Odyssey House Journals

LIQUID COURAGE TURNED HIM INTO JOHN TRAVOLTA

Carl was born in Cuba. moved with his single mom to Utah, started drinking at 10 and when he graduated from college was hired as a consultant to do research on the alcohol industry in Europe. What a great job for a functional alcoholic!!!

EXPOSED! THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA OF THE PODCAST

Le Spencer is the man who shoots and edits the Odyssey House Journals Podcast and today he shares his story. He grew up LDS, but started sneaking alcohol when he was 10 and he just couldn’t stop for a long time. But now he’s been sober for 44 years. It’s a wild story.

OXY, FENTANYL, XANAX & ALCOHOL AT THE SAME TIME

It’s a recipe for death, but miraculously Travis Whittaker is alive and sober and working in a recovery center. He recounts his 12 year battle with addiction and how his life turned around when he woke up in the emergency room in the latest edition of Odyssey House Journals.

HE FLEW INTO TOWN DRUNK AND WILL BE LEAVING SOBER

Randall Hooper came to Utah from California to enter a treatment program, but a flight with all those drink options was just too tempting. The booze plus the pills he ingested left him far from sober when he entered Corner Canyon, but he is now celebrating 6 months of recovery. He wants to put years of drug and alcohol use behind him.

HE LEARNED TO LOVE HIMSELF AND THAT SPELLED RECOVERY

CJ Armstrong is now a kitchen manager at Odyssey’s adult house, but he spent years battling a meth addiction. He says his dad would actually give him drugs to fuel his habit. Listen to his compelling story in the popular Odyssey House Journals Podcast, then tell us what you think is the most important thing he did to get sober.

THE OLDEST MAN WITH THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN THE ODYSSEY PARENT’S PROGRAM

Dwight Conklin is 49, his daughter is 9 months and he’s working on recovery and reunification in the Odyssey House Parents with Children Program. He talks about his hopes and dreams after spending years behind bars while struggling with addiction in the popular Odyssey House Journals podcast.

HE’S FAMOUS (INFAMOUS) AT LOCAL AA MEETINGS

For 30 years Chick has been a regular at thousands of 12 step meetings. He was even at the first meeting Randall Carlisle attended. He looks back on this edition of the popular podcast Odyssey House Journals.

MY DRUG OF CHOICE WAS “MORE”

Allen Maxwell started drinking and sniffing glue at the age of 10, then binged on anything he could find for 16 years. Now he’s in long term recovery and couldn’t be happier. How he did it and the change it made in his life in our popular podcast Odyssey House Journals.

MEET ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN UTAH’S RECOVERY MOVEMENT

Mary Jo McMillen was talking about addiction and recovery before the average Utahn knew much about it. Now, as Executive Director of USARA, she’s got the ear of just about every powerful person in our state. Hear why she’s so successful in the latest edition of the popular podcast Odyssey House Journals.

HOW GOOD NUTRITION CAN BE A KEY TO SOBRIETY AND RECOVERY.

Meet Katie and Angela. One was hooked on opioids, the other hooked on exercise and nutrition. How that strange juxtaposition is working wonders for both of them on the fast-growing podcast Odyssey House Journals.