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Elijah got clean at just 21 years old and never went back. Seventeen years later, however, he learned that staying clean doesn’t mean life stops falling apart. In this episode of Never Alone Never Again, Elijah opens up about a childhood marked by abuse, neglect, abandonment and trauma. He began using at a young age and eventually progressed to cocaine and methamphetamine, finding himself headed down the same destructive path he had watched growing up. Today, despite having 17 years clean, Elijah is open about the fact that life still isn’t perfect. He is currently sleeping on a friend’s couch while finishing college and rebuilding his life. “With 17 years clean, I didn’t think I would be homeless.” Follow Elijah on TikTok: Elijah (@elijah_8051) | TikTok 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ #AddictionRecovery #Recovery #Sobriety #RecoveryStory #Addiction #MethAddiction #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaRecovery #FaithAndRecovery #MentalHealth #LongTermRecovery #NARecovery #CleanAndSober #Fatherhood #SecondChances #RecoveryIsPossible #NeverGiveUp #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain

Brendan Clark knows firsthand how powerful addiction can be, even when the consequences are devastating. After serving three years in prison, Brendan was introduced to prescription opioids and says he was hooked the first time he took Vicodin. Within a year, his addiction had progressed to heroin, IV drug use, and eventually fentanyl. In this episode of Never Alone Never Again, Brendan opens up about the loss that followed. His infant son Carter passed away from SIDS, his son’s mother later died from a fentanyl overdose, and another former partner and mother of his child later died by suicide. After the fentanyl overdose, Brendan recorded a video telling his young son that his mother had died. The video spread around the world and became a powerful piece of fentanyl-awareness content, with people still telling Brendan years later that it helped them or someone they love seek recovery. But Brendan’s own recovery wasn’t immediate. Even after experiencing firsthand what fentanyl could do, he returned to using. He went through treatment repeatedly, spent time in psychiatric facilities and jail, and says he had tried treatment countless times before something finally changed. In 2022, dope sick on his mother’s couch, Brendan accepted another opportunity to enter treatment in California. This time, instead of leaving after 30 days and returning home, he stayed, entered sober living, found a recovery community, and built a new life. Today, Brendan is four years sober, works in addiction treatment as a Business Development and Outreach Coordinator, and created Time to Go Recovery. He regularly takes Narcan, food, clothing, sleeping bags, and other supplies into areas including MacArthur Park and Skid Row while helping connect people with treatment and recovery resources. His story is proof that even after relapse, repeated treatment attempts, prison, grief, and years of addiction, it is still possible to start over. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ #BrendanClark #Fentanyl #FentanylAwareness #AddictionRecovery #Recovery #Sobriety #OpioidAddiction #HeroinRecovery #RecoveryStory #Addiction #MentalHealth #Grief #OverdoseAwareness #HarmReduction #RecoveryIsPossible #SecondChances #SkidRow #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain

Judy Wilson’s story spans decades of addiction, trauma, success, relapse, and long-term recovery. Growing up near San Francisco during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Judy was exposed to drugs at a young age. As she got older, her life took her to New York, where she built a successful career and eventually worked on Wall Street while cocaine and alcohol became a major part of her life. In this episode of Never Alone Never Again, Judy opens up about freebasing while working on Wall Street, being courted by Bear Stearns, parties where cocaine was served on platters, and how addiction can exist behind a life that looks successful from the outside. Today, Judy says she has spent 35 of the last 37 years in recovery. She reflects on healing old trauma, self-compassion, spirituality, and what decades of recovery have taught her about continuing to grow. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ #JudyWilson #AddictionRecovery #Recovery #Sobriety #WallStreet #CocaineAddiction #RecoveryStory #SoberLife #Addiction #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #LongTermRecovery #AlcoholRecovery #RecoveryIsPossible #SecondChances #Healing #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain #NeverAloneRecovery

Tyler VanWilder’s story goes from touring as a professional drummer at a young age to addiction, homelessness, and eventually rebuilding a life he never thought he would have. In this episode of Never Alone Never Again, Tyler opens up about becoming a professional drummer at 14, touring Warped Tour, getting kicked out of a band because of his drug use, and how the party eventually turned into something much darker. #TylerVanWilder #AddictionRecovery #Recovery #Sobriety #Homelessness #WarpedTour #Drummer #MusicIndustry #RockBottom #RecoveryStory #SoberLife #Addiction #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #RecoveryIsPossible #SecondChances #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain #NeverAloneRecovery 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/

