Recovering addict, author and non-profit exec Glennon Doyle famously said that by the time she hit bottom in her addiction her loved ones had come to view her essentially as an “insensitive liar”, and with good reason.  But, Doyle adds, she felt like she started life as an “ultra-sensitive truth teller”, someone who struggled intensely with the deep and painful mysteries of life.

Thats how far down the scale substance use disorder can take a fearfully and wonderfully made human being.  And Drew Callner, Birmingham filmmaker and recovering heroin addict, experienced that (almost) total shift away from his created essence into a nightmarish existence where his loved ones - and even he himself - could barely recognize the shy, sensitive and caring boy he had been.

Join us on this episode of How’s That Been Working For You as Drew recounts some of his and his families’ journey through years of heroin addiction, rehab stints, sobriety, depression and relapse, The End Heroin Bham Walk, and, back to a little boy with a camera and a vision.