RECOVERY CAST

This episode opens with Pawley and Michele checking in. Then, they welcome James Anderson to the pod.
James is a person in long term recovery, a fitness trainer and a person who has successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. His trip to top was a true challenge as he tried and failed once before.

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Pawley shares the downside of his latest purchase, Michele shares a secret, some tweets are read and then Lori Linkous  joins the pod for a super intense and emotion filled episode.

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The pod starts off with Pawley grilling Michele on a misstep. Then, they welcome Brian Storm to the Show.

Brian Storm grew up in Philadelphia, PA, where he discovered a passion for writing at an early age. However, a drug addiction took priority over Brian’s life, as he spent the next 15 years selling drugs to support his habit.

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Pawley and Michele discuss some tweets and then welcome Mary Beth O'Connor to the pod. She's been sober since 1994 and her new book "From Junkie to Judge" has just been released. She also has placed essays in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Recovery Today. 

Mary Beth is  a board member for LifeRing Secular Recovery and She Recovers Foundation.  She speaks on behalf of these organizations, about multiple paths to recovery, and about all topics related to substance use disorder and recovery. She also speaks about sexual abuse and rape, child abuse, domestic violence, PTSD, and anxiety. To learn more about Mary Beth, visit:  www.Junkietojudge.com

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The newest pod starts out a lil' frantic as Pawley and Michele share some snafu's, read some tweets and welcome their guest, Shelby Klug.  She's a person in recovery and the Growth Relations Coordinator for Aware Recovery Care. The three of them talk about Shelby's addiction, her recovery and her experience working in the drug and alcohol field.

As the show comes to an end, Pawley makes a painful admission.

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Pawley makes an admission and Michele talks organizing before they welcome Michelle (#2) to the pod to discuss her success using Rational Recovery. To learn more about Michelle Jordan visit her here: https://sobbrave.com/

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In this special Thursday Bonus Show, Pawley and Michele talk about strange voices before welcoming Coach Blu Robinson to the pod.  Blu  is a well-known Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC) and a Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDC) and the founder of Addict to Athlete. He has been clean and sober since 1996. He is widely known in the recovery community as a pioneer in the addiction recovery field, an inspirational speaker, and an innovator. To learn more about what Blu and his organization does, visit   www.addicttoathlete.com

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Pawley, Michele and Lauren discuss crying in public, strained family of origin relationships, changing medications and working nuanced programs of recovery.

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Pawley and Michele start the episode by talking about Pawley's speech issues. Then they welcome drug and alcohol counselor Dalton Witt to the show and discuss Dalton's personal recovery, how he encourages the men he works with to integrate exercise into their recovery plan and some studies that back the use of exercise in SUD recovery.

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After being left hanging by a no show guest, Pawley and Michele discuss:
- an important male in Pawley's life
- co-dependency
- the recent visit with Pawley's oldest daughter
- criticisms of 12-Step ideology regarding trauma
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