Braunwyn Windham-Burke’s sobriety journey played out in front of millions on The Real Housewives of Orange County, but what viewers saw on television was only part of the story. In this episode of Never Alone Never Again, Braunwyn opens up about the reality behind her drinking, the pressure of reality television, getting sober while the cameras were still rolling, and the moment she finally admitted, “I’m an alcoholic.” She shares how a three-day bender in Miami ended with a moment of clarity, why public accountability became an unexpected part of her recovery, and the incredible story of how a producer helped get her into her first AA meeting when she had actually planned to go drink instead. Braunwyn also talks about rebuilding relationships with her children, coming out later in life, therapy, finding herself outside of alcohol, learning that sobriety didn’t mean losing her personality, and the life she has built today. Recovery can look different for everyone, but no one has to do it alone. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ #BraunwynWindhamBurke #RHOC #RealHousewives #AddictionRecovery #Sobriety #Recovery #RecoveryPodcast #SoberLife #AlcoholRecovery #RecoverOutLoud #Addiction #MentalHealth #RealityTV #RealHousewivesOfOrangeCounty #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain #SoberCommunity #RecoveryIsPossible #Alcoholism

Dr. Nicole Labor was using IV heroin while attending medical school. At one point, she seriously considered walking away from medicine entirely so she could keep using. Today, she is a board-certified physician in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine with 21 years clean, helping people understand addiction from both the medical side and the lived-experience side. In this episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Dr. Nicole Labor joins Johnny Hayes and Krista Flanders to talk about her own addiction, getting sober during medical school, and why she ultimately chose to dedicate her career to treating addiction. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ 📚 Learn more about Dr. Nicole Labor and her books:  The Addictoholic Deconstructed- https://www.amazon.ca/Addictoholic-Deconstructed-irreverently-education-doctor-ebook/dp/B07ZV7SSDP  The Addictoholic Reconstructing- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJD3F638?lv=shuf&channelId=520&plpRedirect=mhFallback 👍 If this conversation helped you, LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE for more real conversations about addiction, recovery and the people working to change how we understand both. #DrNicoleLabor #AddictionRecovery #AddictionMedicine #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #SoberLife #RecoveryStory #Addiction #OpioidRecovery #MATRecovery #HarmReduction #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #12StepRecovery #RecoveryCommunity #RecoveryJourney #SoberPodcast #Podcast #PodcastClips #NeverAloneNeverAgain

Sober Shenanigans hosts Primo and Stauff join Johnny and Krista for a conversation that goes from hilarious to brutally honest very quickly. Primo and Stauff met in a recovery meeting at two very different points in sobriety. One had decades of recovery behind him while the other was still relatively new. That friendship eventually became Sober Shenanigans, a podcast built around real talk, real recovery and the idea that nobody has to do this alone. This episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast is a conversation about addiction, friendship, sponsorship, rebuilding your life, finding community in recovery and what happens when people with very different recovery experiences sit down and talk honestly. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://linktr.ee/nartree? 🎙️ Follow Sober Shenanigans: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.122093484290821649&type=3   👍 If this conversation helped you, LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE to help us continue sharing real conversations about addiction, recovery and hope. #SoberShenanigans #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #SoberLife #RecoveryStory #AlcoholRecovery #Addiction #Alcoholism #AARecovery #RecoveryCommunity #LongTermRecovery #EarlyRecovery #SoberPodcast #RecoveryJourney #12StepRecovery #SoberLiving #RecoveryIsPossible #Podcast #NeverAloneNeverAgain

Cassie Wood describes herself as a nine-time convicted felon who has been to detox 32 times and overdosed more times than she can count. Today, she is a mother who works in recovery and uses the parts of her past she once felt ashamed of to help other people find their own path forward. In this episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Cassie shares how addiction became part of her life at an incredibly young age. After being severely bullied and feeling like she never fit in, she drank for the first time at 12 and says that by 14 she was smoking meth and using multiple substances. Cassie holds very little back in this conversation, and that's intentional. As she explains in the episode, sharing the things she once felt ashamed of takes away some of their power and may help someone else realize that their past does not have to define them. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  Never Alone Recovery Meetings 🎙️ Follow Cassie Wood: https://www.instagram.com/calibudd/    👍 If this conversation helped you, LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE to help us continue sharing real stories of addiction, recovery, trauma and hope. #CassieWood #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #AlcoholRecovery #Addiction #Alcoholism #SoberLife #RecoveryStory #WomenInRecovery #TraumaRecovery #AARecovery #MentalHealth #Interventionist #BehavioralHealth #BreakingGenerationalCycles #LongTermRecovery #SoberMom #RecoveryJourney #NeverAloneNeverAgain

