Pepper is a legend in Holland Mi. Though he has returned home to Illinois we catch up with him with our first show using a call in method. Pepper has a way to make the complicated simple to understand and is packed full of wise information.

This is a great story of recovery through perseverance. 

This is a grateful story from our friend Jeff J.    We found this episode particularly fun to do and it is a real message of hope, perseverance and what it takes to keep up the good fight. 

Dereks story of recovery and hope. He shares how he has overcome hardships in recovery and how his experiences even in hardships helps others.

Another chat with our friend John who works for a local treatment center. We talk about fear of going into treatment, sigma's associated with it and general good conversation about our recovery.  

Does stigma exist in the recovery community amongst groups in recovery? How can we reduce the stigma to the ones not in recovery.  Recovery Out Loud! rather than the old "Dry Drunk" or abstinence without recovery.

This turned into a fun conversation. 

Comorbidity is the topic today, multiple issues along with addiction. the barriers he faced finding recovery. Denial about the issues and coming to term with all the comorbidities.

Guess what, we felt its time our great host Clay shares his story! Please enjoy a wild tale of addiction and recovery.

Giving back by providing re-entry programs and sharing her experience, strength and hope. Kelly has a powerful story of addiction and redemption.  

This episode we talk over how to access resources, barriers we face in the beginning of our recovery and general recovery talk.