Since Right Now

“I hit another rock bottom about two and a half years into sobriety that was probably worse than before I got sober.”

As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, she has personal experience of what it takes to recover from an addiction. Veronica has worked as a therapist and life coach specialising in addiction for over fifteen years; her experience includes working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment and private practice.

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The Gang Takes Your Qs

In the First Installment of

Recovery Request Line

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Recovery Request Line intro: Request Line / Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three / 1984

Cover Image: Paul Simonon, The Clash / The Paladium NYC / 1979 / Pennie Smith

“We both lost our mothers to their disease at 47.”

—John on how this disease infects the family tree.

John and Adrianne are the co-authors of The Painting and The Piano, their improbable story of survival and love and the painful toll that alcohol, drugs, and a negligent court system would take on them.

Both are involved in the AA/Recovery community. Adrianne currently works at a recovery house and Johnny continues speaking, sponsoring and helping others in recovery.

“I was really treating all the guilt, shame, regret, and fear with alcohol.”—Rosemary on self-medicating

Rosemary, sober since 1999, understands the challenges of staying sober as a single mom. She is the founder of ROC Recovery Services, which offers comprehensive care for women suffering from addictions.

http://rocrecoveryservices.com/

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"This shouldn't be this fuck*ng hard." — Matt

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Cover: Frank Harbert and Fred Zwickel at Mill Creek Watershed / 1949 / Helmut Buechner / Public Domain via Smithsonian Institution

"Seeing the chaos get worse and worse I knew that I had to change." —Dustin

Dustin is an advocate against the "War on Drugs" and is helping the addiction community fight against the horrible stigma associated with all forms of addiction.

"A Walk In His Shoes" is Dustin's first publication. The book details Dustin's decade-long battle with heroin and is authored by Dustin and his father. / http://www.amazon.com/Walk-In-His-Shoes-addiction/dp/1517768721

@DustinLJohn on Twitter

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"Don't you go changing on me alcoholism."

—Matt on the affirmation of hearing other's recovery stories

The boys strap on their waders and step into a wide-ranging conversation.

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"I remember the pharmacist—or the guy in the white coat—he goes, 'Is there anything you need?'…and I said, 'No.' Then he goes, 'Is there anything you don't need?" —Matt in Mexico

Matt is the founder of AddictionUnscripted.com (prev The Real Edition), a publishing platform on all things addiction and recovery. He is also an outspoken advocate for finding new forms of treatment beyond that of 12-step based programs. Matt is also open about his occasional drinking—which some seem to have a problem with.

Matt is the creator and co-host of the just-launched @addiction-unscripted podcast.

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Image: Farmacia / Lucy Nieto / 2007 / CC via Flickr

"When we were drinking, each day (looked) a lot like yesterday."—Simon on his and Kendra‘s drinking years together.

After years of drinking together, Simon & Kendra got sober in October 2008. They both got their start in AA, then their recovery paths diverged. Although they approach recovery from different angles, they agree that recovery saves lives. Every day.

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"I was on (an) emotional relapse and decided to take a yoga class. And that yoga class kind of unwound me and I was able to tap into some storm that was brewing inside me."—Kyczy on the power of yoga in her recovery

A leader of Y12SR (Yoga of 12 Step Recovery) classes for over five years and a devoted teacher to people in treatment centers and in jail—Kyczy created a teacher training program for others who wish to work in this field. Trauma sensitivity and the somatics of moving home into your body are some of the basics taught in S.O.A.R.(™) Success Over Addiction and Relapse

More about her work can be found at YogaRecovery.com

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"I decided to pick up, and I decided to do it by announcing it to a group of people, and they all toasted me out of the program with a very expensive bottle of wine."

—Natasha on "graduating out of AA"

Natasha—in recovery herself from eating disorders and substance abuse—is a recovery coach in NYC certified through CARC, CCAR, OASAS and a Recovery Coach Trainer.

http://www.SilverBellCoaching.com

@SilverBellCoach on Twitter

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