Knockin‘ Doorz Down

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Jennifer Gimenez-Ryan is a world-renowned model, actress, substance abuse counselor, and reality TV star. She starred in Blow with Johnny Depp in 1999. She shares some stories of onset activities, meeting Johnny Deep and George Jeung, including drug use during the filming of the movie. Tim even plays a voicemail he has saved from George. Jennifer was also in numerous music videos for the Rolling Stones and Babyface around this time. This era started Jennifer's personal drug use and abuse, it was manageable for a while, but eventually, it spiraled out of control. She went to rehab under the care of Dr. Drew Pinsky, and eventually made appearances on both 'Sober House' and 'Celebrity Rehab'.

Tim Ryan is famously known as A&E's 'Dope Man' and a substance abuse interventionist. But before his fame, he had a rough time with addiction. He and his son Nick would do drugs together. Eventually, Tim wound up in prison, got sober, and tried to get his son sober as well. On his 21 month anniversary of his sobriety, Tim lost his son while in rehab. People heard about how he would use drugs with his son and received a lot of hate and backlash for it. This was tough for Tim to deal with.

This started Tim's path to sharing as much as he could about recovery & addiction. Tim is also the Founder of "A Man In Recovery" Foundation. Tim believes the only way to bring about real change in American Drug Policy and the recovery world in general, is through legislative work. He's a big supporter of getting involved at a local level, to make the change you want to see happen in your community. Tim started to get burned out, not being able to say "no" to anyone that needed his help. He was going through his second divorce when he started to feel suicidal. He needed someone to help with everything. Then he met Jennifer.

Tim and Jen met in 2019. They hit it off immediately, got married, and started working together. Jen was totally on board with helping as many people as they could. Not only are they both famous and in active recovery, but they are also both proactive in changing lives - sometimes even helping to save them. Their "Dope To Hope" podcast is an example of that, leading many to share their stories of recovery from around the world. They finally feel like they are both in a healthy position and able to help others with their own struggles.

Now, Tim and Jenn want to focus on speaking to audiences all over the world. They inspire their audiences to live a more fulfilling, passionate, and purposeful life. They're trying to focus on themselves more these days, and keep a positive mental outlook as they try to balance helping others, and helping themselves.

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Andy grew up in Santa Cruz and got caught up in the laid-back party lifestyle early on. His mom was really supportive of his skateboarding and put him in sports at a young age. In 7th grade, Andy started stealing cocaine and weed from his mom, and alcohol from his dad. Andy got his start in the world of skateboarding at this time, seeing some of the big names doing crazy stuff, and said "That's what I wanna do". It was an outlaw lifestyle that appealed to him, and before he knew it, this was his new career.

Soon he found himself on a professional team, with sponsors. He broke his ankle and was out for 6 months, and decided since he wasn't skating he should try and smoke heroin. This began his addiction, right when he signed with Anti-Hero. He did all his drugs and was strung out... even his manager enabled his addiction by saying at a tournament "I'll give you some crack and a hooker if you get 5th place." This obviously was a bad environment for him, and his drug use got really out of control. He started disappearing, not skating, and ignoring his friends. He spent time in jail and in prison. He lost his girlfriend of 6 years. His addiction became more important than his career, and this eventually was his wake-up call he needed to change his life for the better.

Now, Andy says this is the happiest he's been in his life. He's working at a treatment center called New Origins, where he was taken in by recommendation of his ex-girlfriend, who reached out to them to get Andy help. He went through his treatment and has been sober now for 20 months. Now Andy tries to reach out to struggling kids and get them into treatment. He sees a counselor every week, lets out what he needs to let out, and now has a better understanding of himself. He's also giving skateboard lessons with kids and hosting contests and events on a regular basis. He says he wouldn't wish addiction on his worst enemy, and knows how destructive it can be in your life. Now he's trying to use his platform and fame for helping others.

This is Andy Roy in his own words, on Knockin' Doorz Down. https://www.instagram.com/andyroy18/

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Teresa was born in New Jersey in 1974, being the first generation of Italian immigrants from Sicily. Her mom didn't know she was pregnant, and Teresa was born in the US. They were living in an attic, her father was working odd jobs including washing dishes and construction. Eventually, he became a shoemaker, and this inspired Teresa to study fashion marketing at Berkeley College in New Jersey. They were a middle-class family, and her father was able to pay for her wedding and college tuition.

After college, she married Joe Giudice and had her first daughter in 2001. Teresa rose to fame starring in the first season of Real Housewives Of New Jersey in 2009. Then in 2012, she starred on 'The Celebrity Apprentice' and raised $70,000.00 for NephCure, a charity that focuses on rare kidney diseases that affect children. Children of course have been her main focus for the last 20 years, as she now has four wonderful daughters that fill her life with love and keep her busy. Even though things were looking good around this time, it all came crashing down.