Scott McGraw started getting incarcerated at 13 years old. By adulthood, he was a seven-time convicted felon who had spent years cycling through the criminal justice system. Today, Scott is using his experience to serve his community through recovery outreach, harm reduction and his Me Versus Me events, where people from different pathways of recovery can come together. His message is simple: the opposite of addiction is connection. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ 👍 If this conversation moved you, LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE to help us continue sharing real stories of addiction, recovery, incarceration, trauma and second chances. #ScottMcGraw #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #PrisonRecovery #SecondChances #Sobriety #RecoveryStory #Incarceration #CriminalJustice #Reentry #TraumaRecovery #MensMentalHealth #ChildhoodTrauma #FelonyRecovery #RecoveryCommunity #Addiction #SoberLife #HarmReduction #RecoveryIsPossible #NeverAloneNeverAgain

In this episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Jenna shares the childhood pain, addiction and fear that preceded her recovery, what happened on her final day of drinking and using, and why she finally called the woman she had been calling her sponsor and admitted the truth. Her story goes much deeper than sobriety. Jenna grew up in a home affected by alcoholism and addiction, remembers finding a parent passed out and fearing they were dead as a young child, and spent years carrying experiences she didn't know how to process. Today, Jenna has been sober since May 26, 2014. She is a mother, interventionist and treatment placement advocate working in behavioral health. Her children have never known her as a drunk or high parent, something she says is incredibly important to her. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://linktr.ee/nartree?utm_source=... 👍 If this conversation helped you, LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE to help us continue sharing real stories of addiction, recovery, trauma and hope. #JennaFoster #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #AlcoholRecovery #Addiction #Alcoholism #SoberLife #RecoveryStory #WomenInRecovery #TraumaRecovery #AARecovery #MentalHealth #Interventionist #BehavioralHealth #BreakingGenerationalCycles #LongTermRecovery #SoberMom #RecoveryJourney #NeverAloneNeverAgain #SoberGirlsGroupChat #podcast

Rachel Sereni told her husband she was going to an AA meeting. Instead, she brought an old sobriety chip, toothpaste to hide the smell, and alcohol to a Taco Bell parking lot. That night became her surrender. Rachel opens up about Recovery Dharma, meditation, radical honesty, childhood grief, anxiety, ADHD, mental health, and learning how to sit with emotions she had spent years trying to escape. She also shares how movement became part of her healing and how she lost weight in recovery. Her story is a reminder that recovery does not have to look exactly the same for everyone. What matters is continuing to seek the tools, support, and community that help you build a life you no longer need to escape. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ 🎙️ Follow Rachel @realtalkwithrachie #AddictionRecovery #AlcoholRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #Sobriety #RecoveryStory #RecoveryDharma #MentalHealth #AdultADHD #Meditation #Mindfulness #TraumaRecovery #WomenInRecovery #SoberLiving #RecoveryJourney #Alcoholism #MultiplePathways #PodcastInterview #MentalHealthAwareness #NeverAloneNeverAgain #Podcast #Conversation #truestory #successstory

Former UFC title challenger Jessica Eye has spent her life fighting, but her toughest battles happened long before she ever stepped into the cage. In this episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Jessica shares the traumatic childhood that shaped her life, including growing up with an abusive father, her mother shooting her father, surviving being hit by a drunk driver at 16, and how those experiences fueled her path into mixed martial arts. Jessica also opens up about alcohol after retirement, the mental health challenges many professional fighters face, traumatic brain injuries, and why she's passionate about helping athletes find recovery before it's too late. Today, Jessica is using her platform to advocate for sobriety, brain health, and helping others build healthier lives beyond competition. Whether you're a fan of the UFC, someone navigating recovery, or simply looking for a powerful story of resilience, this is a conversation you won't forget. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ 👍 If this episode encouraged you, please LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE to help us reach more people affected by addiction, trauma, alcoholism, and mental health. #JessicaEye #UFC #MMA #CombatSports #RecoveryPodcast #AddictionRecovery #AlcoholRecovery #Sobriety #MentalHealth #TraumaRecovery #AthleteMentalHealth #BrainHealth #TraumaticBrainInjury #WomenInSports #Resilience #Healing #RecoveryJourney #RecoveryStories #Podcast #NeverAloneNeverAgain

