The Addictionary Podcast

Special caller Christopher Dickie: Founder of Hope 365 and Co-founder/CEO of Natural State Recovery Centers, VP of Wolfe Street Foundation (a non-profit recovery outpatient recovery program in Arkansas that offers sober living). Chris is 10 years sober and tell us a funny story to kick off the show, but levels it out by explaining how the downward spiral of his active addiction negatively impacted his life, including when he didn’t graduate from high school. Chris hits his bottoms (getting arrested over 14 times, convulsing from a GHB overdose while driving with the car door open). Wasting potential, Chris puts his family and community through Hell, inpatient treatment, 12-step meetings, Anthony Robbins, positivity and open-mindedness, and accepting new information, freedom in recovery. Chris tells us about his organizations and Dad shares his new method to quit smoking.

Special Caller Seth Blais: Person in long-term recovery, author of a weekly addiction column for the Portland Press Herald, recovery advocate, recovery coach, and member of the Board of Directors for Crossroads https://www.crossroadsme.org(a women’s residential addiction treatment program in Scarborough, ME). Seth tells us about how well he hid his opioid addiction as a corporate executive and Crossfit competitor. First IV drug use, Crossfit hand wraps to hide track marks, Active use in silence, Men don’t show pain, Perceptions of drug addiction in men and women, Double standards, Looking for a drug addict? Check the cubicle next to you. Bobby & Maegan talk about the face of addiction and experiencing true freedom. Bobby says Maegan is psychoanalyzing him (and he’s right!)

Special Caller and Friend of the Show, Justin Cambria: Outreach Representative for Turnbridge in New Haven, CT. We Dissect 12-Step and Talk Medication-Assisted Treatment, Getting Arrested, Dad Tells a Story About His Lawyer and the Various Judges He Went in Front of During His Hayday! Bobby & Maegan Talk About AA/NA and What They Believe to be the Benefits and Pitfalls of the Program.

Special Callers Peggy and Larry Curtis: Creators of A Deadly Silence, a CCTV show in Brockton, MA Now Available on Youtube! Peggy and Larry Tell us About Their Struggles with Two Children Who Have Struggled with Addiction. We Talk Vulnerabilities to Substance Use Disorder, Section 35, Tough Love, Addiction Impacts the Entire Family, Parenting on the Same Page, Blaming Yourself, Guilt, Shame and Embarrassment. Bobby Shares His Perspectives on Parenting Maegan Through Her Addiction. Maegan Talks About Being a “High Functioning Addict” and How Addiction Emotionally Affects an Entire Family.

Special Caller Richard Defino, A Sober Writer, Columnist and Vegan For The Animals! Writing, “The Anxiety Monologues”, Debilitating Anxiety, Speak Your Truth, Own Your Truth and Make No Apologies For It!, Childhood Abuse, Derealization, Cutting to Feel, Doctor Shopping, Prescription Pill Abuse, Adverse Effects of Prescription Meds, Relapse Cycle, Marriage in Active Addiction, Therapy, Pressures with 12-Step Meetings, Veganism for Ethical Reasons, The Mental Health Benefits of A Pure Diet, Nikki & Maegan Talk More Anxiety.

Special Caller Ryan Heffernan, Author of Clown & I: Riding the Wildling Spirit - A Bipolar Memoir, Bipolar Disorder, Resilience, Addicts are the Greatest & Strongest People in the World, Heroin Brings Ryan a Sense of Normalcy, 4th Dimension of Thought, Poetry, Going Clowning, Humor in Recovery, Mental Illness is Not a Death Sentence, Soul Searching, A War Within, F*$% OFF and Tough Shit, Stigma, A Shift in Language Can’t Help Someone in the Midst of the Chaos, Strength Through Addiction, Acid, Stimulating Outside The Box Thinking, The Mundane 9-5, Ryan’s Poem “What Can Be.”