Teresa ran into severe legal trouble in 2013, when she & her husband were sent to prison on multiple counts of fraud. Her marriage of 20 years fell apart. She served 11 months, and during that time faced multiple lawsuits. This was a major time of self-reflection and figuring out how to move on. She settled her debt, paid her dues, and did her time for the crimes she committed. After all this, she then lost her Mother and then her Father all within a couple years from each other. Those deaths really affected her kids and everyone in her family and were a tough obstacle for them to overcome. She feels now that she's finally able to get her life back on track.

Since starring on Housewives, Giudice has co-authored three successful cookbooks that include recipes handed down from her mother from Italy. When she was first released from prison in 2015, she wrote her first memoir titled "Turning The Tables" that ended up becoming a New York Times Best Seller. It chronicled her life growing up, meeting Joe, joining RHONJ, and serving nearly a year in prison. Her latest book, though, was quite a departure for her. It's called "Standing Strong" and is an introspective look at herself, how she has changed as a person, and how she is trying to live her life now. It was tough adjusting to being a single parent and trying to live a normal life after prison. It was tough to focus on herself for a change and create a healthier lifestyle with yoga and good eating habits. Now Theresa feels like she's finally in a good place in her life, and wants to share her story of how she was able to turn her life around, in hopes of inspiring others.

For more on Teresa Giudice, and how she was able to turn her life around check out http://teresagiudice.com/ and grab her new book "Standing Strong".

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Growing up in Bakersfield, California Jerome experienced trauma with domestic abuse in his family, not having a father growing up, and trying to avoid the gang lifestyle that was prevalent in his neighborhood.  He saw a lot of the people he knew in & out of jail and wanted no part of that.  He found refuge in sports and was able to focus his energy and after-school time on something productive.

Jerome eventually went to the College of Sequoias to play football.  This is when the partying lifestyle started to take shape in his life.  He felt the peer pressure of his friends to do all kinds of drugs.  He tried cocaine & ecstasy for the first time, drank heavily, and partied every week.  They partied so much, that they even went to Las Vegas 8 times in one month.  He eventually started smoking crack, PCP, and even meth.  It quickly spiraled out of control before he could get a hold of his addiction.  The police even raided his grandparents' house, and this was a huge wake-up call for him.

Jerome was arrested at one point, and this really shook him up.  Also, When his third child, his youngest daughter was born this was a major turning point for him. They gave him the ultimatum of choosing his daughter or choosing the drugs.  He chose his daughter.  All this time he was going to school to be a teacher, and he came to a crossroads in his lifestyle, where it eventually caught up with him and his health and realized he needed help.  He relapsed many times, and shifted careers many times, but eventually regained his stability.  The facility that ended up helping him stay sober was the Sierra Vista Ebony Counseling center.  His counselor inspired him to start a new career helping others. 

Jerome decided to start studying drug and addiction counseling.  Now, at this stage in his life, Jerome wants to be of service to the community.  He currently holds the title of Substance Use Disorder Certified Counselor (SUDCC) under the California Association of DUI Treatment Programs, and he is also a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor.  Now his goal is to reach kids as early as possible in their lives so that they get a chance to grow and develop their minds without the hindrance of drugs or alcohol.  He will go out of his way to help kids who can’t afford his services and give them his personal cell which he says he will answer at any time of the day or night, to help these kids.

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Dave grew up in Manhattan, and since he could remember, he always wanted to be a TV show host.  He would watch all the famous late-night shows and TV shows with his mom growing up.  Regis Philbin would make him feel relaxed and was a huge inspiration for him.

In his early teenage years, Dave always thought of drug users as “poseurs” and was never interested in them.  One night though after drinking heavily at a party, he started smoking pot, to help with his nausea.  His first real drug experience was taking Acid at a Grateful Dead concert his Junior year in High School.  Not too long after that, his drug use quickly escalated to heroin use.

In his early 20’s, Dave was in & out of rehab multiple times, but it finally took on his 3rd time trying.  Dopey Podcast hosts Dave and Chris first met at a rehab center in Connecticut in 2011, where they were both getting help.  Dave worked (and still works at) the famous Katz Deli in Manhattan, New York.  At first, he wanted to do a show about “The Last Jewish Waiter” based on his experience at the deli.  He soon realized that his life was a mess and needed to focus on his well-being and getting help.  Chris still liked the idea of doing something with the waiter thing, and it eventually morphed into the podcast they have now.

Dave & Chris founded the Dopey Podcast in 2016.  Their style was a little different than other podcasts; they didn’t focus on recovery stories, as they found them boring.  Instead, they would tell their “war stories” of their addiction and using years, with doses of edgy humor mixed in.  They’ve had some amazing guests like Dr. Drew Pinsky, Marc Maron & Jamie Lee Curtis. 