How does someone survive 29 overdoses... and go on to become a psychologist? In this episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Dr. Roxxanne Newman shares the journey that took her from IV heroin addiction, cocaine addiction, homelessness, prison, and believing she would die... to becoming a psychologist, recovery researcher, therapist, and recognized recovery advocate. She explains the science behind addiction and recovery, discussing recovery capital, long-term recovery, medication-assisted recovery, twelve-step fellowships, and why there isn't just one path to recovery. Whether you're struggling with addiction, supporting someone you love, or simply looking for proof that recovery is possible, this conversation is one you won't forget. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ 🌐 Together We Heal Services: https://togetherwehealservices.com If this episode encouraged you, please LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE to help us reach more people affected by addiction, alcoholism, and mental health. #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #RecoveryStories #Psychology #MentalHealth #HeroinAddiction #CocaineAddiction #RecoveryScience #RecoveryCapital #Sobriety #Hope #NeverAloneRecovery #RecoveryIsPossible #TraumaRecovery #Healing #SecondChances #LongTermRecovery #Podcast #AddictionAwareness

What happens when three sisters battling heroin addiction reveal their darkest secrets on national television... and the entire world watches? In this powerful episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Amanda, Valeen, and Tiffany share the incredible story behind their unforgettable appearance on Dr. Phil, where they exposed the devastating reality of addiction, family trauma, and the chaos that nearly cost them everything. The sisters open up about growing up together in New Jersey, how alcohol and prescription pills progressed into heroin addiction, multiple arrests, losing custody, and what it was like filming one of the most emotional episodes of Dr. Phil while actively using drugs. Today, all three are living lives they never thought were possible. They discuss recovery, motherhood, rebuilding trust with their parents, overcoming shame, sharing their stories publicly, and why unconditional love became one of the biggest reasons they survived. Whether you're struggling with addiction, supporting someone you love, or simply looking for proof that recovery is possible, this conversation is one you won't forget. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings:  https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ If this episode encouraged you, please LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE to help us reach more people affected by addiction, alcoholism, and mental health. #AddictionRecovery #DrPhil #RecoveryPodcast #HeroinRecovery #RecoveryJourney #Sobriety #RecoveryCommunity #MentalHealth #WomenInRecovery #FamilyRecovery #AddictionAwareness #HopeAfterAddiction #RecoveryStories #Healing #RecoverySupport #NeverAloneRecovery #RecoveryIsPossible #DrugAddiction #Podcast #SecondChances

How do you go from federal prison to owning a treatment center, running marathons, and helping others rebuild their lives? In this inspiring episode of the Never Alone Never Again Podcast, Glynis Franz shares her incredible journey from addiction, incarceration, and smuggling undocumented immigrants across the U.S.–Mexico border to becoming the co-founder of Peak Path Health, serving on the advisory board of Miriam's House, and dedicating her life to helping people recover. Glynis opens up about growing up in Massachusetts, how addiction took over at a young age, what it was like serving time in federal prison during COVID, and the moment someone simply excited about recovery changed the direction of her life forever. She also shares why doing hard things builds resilience, how marathon running transformed her mindset, the importance of humility in recovery, supporting families affected by addiction, and why there are many different paths to recovery. Beyond her work in treatment, Glynis raises funds through Strides in Recovery, a nonprofit that helps people in early recovery build confidence and community through running, and she helps support Polo in the Palisades, Miriam's House's annual fundraiser that benefits women and mothers rebuilding their lives in recovery. Whether you're struggling with addiction, supporting someone you love, or simply looking for hope, this conversation is filled with honesty, inspiration, and practical wisdom you won't want to miss. 👇 Register for our FREE online recovery meetings: https://neveralonerecovery.com/events/ Learn more about Strides in Recovery: https://www.stridesinrecovery.org/ Learn more about Polo in the Palisades & Miriam's House: https://www.miriamshousela.org/polo-i... Follow Glynis Franz Instagram: @glynisfranz If this episode inspired you, please LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE to help us reach more people affected by addiction, alcoholism, and mental health. #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryPodcast #GlynisFranz #FederalPrison #RecoveryJourney #Sobriety #RecoveryCommunity #MentalHealth #MarathonRunner #PeakPathHealth #MiriamsHouse #StridesInRecovery #HollywoodHills #AddictionTreatment #WomenInRecovery #RecoverySupport #HopeAfterAddiction #NeverAloneRecovery #Healing #Podcast