SAFE RECOVERY

Todd is a graduate of the Film program at Full Sail University. While in school he found his niche in editing and post production. He currently works in New York City as a professional editor – working on projects that range from advertisements, music videos, short films and documentaries. The Last Stop is his first journey into writing, producing and directing a feature length documentary. The inspiration for the film came from his own experiences as a teenager, and as a graduate of the Élan program. Mark Babitz Growing up in the 70's, Mark Babitz faced abuse and neglect from his adopted family in Chicago, after numerous run ins with the law an Illinois court placed him in the Elan treatment center in Parsonsfield, Maine. Mark went on to form The Core Campaign Group with Matt Hoffman and a few other Elan alumni in 2009. Mark is on the Maines Missing Children alliance and The Maine COld Cases Board Of Directors. He works closely with other survivors groups including The Straight Inc Survivors, Circle S  Ranch, White House Boys of Dover School . Mark takes a firm stance on stopping instituionalized abuse. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6508926/

A one hour show about the history of AA and Hollywood. Marty Mann's mission to get everyone to try AA used her connections at high end Magazines where her lover worked. This connection led to the famous Jack Alexander article in The Saturday Evening Post, which gave AA its first big growth spurt. But deep inside Hollywood, inside their bubble, we have seen too many great talents die - or commit suicide. From Robbin Williams, to Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Corey Montheith and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, these actors and singers may have wanted another way to cope. Maybe some wanted to drink a drink once in a while. But AA is heavily embedded in Socal - how deep does it really go. Join us for an indepth look.

A group of activists both current and ex AA members are trying to stop all court ordering to AA meetings. This is a known violation of our 1st Amendment rights.  Pilots, Nurses and Doctors are forced to go to AA, AA rehabs and made to believe in the AA ideology against their will. Join us for a one hour show discussing the intense cause and effect of this practice happening all across the United States.

A one hour show to explore how and why AA got SO big- so ingrained in America, Media, Medicine - or not. How Marty Mann one of the first successful AA women, single handidly moved AA into some of the Biggest Magazines of her time (1940's)  How Marty Mann, a HIgh Society Woman Helped Bill Wilson meet the biggest players in American Business. How our first Drug Czar Harry Amngslinger- Arressted over 250,000 for writing scripts for heroin which was legal at the time.Harry Jacob Anslinger (May 20, 1892 – November 14, 1975) was a United States government official who served as the first commissioner of the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was a supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs, and played a pivotal role in cannabis prohibition.     John D. Rockefeller helped Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson-by giving him $5,000 to print the First run of The Big Book. Not such a small giflt as one might think. More Facts about Rockefeller: As kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, Rockefeller's wealth soared and he became the richest person in the country, controlling 90% of all oil in the United States at his peak.[c] Oil was used throughout the country as a light source until the introduction of electricity and as a fuel after the invention of the automobile.

Join Monica Richardson for a one hour show with Podcaster, Addiction Coach, Behavioral Specialist,  Zach Rhoads from Vermont. Talking Alternatives to AA.

Zach Rhoads is a human behavior specialist, addiction coach, and science writer with a focus on addiction and mental health. He is currently the host of the Young Justice Podcast-- a show about human development and addiction.

His new show, The Social Exchange", will cover even more terrain, like social psychology, politics, neuroscience, and-- as always-- addiction and recovery. The Social Exchange will begin in January 2018.

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This is a  30 minute show to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in AA, its meetings and culture . How and why it has been swept under the rug for so many decades. How we can expose this. How can we change this. Tune in for one more show with filmmaker activist for safety, Monica Richardson. Watching the film on AMAZON and VIMEO.

Join me for a short show about how all this is unraveling and how it can help this story I have been working on to expose the Sexual predators in AA since 2009. Monica Richardson. The Make AA Safer movement. The Make AA Safer Workshops I started in April 2010.  My Film The 13th Step was the beginning. It was my story and many other stories documented over 5 years. The emails never stop. The rapes. The Assualts, The 13 Stepping, which is a pure form of sexual harassment. Abuse of POWER, Abuse of preying on victims when they are at their weakest.

This is a quick short show to hopefully make you laugh!  Host Monica Richardson does a quick show with genius Voice Over Actor  Kevin Michael Richardson- you have to guess who. I have wanted to do this for a while. Enjoy! Voices of Cleveland Jr, American Dad Principal Lewis, Guest Stars on The Simpsons, Static Shock, TMNT, BLAZE, Lilo and Stitch, How I Met Your Mother- Guest star, Knight of Prosperity- regular, LIKE FAMILY - Star, many  more shows.

Join Host Monica Richardson with guests Steven Slate  and Mark Sheeren for a  "live" interview to discuss the opiate problem in the US and what we can do to improve things by helping the person and their families. Steven Slate is an expert in the field of Addiction, and has currently just finished writing a book called The FREEDOM Model. Mark Sheeren co founder of St Judes Retreats.

Join Monica Richardson for a one hour show with Mother , activst Wendy McEntyre. Very sadly December 1, 2004, at the young age of 23, Jarrod left this world. While residing at a sober living home, Called “THE SAFE HOUSE”. Roommates had brought drugs into the residence. Later on Jarrod was discovered deceased from a heroin overdose. Unfortunately, his sober living home housed him and others in an illegal shed out in the backyard…unsupervised, and much too far out to hear his last gasping breaths JarrodsLaw.org is dedicated to making sure that this type of incident never happens again in another sober living home. We can do this by making sure that sober living homes are licensed and regulated by the city in order to protect the community and their residents.  Wendy McEntyre founded Jarrods Law to expose and change the way Sober Living Homes are operating in CA.