* Liz was introduced to cocaine at 16

* Her father put her up for adoption

* Endured a lot of abuse

* At 17 she connected with a 40 year old drug supplier who introduced her to cocaine

* Her cocaine use got so bad that her eyes, nose and ears doctor had to intervine with emergency surgery…she continued using after that

* Kept up a job and was all liked there until people started suspecting drug use….she was fired after a mandatory drug test came back positive

* Her supplier of endless cocaine cut her off after he noticed how consumed into it she was

* There came a time where she was choosing to buy drugs over buying food for her kids

Liz is now a CCAR Volunteer Manager and is a person in recovery. Hear her story as only she can tell it!

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Craig’s alcohol consumption ramped up when he lost both his parents. Additionally, his relationship with his son's mother wasn't going so great. He worked a lot of hours, which also didn't help him with his addiction. Often times he felt like he had no one to talk to, and became somewhat isolated. He hid his addiction well. No one really knew he had a problem. One day during rehab, he started to really understand his addiction and decided to really turn his life around, and with the help of CCAR recovery coaches, he did just that. ----Across the Web----

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Keith Sawyer, now part of CCAR's Board of Directors, is a longtime CCAR volunteer and a person in recovery. Keith also works as a Recovery Support Specialist. He sits down to have a chat with this week's guest host Michael Serrano. ----Across the Web----

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After 12 years on methadone, Mike has been a person in recovery for 6 months now. While currently in treatment, and living in a treatment facility, he started a non-profit organization ‘Inspire 2 Inspire’ to inspire people to help others, and inspire those people to pay it forward.

When visiting his dad in California at the age of 8, he was given an alcoholic beverage for the first time. That became a life altering moment for him. In his early 20's he had a traumatic experience that accelerated his overall alcohol consumption. There was a point in time where he went into rehab 12 times in 10 months! After a motor vehicle accident (while under the influence) left him in the hospital, a family intervention shortly thereafter helped Rashad realize that it was time for him to take control of his life and get serious about his recovery.----Across the Web----

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Lisa’s son Jordan struggled with the disease of addiction. The disease ultimately took his life. His two younger brothers found his body inside the family minivan in the driveway of their home. It was Jordan's hope that he could heal from addiction and help others fighting the disease. Lisa made a promise to him that she would keep fighting to save other individuals and families from this horrible disease. Less than a month later, on July 26, 2018, A Promise to Jordan was was born.----Across the Web----

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Dennis Berry is a Life Mastery Coach and has been working with people worldwide for over 15 years. He has been sober since April 8, 2003 during which time he became a successful businessman, athlete, and family man. His journey in recovery helped him find his mission in life, which is to help others achieve inner peace and success, and master every area of their lives.

Dennis knows what it is like to be helpless and hopeless with no positive direction. He was able to climb out of the gutter and transform his life and he spends his life helping others do the same. ----Across the Web----

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President/CEO Woman for Sobriety Adrienne Miller and former Administrative Law Judge Mary Beth O’Connor of LifeRing Secular Recovery & She Recovers Foundation join us on this week’s Recovery Matters podcast!

In August 2020, Mary Beth had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, I Beat Addiction without God, where she described building a personal recovery plan by combining ideas from various programs which included Woman for Sobriety. That led to her meeting Adrienne. and from there they teamed up to speak about multiple pathways that can be taken towards recovery. ----Across the Web----

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Barbara McLane, a person in recovery, photographer and author of her upcoming book “Blessed Not Bitter” joins us this week on the Recovery Matters! podcast where she shares her incredible journey to finding her birth mother and siblings after being separated from them at a very young age. Spiritual alignment as she refers to it. ----Across the Web----

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CCAR Virtual Production Team Manager Travis Caouette talks about his struggles with mental health and the multiple pathways he took to manage the thoughts he constantly wrestled with since childhood. ----Across the Web----

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