In this week's episode, Casey and Dr. Matt are joined by Jason Bush to talk about growing up in a household where drinking wasn't allowed, going on a mission to New Zealand, and how he met his ex-wife, Shelly Smith, who we previously had on our show.

Then Jason talks about how the image of being perfect led him to have an increased amount of anxiety and stress, how he began to experiment with alcohol and gambling, and his journey into addiction while hiding his drinking from everyone.

Lastly, Jason opens up about the conversation he had to have with himself in order to finally come clean and get the help he needed.

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In this week's episode, Casey and Dr. Matt talk about vulnerability hangovers, why it's so important to open up about our feelings, and why Casey is giving more respect to his mugshot.

We also dive into Casey's eternal optimism, why everyone is walking around with limited capacity because of everything that's happened in 2020, and why it is so important to remind ourselves of what's truly important in life.

Then we talk about the different types of self-care that we're doing to stay positive and productive during the pandemic.

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In this week's episode, Casey and Dr. Matt are joined by Christine and Rick Dixon (Renaissance Ranch) to talk about meeting each other at BYU, their goals of having the perfect family, and how addiction within their family almost cost them everything.

They dive into how their two sons were addicted to heroin as young adults, the moment they realized the severity of the situation, and how codependency almost ruined Christine and Rick's marriage.

Then they recall the recovery that the entire family had to go through for their boys to accept help and begin looking into addiction treatment options.

Christine and Rick also talk about what led them to purchase Rennaisance Ranch and why their relationship with themselves, their marriage, and their family is better than ever.

To learn more about Christine, Rick, and Renaissance Ranch you can visit the website here: renassianceranch.com.

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In this week's episode, Casey and Dr. Matt open up about temptation while living a sober lifestyle, why it's so hard to find a great therapist during the pandemic, and some of the various types of specialties in therapy.

Then we talk about why relapse is so common and how there is so much more to beating addiction than just getting sober. We dive into why personal introspection is so important when we're looking into bettering ourselves.

Lastly, we lay out a few steps on finding the therapist that could be perfect for you.

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In this week's episode, Casey and Dr. Matt are joined by Diana Harrison to talk about growing up in a household with divorced parents, dealing with being bulimic, and how a broken rib stopped Diana from purging but created an addiction to pain pills.

She also dives into her experience with abusing her partner's pain pills and how she used that to her advantage to abuse her own prescription. Then Diana dives into how she was abused and manipulated in her relationships in life and how they furthered her desire for pills.

We also talk about the lengths that Diana would go to get pills of her own and how she hid her addictive behaviors.

Then Diana recalls the exact moment she realized she needed help and the work she has been doing to stay sober.

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In this week's episode, Casey Scott and Dr. Matt Woolley are joined by Shelby Smith to talk about her experience with addiction and how her husband suddenly started living a double life when they moved to St. George to chase a dream. 

Then she talks about losing everything and having to move back to Ogden to try and restart their lives until Shelly started to realize that her husband was slowly beginning to become an alcoholic.

Shelly also recalls the steps her husband took to hide his addiction, the moment she tried to save their marriage, and the breaking point that pushed everything over the edge.

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In this week's episode, Casey Scott and Dr. Matt Woolley are joined by David Watkins (Weber Human Services - Regional Prevention Director) to talk about the many ways that Use Only as Directed is approaching opioid addiction prevention, how we need to be more responsible with our prescriptions, and how their new public awareness campaign, “Know Your Script", evolves our prevention efforts by empowering people and parents to become advocates for their health care.

To learn more about Weber Human Services, you can visit their website at https://www.weberhs.net/

We're also joined by Mary Jo McMillin (USARA - UTAH SUPPORT ADVOCATES FOR RECOVERY AWARENESS - Executive Director) to talk about ways that USARA is addressing substance abuse recovery, how harm reduction and disease prevention is another form of recovery, and what makes USARA so unique as a pillar of recovery in the community.

To learn more about USARA, you can visit their website at https://www.myusara.com/

You can also learn more about Use Only as Directed by visiting their website at https://useonlyasdirected.org/

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