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Chad is on Talk Recovery talking about his 16 years clean, as part of our Personal Story time

This week's show (April 27th) we will have 2 guests. Our first guest is Ryan Hampton. Ryan is known as “The guy who is changing the way America looks at addiction.” Our second guest will be Selina Robinson, who will discuss the NDP "Minister of Mental health and addiction. The Recovering Heroin Addict Shaking Social Media = Recovery Advocate at Facing Addiction + Person in Long Term Recovery from Substance Use Disorder. Ryan Hampton serves as an outreach lead and recovery advocate at Facing Addiction, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to ending the addiction crisis in America. Guest 2 NDP election platform pledges to meet the fentanyl crisis with a new ministry of mental health and addiction replay past shows at www.talkrecoveryradio.com

This week on Talk Recovery, live at noon on Thursday, 100.5 fm Vancouver time. Diane Leslie Kaufman, MD is the founder and director of Arts Medicine for Health & Healing. She is a board certified pediatrician and psychiatrist whose specialty is child psychiatry. Dr. Kaufman has been honored for expertise in clinical care and practice of humanism in medicine. She is a poet, children’s book author, and an expressive arts educational facilitator. As an artist and healing psychiatrist, her goal is to transform trauma into life affirming creativity There are poem videos on addiction: Desperate Love. Please view and like her poetry video Also we will talk about healing from trauma, Dr. Kaufman is the author of “Bird That Wants to Fly” that inspired a children’s opera: followed by personal story… Personal story time will be Mike B “My father is an active member of AA, sober since 1980, I grew up in the AA culture, still give my dad his cake and periodically attend his Tuesday night meetings, have several other f

THE SUN IS GONE A Sister Lost in Secrets, Shame, and Addiction and How I Broke Free Jodee has known what the word “alcoholic” means since she was 5 years old. Not because anyone told her, families keep secrets, and he’s was no different. Or they think they keep secrets but even as little children they figure things out very quickly. By 6, she had already decided her parents alcohol fueled life was never going to happen to her. Never. She could not have been more wrong. When you meet Jodee’s younger brother Brett, you will see that he was no amateur alcoholic. As he walked the thin line between life and death, she experienced gut-wrenching highs and lows, obsessively doing everything she could to get his life back on track, sacrificing her own young children, marriage, career, and personal health. Like the millions of people worldwide who love someone addicted to drugs or alcohol, Jodee believed at the time she was doing all the right things.

Taking the First Step: Daily Meditations for 12 Step Programs is designed to help persons in Twelve Step Programs to daily experience the new philosophy of life which Recovery represents, and to recognize the benefits of discovering and expanding spiritual awareness. The basic principles of Twelve Step Programs, like Alcoholics Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, Over-Eaters Anonymous, etc., are as old as recorded history. These principles not only form the working philosophy of Twelve Step Programs, but they provide a pattern for (1) Right living, (2) Overcoming difficulties, and (3) Helping us to achieve our aspirations. By working “The Program” at our own pace and in our own way; relying on the help and support of our Higher Power and others who also work “The Program”, we can change and be transformed. They include the following:

Ontario doctor who lost everything speaks out on fentanyl addiction ahead of sentence plus Personal story of Alexis

This Thursday at noon, we talk with Dr. Dan Edmunds .. he is the voice of compassion in the mental health system / Relational Approaches to Autism, Trauma, Extreme States of Mind. We will talk recovery with him about these topics and his new book MEANING AND THE ART OF RECOVERY plus we always finish off now with our new "Personal Stories" live at noon on 100.5fm on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO PST time

#DTES Advocate Ann Livingston live on Talk Recovery Radio this Thursday at noon on 100.5 fm. Followed by a family growing up on Methadone and Crystal Meth, now living in recovery.... hear their stories. Ann's been a health care crusader, recently opening the Pop Up Injection tent, she co-founded VANDU in 1998, Pivot Legal Society in 2000, and was a founding member of the Eastside Movement for Business & Economic Renewal Society board in 2001. She sits on countless harm reduction, prostitution awareness. Join us on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO this thursday at noon, two guests, great stories.

