Recovery Uncovered

 Teri Champagne tells her story of generational addiction and recovery

We welcome back Betsy from sunny Aruba. At the same time, Mike talks about everything from being a taker before sobriety to being grateful now in recovery. We even peel back layers to discover that Mike may actually like people more than he would like us to believe.

While Betsy continues to enjoy the sunny weather of Aruba, Mike sits down with Bryn Judkins and Telly Schwartz, the dynamic co-producing team of Recovery Uncovered. Listen as they share their personal and professional stories.

What is ALICE? What is SPARCC? Where in the world is Betsy? How have MHAB and United Way teamed up to help those in recovery?  Join your host MHAB Mike and his guest John Bernardi as they answer these questions and much more.  Recovery Uncovered is a hilarious, brutally honest, and surprisingly heartwarming podcast about life in recovery. Your hosts are Michael "MHAB Mike" Carpenter, 30+ years sober, and Betsy Vicencio, mother to a daughter seven years sober. Nothing is off-limits – Mike and Betsy cover the highs, lows, and everything in between of what happens after you get sober. Recovery Uncovered offers two unique perspectives in addiction recovery commentary, plus Mike and Betsy welcome their friends and other exciting guests to share relatable stories or expertise about recovery.   

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Mike and Betsy are joined by Brianna House and Justin Phillips, two residents of sober living homes in Plattsburgh, NY. Brianna and Justin are young– in their 20's– and are taking the next steps into an independent life in recovery. They share their experiences transitioning into sober life and out of sober housing: figuring out where to live, where to work, paying bills, making friends, and discovering what it is they love to do.

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Today's opioid crisis in America didn't just spring out of nowhere– it took decades of false advertising & overprescribing, and relied on our country's hundreds-of-years-old history of opiate abuse. A bit of a throwback episode, recorded in light of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy plan and settlement, Mike and Betsy dive into the history of opioids in America and demand accountability from the pharmaceutical industry.  Recovery Uncovered is a hilarious, brutally honest and surprisingly heartwarming podcast about life in recovery. Your hosts are Michael "MHAB Mike" Carpenter, 30+ years sober, and Betsy Vicencio, mother to a daughter seven years sober. Nothing is off limits – Mike and Betsy cover the highs, lows, and everything in between of what happens after you get sober. Recovery Uncovered offers two unique perspectives in addiction recovery commentary, plus Mike and Betsy welcome their friends and other exciting guests to share relatable stories or expertise about recovery.   Learn more: www.mhab.org Original recovery apparel: www.mhabmarketplace.com Podcast hosted at: www.anchor.fm/mhab

Mike and Betsy are joined by Dave Coryer of Coryer Staffing, talking employment advocacy in the North Country, and the duty of business owners to consider opportunities for workers who may have not been given a fair chance in the past.

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Mike and Betsy are joined by Ed Kirby, one of thousands of parents in the United States who has lost a child to an opioid overdose. For a while Ed had a difficult time finding support, and battled feelings of guilt and shame surrounding his son, Kyle's passing. Ed soon realized that speaking out and sharing Kyle's story would help him remedy those feelings, and help other parents find the support they need. On this episode, Ed shares his experience as a parent who has lost a child in the opioid epidemic, and shares the story of his son Kyle.

Mike and Betsy and joined by Dr. David Stone, a father, professor, mental health counselor, and a man of color decades into his recovery journey. We dive into the matter of race in addiction and sobriety, and David shares his own recovery story.