crime and violence.


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In this episode, Will talks to me about how he nearly drank himself to death, how a liver and kidney transplant saved his life, and how he uses his experiences to maintain his recovery, and carry a cautionary message of hope to anyone who will listen.

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In this episode, Poppy talked to me about growing up in a broken family, finding family at the horse racing track, getting lose in addiction and domestic violence, and how the healing power of working with horses and the 12 steps changed the trajectory of her life towards the peace she has today.

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Brooke talked to me about growing up ashamed of her indigenous heritage, watching her family get sucked into gang life, using substances and men to cope with the pain and how she broke free from it all.

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Dawn Deguire was a violent alcoholic by the time she was 16 years old.

She didn’t understand why she got so angry when she drank until she started to learn about her family lineage.

After many very painful years of addiction, Dawn turned to the 12 steps and through that door she found her spirituality and realized the flow of the universe.

In this episode Dawn Deguire talked to me about how her addiction started and what brought her into recovery, how the 12 steps changed the game for her, Intergenerational trauma, Indigenous teachings and cultural practices that helped her and what her understanding of God.

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https://truth-inside.ca/who-i-am/

This episode is funded in part by the SK-NEIHR Network. Learn more here
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Retired NHL player, Rich Pilon, grew up in the Metis community of St. Louis
Saskatchewan.

Rich nearly lost his career due to injury but found a way to get back on the ice. In that time off, he found cocaine and his addiction had him.

He ended his 1.5 million dollar a year career in the NHL because it was getting in the way of his using.

His addiction spiraled until he saw no other escape but to end it all
After his failed attempt, his eyes were opened, and he reached inward and asked for help.

In this episode Rich talked to me about what it was like growing up in disfunction, how the fear of losing his identity as a professional hockey player pushed him to addiction which ultimately end his career, and what his healing journey looks like today with now 20 years in recovery.

This episode is funded in part by the SK-NEIHR Network.


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Marg Friesen has 2 children now in long term recovery. She joined us to share her experiences with loving someone who is lost in addiction.  

Marg is also the Minister of Health for Metis Nation Saskatchewan and is using our nations push for self-governance to provide better mental health and addiction services for our communities here in Saskatchewan, 

In this episode I talked to Minister Friesen about her own experiences in keeping her family safe while her adult children were lost in addiction, how they found their way out, and about the Metis Nation Saskatchewan’s modern treaty, Their upcoming judiciary act, restorative justice, Their development of a cutting edge healing lodge that their breaking ground on in 2026 and how all this will serve Metis people who are addicted here in Saskatchewan.

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Saskatoon Police Service Chief Cam McBride Joined me on the podcast to talk about everything from B. C’s attempt at decriminalization  

His opinions about Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention or Forced Treatment Initiative.

How he feels our current justice and carceral systems are falling short for people with substance use disorder.  

And a lot more including his thoughts on the provision of clean using supplies in Saskatchewan, Homeless encampments, Saskatoon’s new complex needs shelter, our overcrowded prisons, and even the challenges around the new public bathrooms that Saskatoon’s core neighbourhood are getting, (It's a lot more complicated than you may think!)

This episode is premier sponsored by the Saskatoon Community Foundation.

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Alicia Iwanchuk is a Yoga instructor in recovery from Crystal Meth and Alcohol here in Saskatoon, SK.

After 4 years of using crystal meth, Alicia was confronted by her own inner dialogue

In time, this inner dialogue coupled with her becoming a mother gave her the strength to look deeper and seek healing though Kundalini Yoga, Somatic Experiencing, and the willingness to help others.

Today she is the owner of Intentions Yoga and spends much of her free time working with others to find the peace for them, that she has found in herself

In this episode Alicia talks to me about how she got into meth while immersed in the early rave scene here in Saskatoon, SK, how she got out, and how she found healing and recovery through her Yoga practises, somatic experiences and way more.

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https://www.intentions-yoga.ca/

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