In 2018, Chris was getting his Ph.D., working in a sober house, and was engaged to his newfound love.  His life was on the right track but started falling back into bad habits. Supposedly, he had been injured while on vacation with his girlfriend, was prescribed painkillers, and soon was again taking heroin and other substances.  Shortly after, Chris passed away from a drug overdose.  When he died, Dave plugged himself back into his rehab support system, by attending meetings.  He was determined to not relapse.  Dave has no plans to get another co-host and now does the show solo.  Also, hear some of Dave’s tales of meeting and partying with celebrities at the world-famous Katz’s Deli.

This is Dave of the Dopey Podcast in his own words, on Knockin' Doorz Down.

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Dr. Wade Gilbert is an internationally renowned coaching consultant and sports scientist, as well as an award-winning professor in the Department of Kinesiology at CSU Fresno.  Growing up, he lived in a small rural Canadian town and started riding his bikes around with his friends, creating jumps and ramps around town.  He started playing multiple types of sports, which would eventually shape his life to come.

He ended up going through college studying to be a P.E. teacher.  Eventually, he started working at UCLA, then was offered a job at Fresno State, along with his with his wife.  They both relocated and started working with the Fresno State Athletics Department.  Since then, He’s worked with the United States Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, World Wrestling Entertainment, and more.  He’s worked with some of the most elite athletes and coaches in the world.  Wade says that The Canadian Olympic Women’s Softball team that he coached was the model of what a team should be, a working cohesive group of people.  He uses them as an example of a team effort to accomplish one goal. 

He works with many different types of sports teams to show their weaknesses and strengths, as an advisor for coaches and athletes looking to improve their strategies.  The crux of what Dr. Gilbert tells the teams he consults is this:  You don’t have to be the best athlete on the field, you just have to be present.  And much like with recovery, it works the same way.  You just need to be present, in the here and now and be receptive to advice and change.

In 2017, he wrote the book “Coaching Better Every Season” where he shares his knowledge on communicating and teaching with athletes, coaches, students, and educators.  Gilbert regularly shares his coaching insights through 'Coach Doc' commentaries on the Human Kinetics Coach Education website in his advisory role with the company. He also works closely with youth and Fresno State coaches locally, often testing the merits of new coaching methods and practices.

For more on Wade Gilbert follow him on https://twitter.com/wadewgilbert and https://coacheducation.humankinetics.com/pages/coaching-better

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Peter has had an interesting journey to where he is now in life.  He was sued for 17 million dollars by Hewlett-Packard, they tried to get him to settle, and he ended up in jail on contempt of court.  He lost his business, and he lost millions of dollars.  This wasn’t a criminal offense, instead, he served his time as a “civil prisoner” in one of the worst prisons in the UK.  He took this opportunity to change the lives of people that really need help and committed himself to help his fellow inmates. 

He thought of himself as a double agent of sorts, that would secretly try to change the lives of the inmates while he was in there.  One time when a computer in the prison was left unattended, he printed out 50 copies of a motivational short story he’s been working on and passed them out to the prisoners.   He was very proactive, including designing a new prisoner welcome booklet that is currently being adopted in US prisons in Arizona, Ohio, and other states.

Peter makes the point that we grow through challenges in our lives.  We are intrinsically motivated by nature to overcome obstacles and learn from them.  It’s never about the life you think you want to have, it’s our relationship to it.  Many times, people adopt a victim mentality because things don’t work out the way that they want them to.  It’s all about your outlook.  If you trust the river of life, you don’t care whether it bends left or right.

Peter worked with the legendary motivational speaker Tony Robbins as one of his experienced trainers for 15 years.  He’s learned that emotional maturity and biological maturity are not correlated.  They are two completely different beasts, that need to be dealt with separately and treated with caution.  He wanted to create a blueprint for success for people, and that eventually became his book “The Inside Track”.  He shows you how you can overcome your self-limiting beliefs, challenges, and anything that life throws at you.

The mistakes we’ve made, the time we’ve spent inside, the times we’ve fallen off the wagon…. That’s our capital.  Peter says to use your capital to earn your stripes and help others through the same struggle.  You turn your adversity into a gift, that will help propel you and others down the road to recovery faster than you can imagine. For your copy of Peters book The Inside Track, for the cost of shipping go to http://getpetesbook.com/KDD For more on Peter Sage go to https://www.petersage.com/

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Brianne Davis came from a very tumultuous background, growing up with parents that did not have a healthy marriage. Brianne was also exposed to pornography & molested at a young age, and blacked out, not remembering what actually happened. Her parents were constantly fighting. Brianne’s mother would cheat on her father, and she saw the power that this gave her. Brianne’s dad made her feel like she was his partner, which Brianne describes as “emotional incest”.

