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This interview showcases “Being of Service” in recovery. Brandon is working on his 13th year of recovery, and this is some of his story. 

·         How it was growing up in Santa Ana California. His parents then moved to Chino to find a safer place to raise the children. His early days of addiction.

·         Brandon gets introduced to recovery. The ups and downs of trying to get sober through treatment. 

·         The three stages of addiction. Fun, fun plus problems, and problems. 

·         Brandon gets sober after having a moment of clarity after his 4th DUI and getting bailed out for his last chance at changing from his father. 

·         Lessons learned in recovery. The journey of sobriety. 

·         Stories From Al and Justin on how Brandon has helped change their lives. 

·         What’s happening now. Brandon and his life as it is today. 

·         Traveling the world and creating a family.

Follow Brandon and his son: 

https://www.youtube.com/@Brandonsober 

https://www.instagram.com/theincrediblehustle/

 https://www.youtube.com/@angelafernandez1334

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Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
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This episode we Interview with Johnnie F. a comedy show promoter, recovery advocate, and all-around great guy. Johnnie F. has been clean and sober since 1989 with 35 years of sobriety. He will be sharing his experience, strength, and hope. 

·         Rich shares his experience of being a new Registered Nurse and working in the E.R.

·         Johnnie shares the beginnings of being sober. 

·         Johnnie is introduced to recovery in prison and has a moment.

·         Johnnie’s early recovery being of service in H&I, Panels, and sponsoring. 

·         Commercial With His House/ New Creation 

·         Johnnie opens men’s and women’s Sober Living’s 

·         Fun in recovery “I’m already Laughing” Comedy platform. 

Johnnie F. can be reached at: 

[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/johnnie.flowers.1 

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Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

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SSP 23 interview is a deep dive into Psychology, and one of its best advocates. 

 Faust Ruggiero
Faust A. Ruggiero’s professional career spans almost 40 years, and is diversified and compelling, as it has consistently established new and exciting cutting-edge counseling programs in its pursuit of professional excellence and personal life enhancement. He is a published research author, clinical trainer, and a therapist who has worked in settings that have included clinics for deaf children, prisons, nursing homes, substance abuse centers, inpatient facilities, major corporations, both national and international, and as the President of the Community Psychological Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania. In that capacity, he developed the Process Way of Life counseling program and has developed it into a formal text presented in the Fix Yourself Handbook.

 In the summer of 2016, Mr. Ruggiero decided to develop the Process Life Program into a text that can be published and would help people in need address the difficult situations that are affecting their lives. 

·         The Fix Yourself Handbook. 

·         The Fix Your Anxiety Handbook

·         The Fix Your Depression Handbook 

·         The Fix Your Anger Handbook

·         The Fix your Addiction Handbook 

He has appeared on television and radio shows, and podcasts discussing the Process Way of Life presented in The Fix Yourself Handbook series.  

Find his books on Amazon:

The Fix Yourself Empowerment Series (4 book series) Paperback Edition

 Website: 

The Fix Yourself Power Zone

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Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

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Introduction: 

Elle Gargano is a Survivor of the biggest mass shooting in America History. The Hwy 91 shooting at Mandalay Bay on the night of October 1, 2017, starting at 10:05 p.m. She was shot in the back of the head and after 3 brain surgeries Elle has been dedicating her life to healing, not just surviving the horror but thriving after. In 2020 she started an inspirational clothing brand called “Brave the Label” for mental health advocacy and awareness. She has decided to become wise and not remain wounded. Then in 2023, she escaped a brutal nine-year abusive relationship. After suffering in silence for so long, her goal is to inspire those who heal after trauma to find purpose and love for life again.

Find her on Instagram @ellegargano for healing tips, resources + more.

Contact her at:

https://www.ellegargano.com/

Our Condolences to all those affected. 

Show notes: 

·         Elle shares her experience of surviving a mass shooting at a music festival and the impact it had on her life.

·         She discusses her adoption and the challenges she faced growing up, including feeling different and navigating her identity.

·         She opens up about her physical injuries, including being shot in the head, and the surgery she underwent to remove bullet fragments.

·         Elle emphasizes the importance of therapy and her recovery and finding support to navigate the aftermath of the shooting. Therapy is important for everyone, regardless of whether they have experienced trauma or not.

·         Having an invisible injury can be challenging, as others may not understand the internal impact it has on a person's life.

