Not the Normies

Family drug use, military experiences, loss of friends and an addiction that spiraled life out of control.  He is back with a fresh new start spreading the positivity. Get to know our friend Bert.

Carrie does a great job explaining what a Recovery Community Center does for those in recovery.

Ken has a great story of how his addictions began through prescriptions by his doctor for pain relief.  Collage athlete with a job in a winery.  Check it out!

Willie has one awesome story of Recovery.  Growing up in cotton fields, abuse, prison and then recovery. Willie is a story of hope and is today, an extremely well-respected asset to the Recovery Community.

Pepper is a legend in Holland Mi. Though he has returned home to Illinois we catch up with him with our first show using a call in method. Pepper has a way to make the complicated simple to understand and is packed full of wise information.

This is a great story of recovery through perseverance. 

Dereks story of recovery and hope. He shares how he has overcome hardships in recovery and how his experiences even in hardships helps others.

Another chat with our friend John who works for a local treatment center. We talk about fear of going into treatment, sigma's associated with it and general good conversation about our recovery.  

Does stigma exist in the recovery community amongst groups in recovery? How can we reduce the stigma to the ones not in recovery.  Recovery Out Loud! rather than the old "Dry Drunk" or abstinence without recovery.

This turned into a fun conversation. 

Comorbidity is the topic today, multiple issues along with addiction. the barriers he faced finding recovery. Denial about the issues and coming to term with all the comorbidities.

Guess what, we felt its time our great host Clay shares his story! Please enjoy a wild tale of addiction and recovery.

Giving back by providing re-entry programs and sharing her experience, strength and hope. Kelly has a powerful story of addiction and redemption.  

This episode we talk over how to access resources, barriers we face in the beginning of our recovery and general recovery talk.

Our friend Jeff gives his testimony about his challenges with his addition. The drive to continue even facing death and the angel who stepped in to help him along his path of recovery. 

Our friend Dans story through the troubles of addiction and what he is doing today in recovery.

In this episode we had the pleasure of going live at the Holland Michigan Lakeshore Recovery Festival. Join us as we interview many of the attendees from local providers sharing what they do for addiction services and people in attendance sharing their recovery stories. This event had a great turn out, enjoy.

Our Friend Katelyn shares her story of being a single mother and recovery. Her story really lets the explicates fly so keep this in mind if your sensitive to adult language. We sure had fun with this guest, and her story is very powerful.

Freedom in recovery! Talking over this evolution in recovery.

On this episode of Not the Normies we look at the drug Xylazine or Tranq as its called on some streets. Talked through putting your recovery first!