Brianne saw all this as what defined a marriage. So naturally, she wanted nothing to do with marriage and this spawned her promiscuous approach to relationships and men in general. Initially, she got addicted to the butterflies of new relationships. She first cheated on her boyfriend in 8th grade and describes the rush she got from that as similar to the high you would get from heroin. This turned into the manipulation of her sexuality to get what she wanted. She was a cheater, a liar, and a thief. She says she would figuratively “snort & drink” people, getting high off of manipulating them. The other side of this is shutting down sexually all together. She would fear the intimate and legitimate connections in relationships. She felt empty inside and the only thing that would give her self-worth was having control of people’s emotions.

She began acting in Hollywood and actually subconsciously mirroring herself in the roles that she would take, saying 95% of the roles she took were sex and love addict characters. When she decided to get help with her addiction, she stopped acting for a year just to adjust and “detox” from that lifestyle. This is when she started writing her book. She realized money, cars, clothes and even “soulmates” don’t matter, it’s about completing who you are and finding that self-love that you’ve been denying yourself.

3 million people in the US are Sex & Love addicts, and that was in 2017. The number one reason people lose their sobriety battle with chemical addiction is relationships. Relationships will take you down if you do not have the healthy tools to deal with healthy relationships.

This is what inspired Brianne to write her book, “Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex and Love Addict”, which was just released this year. In it, she describes her trauma early on, her sex and love addiction that followed, and how she was able to find the right tools to deal with her problems. She also mentors’ people that are experiencing the same things she did, and hopes that by speaking out that more people will come forward with their issues. Brianne has had people that she’s mentored describe their sexual and love addiction as very hard to deal with. One man said that “he could quit heroin, but not his partner”. This underscores the severity of these types of addictions, and that we should take them more seriously in our society. For more on Brianne, her book, and podcast go to https://linktr.ee/briannedavis 

For the 40 questions, Sex and Love self-diagnosis https://slaafws.org/download/core-files/The_40_Questions_of_SLAA.pdf  She shares with us her positive transformation and how she lives to inspire others to be whole within themselves.

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Growing up, Thomas' troubles started early on, getting in many fights with other kids, sometimes seriously injuring them. He would steal from his dad to buy baseball cards, and at the age of 7, he was already hiding his stealing from his friends and family. His dad was always taking him to Mets & Jets games, buying him stuff, and living lavishly in the eyes of a kid. But behind closed doors, there was more going on. He learned that his dad's business was a front for illegal activity, and his parents would fight often. One time they stopped talking for 6 months, and as an only child, Thomas remembers this being very traumatic. When his parents eventually divorced, this was the catalyst for his drug and alcohol abuse to come.

It started with stealing cigarettes from his cousin and drinking to mask his insecurities and so he could talk with girls & other friends. He quit his hockey team because he just wanted to drink & hang out. In college, he was a smart student, but didn't go to class, and used his parent’s divorce as a reason for not going. He was given a deal to get a 3.4 GPA and eventually graduated with the Dean's Scholarship helping him along the way. After college, he got a job as a bartender at an Irish Pub in his New York neighborhood. He eventually got an additional job offer to be a 'bookie', gambling and keeping track of bets.

One night, he decides to try ecstasy and ends up doing it 7 times that same night. After that, he started using cocaine as well. This quickly spiraled out of control by taking up to an 8 ball of coke every night, leading to various issues including DT shakes. His aunt told him his skin was gray and he realized he had to see a doctor. After a quick stint with prescription drugs, he was admitted to a psych ward. He started going to the AA meetings in his hospital. It helped at first but didn't really connect with him fully at the time. Soon after, he was back on the streets using drugs again, but this time he almost committed suicide. He was smoking crack, collecting cans, and sniffing heroin every day. He finally reached out for help and was able to seriously and earnestly commit to rehab. He would do well for a while, but got addicted to Vicodin for another 8 years, and went into rehab again for the 3rd time.

Thomas was always a fan of memoirs, mafia stories & real-life depictions of actual events put into writing. When Thomas got out of his most recent treatment, his mentor told him to put it all down... describing how his life was now & how it used to be manageable before alcohol and drugs came into the picture. It sparked something in him & inspired him to speak at meetings and get more involved in the recovery process by sharing his story. At the time, He was working on a garbage truck in New York and shared one of his stories with a co-worker, who inspired him to become an author. 3 years later, his first book "That's What Junkies Do" was officially published. To more on his book and to follow Thomas on social media go to https://linktr.ee/TommyFigs This is Thomas Figlioli in his own words, on Knockin' Doorz Down.

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