ep-41 The Pandemic Overdose Crisis With our guest Angela B. in Seattle

Check out our pre show peek with Angela here

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Angela recently celebrated TEN years clean and sober and is recovering from alcohol, pills and P.T.S.D. Every year she learns more about herself and dives deeper into her own recovery. She is now a Licensed Addiction Professional/Counselor and clinical supervisor, advocate for COD recovery.

Angela shares her experience as a teenager overdosing and filling the void with drugs and alcohol and her rock bottom when she was appointed the designated driver for the night and she couldn't not drink. She wound up drunk and throwing up in the bathroom, banging her head on the toilet and giving herself a concussion later coming in and out of consciousness and a blackout on the drive home.

She now works with other alcoholics and addicts as a professional. Angela tells us of how the pre-pandemic looked in her field with drug overdose and how the numbers have increased since the pandemic hitting overdose records in the last six months. How Substance abuse treatment centers are only operating at ¼ or ½ capacity due to the restrictions at a time when overdose is at ultimate highs.

Angela appreciates music even more in sobriety.  AFI and Fallout Boy are still her favorite artists.

If you would like to know more about Angela B. follow her on Instagram at Recovery Hustler

Topics in this episode include:

#trauma #survivingtrauma #ptsd #overdose #homeless #mentalhealth #opiods #marajuana #prescriptionaddiction #drugcourt #eatingdisorders #bingedrinking #addiction

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