As the 2nd of four girls born to a conservative Christian family in a small town in Iowa, Ashley Jo's upbringing was filled with music, family and church.  She was raised to love God and live by traditional family values that carried her through to her college years, until one night, her world came crashing down.  After being drugged at a college party, everything Ashley Jo had lived for was thrown out the window.

Instead of finding healing, she found a marriage that eventually broke from alcoholism and enduring the most painful loss of her life - the loss of her 10 month old son to a debilitating disease.  Ashley Jo’s story is nothing short of inspirational - tune in to hear her talk about how she found healing and recovery from being the wife of an alcoholic, then later healing from suffering from alcohol abuse herself, along with self-harm, codependency, and grief and loss.  You will be moved to both laugh and cry as you hear her incredible journey to sobriety and recovery, and how she is helping others who are hurting today

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Join Ashley, Christiana, and Ashley Jo for this bonus After the Episode where they unpack all of the details shared by the Loeb sisters. They'll cover everything from making amends and restoring relationships to using personal experience to help others. 

In this special episode, Ashley Loeb Blassingame shares how she has restored her relationship with Marina through a living amends and discusses some of the repercussions still felt in her relationships today after 15 years of long-term sobriety. 

The Loeb sisters touched on a topic we haven't covered much before - the perspective of a sibling. There is so much to cover in this After the Episode. Let's do this! 

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• S3 E92 - The Loeb Sisters:  A Tell-All on Growing Up with a Sibling Struggling with Substance Use Disorder

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In this special episode, Ashley Loeb Blassingame sits down with her sisters Victoria (Tory) and Marina to discuss what it was like growing up with a sibling struggling with substance use disorder. 

This is a 'no holds barred' episode where Marina and Tory tell-all and share intimate details about growing up with Ashley. They discuss participating in family therapy sessions, watching Ashley overcome her addiction, and seeing  her discover what she was meant to do in life by helping others in recovery.  

Join us in this heartfelt episode where we take a look at addiction from a different vantage point and share a story that beautifully captures the healing and restoration brought to relationships by recovery. 

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Welcome to Season 3 of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast!

Ashley Loeb Blassingame and Christiana Kimmich are back at recording, and they’ve been joined by the team’s new Production Coordinator, Ashley Jo Brewer. Throughout the Season 3 Intro, they’ll discuss all of the exciting things coming up including lots of laughter about bad hair, where are they now, special guests, and important topics being covered on the show. 

You’ll also hear Ashley Loeb Blassingame share where she went at the end of Season 2, discuss motherhood and recovery, and share the importance of awareness and self-care. Let’s do this! 

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It's a wrap on Season 2!!  Join Ashley & Christiana for a nostalgic look-back on all the guests and happenings of Season 2 on The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast.  From changing our podcast branding and music to figuring out how to survive and thrive during the pandemic and everything 2020 brought, Ashley & Christiana  talk about all the behind-the-scenes happenings throughout this last season.

Tune in to hear the podcast stats since it's start in February 2020 when we went live, along with some fun things ahead for Season 3!

Interested in becoming a guest on Season 3?  Fill out our guest application here.

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Episode Short for Kendra Allen's Episode (#35): 

Introducing a new type of episode - the "Episode Short"!  In this bite-sized episode format, tune in to hear an audio snippet from one of our favorite episodes of the season.

For this next featured Episode Short, we are pleased to feature a snippet from Kendra Allen's episode (#35).  You'll hear Kendra talk about how helpful Al-Anon has been in her recovery journey, and how she has learned to set proper boundaries and learn to stop being the "fixer" and "rescuer" to everyone's problems.

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Introducing a new type of episode - the "Episode Short"!  In this bite-sized episode format, tune in to hear an audio snippet from one of our favorite episodes of the season.

For this next featured Episode Short, we are pleased to feature a snippet from Chuck O's episode (#73).  You'll hear Chuck talk about his experience right after his relapse, and how his family helped him transition once and for all off his MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment), which is something he thought would never happen.

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Episode Short for Caroline Strawson's Episode (#54): 

Introducing a new type of episode - the "Episode Short"!  In this bite-sized episode format, tune in to hear an audio snippet from one of our favorite episodes of the season.

For this next featured Episode Short, we are pleased to feature a snippet from Caroline Strawson's episode (#54).  You'll hear Caroline talk about her journey to self-healing, and how realizing that she could "rescue herself" was one of the greatest and most empowering realizations of her life.

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