SCARS AND ALL
We all have scars. Some people hide them well, others don't, but the truth is, no one is exempt. We live in a world that only shows the finished product, the nice car, the good job, the happy family, and never the struggle it took to get there. Scars and All is a podcast about that struggle, told honestly. Host Frank Wills sits down with a wide range of guests, people in recovery, families who've supported a loved one through it, doctors, lawyers, nurses, clinicians, and everyone in between, who have failed, sometimes more than once, and found the courage to try again. No filters. No muting. Just the real story behind the struggle, the pain, and the comeback. If you're in early recovery, staying sober one day at a time, supporting someone you love through it, or just wondering how you ended up in the same place again, this show is for you. Recovery is possible. You can still become who you were meant to be, and it starts with getting honest. New episodes released weekly.
Episodes
Leilana Palacios was nine when her family left her alone in an empty house. She spent the next three decades in foster homes, county jail, and prison. Today she’s 23 years sober, and Frank calls her Mom.
Frank sits down with Leilana, one of the people who never gave up on him, to talk about being born a twin in the bathroom of a bar on Maui, growing up in the system as “the throwaway child,” and the phone call to p...
Danielle Benjamins called a friend for a ride to her dealer and ended up at detox instead. Four years later, she runs admissions at Luxe Recovery and shares a home she owns with her grandmother and her 13-year-old son.
Frank sits down with Danielle, a longtime friend who now works alongside him, to talk about the five years on heroin and fentanyl that left her homeless with nine overdoses, a shattered leg, and paralyzed vocal cords,...
AJ Banuelos survived an overdose he meant to be his last. Today he helps run End Overdose, a nonprofit that has trained more than 700,000 people to reverse one.
In the first episode, AJ sits down as Frank’s first Scars and All guest to talk about growing up in a gang neighborhood with a dad he idolized, the moment his 11-year-old son told him "I want you to work on your problem," and why giving up his ego was harder than givin...
Frank Wills spent years addicted. Today he co-owns a rehab. In the Introduction of Scars and All, your host tells his story. We start here.
This one's for you if you're in recovery, you love someone who is, you're still deciding whether to start, or you just need to hear that someone made it. Frank isn't a clinician looking in from the outside. He's proof.
NEXT TIME
On Episode 1, Frank sits down with his friend AJ Banuelos...
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