The Embrace Family Recovery Podcast

What a happy surprise to have my 86th episode of The Embrace Family Podcast go live on Christmas Day! An opportunity to wind down 2022 with some readings from recovery literature, a beneficial poem named 'Letting Go,' and musings from my weekly newsletter. 

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In today's Embrace Family Recovery Podcast episode, # 85, Randy Grimes continues his story with the redemption part! Randy wrote his powerful memoir, 'Off Center,"  to demonstrate that hope and healing from this disease are possible!
Randy shares as a part of giving away what he has been given, and his message about the importance of family recovery reinforces why I feel so passionate about my work with families who love someone with the disease of addiction.

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 Randy Grimes, who played center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, takes us further into his powerful story of "addiction, recovery, and redemption."
 I know there are a lot of schools of thought about "bottoms" within the disease of addiction. You will hear how far someone can fall in this story. 
As in every family, the disease also drags the family along the decline. Today Randy Grimes shares more about the progression of his pill addiction which took them all to some painful lows. We also learn about his dramatic treatment entrance and the start of his recovery journey.

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I believe addiction is an equal opportunity disease, and today it is my privilege to share the beginning of my conversation with Randy Grimes, who demonstrates this. As you will hear today, Randy came from a chemical-free background, and though he started late, the disease took over his life and almost destroyed everything and everyone he loved.
You NFL fans will envy me as Randy played center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ten years, and I got to interview him!
 In Randy Grimes's Book, 'Off Center," Mike Ditka says it so well in his forward, "for too many players, the medication they took to stay in on the field follows them into retirement. In September 2019, I inducted Randy Grimes into the Mike Ditka's Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame for his fight against addiction - a feat requiring as much mental toughness as playing pro ball".
Please meet NFL player# 60, Randy Grimes!

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I recently had the opportunity to be a guest with Gloria Englund to speak about our upcoming retreat, 'A Different Kind of Grief,' on the Behavioral Health Integration Podcast hosted by Jacob Minnig. So today, I have the privilege of sharing the episode with you on my platform!
We talk about the family disease of addiction, grief, and much more. 
To learn more about this Dec 9-11 retreat for people whose loved ones have died from addiction-related deaths, please call Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Renewal Center at 1-651-213-4605.

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Today's Episode of The Embrace Family Recovery Podcast continues to feature Tennie McCarty, author, and founder of Shades of Hope Treatment Center. If you have listened to Tennie in the prior two episodes, #79, 80, you will have a clear sense of her dedication to sharing the hope of recovery for people with addictions and their families. Today Tennie shares a story that was extremely risky for her recovery and vitally important to validating food addiction! Listen to Tennie's encouraging words about the impact of family recovery. I add a colossal DITTO!!

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I recorded my conversation with Tennie McCarty a while ago, and this is episode 80 of The Embrace Family Recovery Podcast. It is the episode where Tennie shared that she will turn 80 in December! 
In recovery, you hear there is no such thing as coincidence - how about that one?
Today you will hear about how instrumental Tennie's sponsors have been in her recovery. Taking direction is vital. 
Tennie has been serving people with the disease of addiction for over thirty years at Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas. 
As Tennie reminds us, recovery is hard work, and it is worth it.

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I have come to believe that my Higher Power shows up in skin to give me messages. My job is to stay open to whomever the messenger might be. Today I have the honor to introduce you to Tennie McCarty, a woman in long-term recovery, founder of the Shades of Hope Treatment Center,  and author, who was one of those profound messengers in my life.
Between her Texas twang and her no-nonsense approach to recovery, I could listen to Tennie share her experience, wisdom, strength, and hope all day long. The denim on the episode art is no coincidence =) Don't worry you will hear the touching story.
Learn more about the Shades of Hope treatment center and Tennie's life changing book Shades of Hope.
Please meet Tennie McCarty!

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The Creative High is described as nine artists in recovery from addiction who are transformed by creativity in their turbulent search for identity and freedom. The journalist and film critic Micheal Fox said, "The Creative High taps into our basic profound impulses to reveal, rage, let go, vent, invent and reinvent. That is to create and express.'
In today's episode, you'll learn more about the artists and some unique challenges for creatives engaging in recovery. Dianne Griffin, the producer, and Adriana Marchione, the director, will share their hopes and dreams for this beautiful movie.
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Please find us at www.thecreativehigh.com 

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I am privileged to introduce you to Adriana Marchione, the Director, and Dianne Griffin, the Producer of The Creative High, a documentary featuring nine artists in recovery from addiction transformed by creativity in their turbulent search for identity and freedom. This beautiful and powerful film can be seen at our upcoming October live screening in California. At the United Nations Association Film Festival screening in the heart of the arts district at Stanford University, Anderson Museum on Thursday, October 27th in Palo Alto, California. Join our email list HERE to stay informed about upcoming screenings in your area. 

I'd love to see this movie shared worldwide if you would like to book a screening, an excellent opportunity to host the film in person or virtually at your recovery organization. Screening events share the film (or shorter clips) and can be accompanied by an active discussion and/or workshop. This allows the audience to reflect on the power of artistic expression or engage in it. Screenings shift public perception and can affect advocacy and policy changes, bringing more funding and/or research to substance use disorders and reducing stigma and harm. Click here to book a screening, or email us directly. Please find us at www.thecreativehigh.com 

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