·         It's important to recognize and appreciate the bravery and resiliency within oneself.

·         Recovering from a traumatic experience can lead to a reevaluation of life and a desire to find purpose and joy.

·         Comparing traumas and downplaying one's own experiences is not helpful for healing and growth.

·         Seeking help and support is essential for navigating the challenges of mental health.

·         Anxiety and preparedness can coexist, but it becomes unhealthy when it prevents a person from enjoying life.

·         Finding joy and pursuing one's passions can be a powerful way to reclaim life after trauma.

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Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

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Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
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In this episode we interview Mike G., and his story starts with him being raised by two addicted parents. His father being a career criminal in and out of prison. His Mother does her best to help hold down a drug-filled household that eventually leading her to prostitution. Mike’s Father and Mother made a suicide pact and his father dies, but his mother lived. The family fell apart after that incident and then his mother became a Jehovah’s Witness. Not being able to assimilate himself to school or become a gangster that his father wanted him to be, Mike joined the army instead of going to jail for a crime he committed. 

Mike spends the best years of his life in the military traveling the world and eventually his addiction catches up to him and they discharge him from the Army. He returns home and picks up where he left off. Mike spends the next 21 years with long stents of sobriety with relapses along the way. He keeps coming back and embodying the cliché. You don’t want to miss his spoken word session or this story of transformation with all its ups and downs. Thanks for watching and listening to an incredible journey of education and inspiration. 

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Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

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Facebook

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His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
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Cliff M. is interviewed about his journey of struggling with Opioid addiction. Cliff was raised in Northern California around the Folsom Prison area. His parents were bikers, but his mother got sober when she had him. His father was very abusive and died when he was 11 years old. Cliff got addicted to Opiods at the beginning of the Opioid Epidemic. 

He dreamed of owning his own Marijuana dispensary business as a kid and became addicted to prescription pills after an accident. After 6 years he and many people were cut off from the prescription medications, he progressed to Heroin and the needle. One day after he picked up some bad Heroin that had Botulism in it. He overdosed and almost died. He was in the ICU and the hospital for 2 months. After his release he got into treatment and now has over 7 years of sobriety. He continues to work on his program of recovery and now works in treatment helping others achieve sobriety. Listen along to another amazing story of transformation on the Super Sober Podcast! 

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Super Sober Podcast

Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

TikTok

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Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
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James S. is interviewed and gives an inside look at the LBGTQ community and sobriety. James was raised in an alcoholic addict family that he didn’t want to be a part of from the start. He started using and drinking at age 15 and went from taking a hit of a cigarette to taking acid in one night. From that point on his addiction was ignited and took him on a journey of insanity.  James was brutally attacked in a home invasion that left him in a coma for two weeks in the hospital. Once he woke up from the coma all he could think about was using and drinking again. Once Rehabilitated and released from the hospital, his return to his addiction only worsened. Join in and listen to the story of transformation. 

·         James talks about the barriers of being gay and connecting to God.

·         He speaks on the issues with sex and sobriety a topic often overlooked in recovery. 

·         How his sponsor taught him about the program (a devout Christian woman). 

·         Sage Health and Wellness Center

·         Reiki Work Practitioner

·         The many pathways to God. 

Work with James S. (Reiki Work) or any of the S.A.G.E Holistic Health and Wellness Team. 

 https://sagewellnessctr.org/staff/

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Super Sober Podcast

Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@supersober_podcast

Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
Serving the community for 30 years.

Email
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In this episode, we look at “The Step House” men’s sober living in Garden Grove California. Interviewed are three residents that have lived in over 30 different sober livings between them. The residents Eddie B. Justin H. and Joey L. share their experience, strength, and hope to help people understand what sober living can do for people. Below is a history of over 50 years of community service to addicts and alcoholics.  

History recap. 

In Loving memory of all Alumni, current board members and all the residents of The Step House of Garden Grove! 

Ø "The Step house of Santa Ana has always followed the original beginnings of AA as set forth by Bill W. and DR, Bob. 

Ø "On December 15th, 1973, the first resident was admitted officially to the Step House. It has now been open for over 50 years, serving the community. Talk about, heritage, legacy, and lineage.  

Ø  “On December 24, 1973, The Step House of Santa Ana, located at 525 N. Grand St., Santa Ana, Ca, was originated as a non-profit cooperation by eleven charter members. 