Demographic shifts in America and Canada make for more modern 12-Step Fellowships such as Online Gaming Anonymous, Teen Addictions Anonymous, and Tech Addiction Anonymous, have adapted the 12-Steps to a newcomer with a greater thirst for recovery in a more modern narrative. Atheists, humanists, Buddhists, Taoists, agnostics, don't always find "God as we understand HIM" to be as inclusive as the authors intended back in 1939.

Thursday at noon, Counselor Melina McConnell specializes in trauma and addiction with "Somatic Experiencing" from Edgewood plus hear a personal recovery story from Cam. join us at noon on 100.5 fm.. Followed by Cam's Personal Story

Rhythm2Recovery - Canada and Rainbow Lodge Recovery Retreat on Talk Recovery this Thursday. R2R works with rhythm stems from an understanding of the way in which music impacts the brain to support human bonding, improve learning retention and increase emotional regulation. Rainbow Lodge is offering a free intro workshop 1 Day Addiction Recovery Retreat Series join us line on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 fm live at noon. http://www.rhythm2recovery.com/

Today at noon - Mike Bundrant blogger for PsychCentral.com on air to discuss mental health, life coaching, hypnosis, self-sabotage, interpersonal communication and more.. followed by personal story from Patricia, does Treatment make a difference in an an addict getting clean. Join us on 100.5 fm on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO https://psychcentral.com/

Fentanyl Addiction Survivor, Dr. Darryl Gebein shares his story of recovery 12-1pm on 100.5 FM or stream live www.coopradio.org AND we have another guest sharing on our 'giving back' series!

Heroin Anonymous new program to help addicts recover, followed by Personal story from David S

Some Assembly Required: A Balanced Approach to Recovery from Addiction and Chronic Pain author Dan Mager, MSW, a writer and editor in long-term recovery. Followed by December's Christmas Giving Back Series featuring Graham's story.

2 guests, Dr. King from Centre for motivation and change and the book "Beyond Addiction" and Heidi Smith from Addictive Designs discussing her and Interventions on Demand fundraiser .. part of our December giving back series.

Rivka wondered if the ancient spiritual principles of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can be applied to the healing of trauma.

This week on Talk Recovery Radio we talk with Rivka A. Edery about Trauma and Transformation through the Partnership of Modern Clinical Treatments and Ancient Spiritual Practices. Rivka wondered if the ancient spiritual principles of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can be applied to the healing of trauma. One day, she was suddenly inspired with an idea that had a firm hold on her and has not let go since. It combined the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous that saved her life, with life problems that are a result of surviving traumatic experiences. The result, “Trauma And Transformation: A 12-Step Guide”, is a unique approach for trauma survivors who are seeking a combined spiritual and clinical approach to their personal effects of surviving trauma.

Naked in Public: a Memoir of Recovery from Sex Addiction and Other Temporary Insanities. A respected therapist and addictions specialist shares the powerful story of her own recovery from sexual addiction. Author Staci Sprout on Talk Recovery live this Thursday from noon to 1 pm. 100.5 fm Vancouver Co-op Radio #SexAddiction #Recovery http://www.stacisprout.com

Our minds are governed by a cycle of craving what we don't have, finding it, using it up or losing it, and then being driven by loss, need, desire, or insecurity to crave it all the more. This cycle is at the root of all addictions: addictions to drugs, drink, cigarettes, sex, love, soap operas, wealth, and wisdom itself. But why should this be so? Why are we so driven, often at great cost to ourselves? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than Dr. Marc Lewis. He is a distinguished neuroscientist. And, for many years, he was a drug addict himself, dependent on a long series of dangerous substances. His narrative moves back and forth between the long, dark, ultimately triumphant story of his relationship with drugs, and a revelatory analysis of what was going on in Marc's brain. He shows how drugs speak to the brain--itself designed to seek rewards and soothe pain--in its own language. He shows in detail the different neurological effects of a variety of powerful drugs, from oxycodone to heroin