Ø  “In 1973 when the house was opened it was believed the only other step house in Orange County was the first step House of Orange County, more commonly known as the “Charlie Street-step house”, in Costa Mesa.

Ø “On December 7, 1977, the house on Grand Avenue had to be evacuated to make way for a parking lot. At that time 1,134 residents had come through the doors and there was a growing list of alumni who were sharing up to four years of sobriety.

·         The day the house was Bulldozed many people thought that was the end of the step house. 

Ø  Soon after “The Step House of Santa Ana”, purchased a home at 13472 Gilbert St., Garden Grove Ca. and went right on with the same program. The house was continued as a Detox house until 1986 until local laws caused it to shut down and then became a sober living. 

·         Our records show that from its opening on December 15th, 1973, in Santa Ana to its closing on September 30th, 1986, they had processed a total of 3,539 practicing alcoholics as residents. 

Questions for the guests

1.      Give a brief story of how you got to the step house. 

2.      How has living in sober living helped you stay sober up to this point. 

3.      What would you tell other recovering friends and family about the benefits of living in sober living?

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Super Sober Podcast

Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@supersober_podcast

Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
Serving the community for 30 years.

Email
Webmail (f3recovery.org)

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In this episode, we interview Jim Brillion, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. Jim will break down CPTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and many other topics that help the diversity of the clients he helps. 

Breaking down the process of obtaining a therapist for the substance abuse populations and taking a deep dive into why he became a therapist. 

Jim’s clients reflect the diversity of our community, all genders, orientations, races, backgrounds, and issues. Jim is an LGBT-affirming therapist that specializes in working with that community. Through an integrative and relational approach, Jim also specializes in working with addictions and compulsivity, trauma, men's issues, anxiety, and depression.

Jim is trained in EMDR trauma resolution therapy. Read more about it on his EMDR page.

Areas of special focus in the practice are Attachment, Mindfulness, and Trauma. 

Healing is integration.

Jim will work to help you integrate your past with your present, and your mind with your body. His approach blends developing greater self-awareness with knowledge of how the mind and emotions work, to empower you to create change in your life. He strives to help you learn to better appreciate, understand, and express your emotions. And he hopes to lead you to self-compassion and a more mindful awareness of your life and lived experience. He wants to help you build a life you love, with meaning and an enhanced ability to cope, adapt, and thrive.

Jims’s website and Youtube page 

https://jimbrillon.com/

www.youtube.com/@jimbrillon

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Super Sober Podcast

Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@supersober_podcast

Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
Serving the community for 30 years.

Email
Webmail (f3recovery.org)

[email protected]

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Sarah M. is interviewed as she shares her experience, strength, and hope. Her sobriety date is 9/21/2020 and has solid Pandemic sobriety.

History includes: 

Served in the US Army 2001-2006; continued as a Department of the Army Civilian for 8 years after.

Served in Korea, Iraq, and the Pentagon - been to Afghanistan and GTMO.

Very active in her recovery community. Started a nonprofit, Veterans Breath Guide, to help veterans with PTSD. 

 Undergrad: Psychology, University of Maryland
Grad: Management Homeland Security, University of Maryland

Certified Meditation Instructor, Deepak Chopra Institute

Breathwork coach and 9d facilitator - Breath Masters

Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy Certified - Embody Lab

 Own: Meditation in Motion - teaching busy people how to lead meditative lives.

Founder: Veterans Breath Guide - bringing trauma education and somatic coaching to veterans.

 Big keys in sobriety - surrender in the moment; ABD (admit, believe, decide) every single day.

Veterans Breath Guide website is www.veteransbreathguide.org

Sponsor: His House NEW Creation Treatment Centers
Need Help: Call 877-345-4138

https://hishouserehab.com/

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Super Sober Podcast

Mission Statement
 Our purpose is to educate and inspire as we have been by the world of recovery.
 Educate the world on addiction recovery.
 Explain how the 12 steps are practiced on a daily basis.
 Help remove the current stigmas and bias against addiction.
 Save lives by making the world of recovery relatable.
 
Go to: 
 F3 Recovery – Education, Marketing, Entertainment

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/supersoberpodcast/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/f3recovery

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@supersober_podcast

Sponsor:
His House New Creation
Need help getting sober. Call 877-345-4138

Home - His House New Creation (hishouserehab.com)
Serving the community for 30 years.

Email
Webmail (f3recovery.org)

[email protected]

[email protected]

#sobriety#recovery#wedorecover#onedayatatime#