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Guest 1 Author Kristi Blakeway Beyond Hello: Rekindling the Human Spirit One Conversation at a Time. Every one of us has a story worth hearing. In 2009, Kristi Blakeway invited her students to give back to the homeless in Canada’s poorest neighborhood—Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Rather than handing out food and clothing, Blakeway and her students invited the homeless to tell their stories. What was meant to be a one-day act of giving spiraled into a decade-long labor of love. Beyond HELLO is a compilation of stories from the streets blended with wisdom gained from those who have lost it all. Blakeway weaves life stories of the homeless community with her personal and unexpected journey into forgiveness. She encourages us all to go Beyond HELLO, to see those who are often invisible, to connect with compassion, and to rekindle the human spirit one conversation at a time. With each book sold, a donation will be made to A Better Life Foundation to buy a meal for someone living on the streets. Kristi’s commitme

Guest 1: Author Annie Grace Annie Grace is no stranger to success whether it is in business or personal matters. At 26, Annie was the youngest Vice President in a multinational company and her drinking career began in earnest. At 35, in a global C-level marketing role she was responsible for 28 countries and drinking almost two bottles of wine a night. A Image result for the alcohol experiment book nnie didn’t want to live life in a daily battle for sobriety. To live a life avoiding temptation. She didn’t want her entire existence to revolve around alcohol. She wanted to take the power away from alcohol rather than make it a reward she was depriving herself of. She wanted freedom from alcohol. She wanted change. To find another way. And she did. Annie wrote, “The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-Day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control”. In The Alcohol Experiment, Annie offers a judgment-free action plan for anyone who’s ever wondered what life without alcohol is like. The rules

Dawn shares her story of recovery, how she has been able to stay sober and overcome her issues with addiction.

Guest 1 Author Judy Lyon addiction recovery and trauma shame Judy takes you on a journey demonstrating the creation and evolution of shame that resulted from her earliest childhood experiences of trauma and sexual abuse. She candidly shares how she believed she was her experiences, that she was shame. This early imprinting on her identity greatly influenced her beliefs about herself and her place in the world. These beliefs would dictate her experiences throughout much of her life. She then describes her journey of healing from trauma and addictions and the related challenges as she sought help in a fragmented system of care that reduced the impact of childhood trauma to clinical terms and one size fits all treatment. Follow Judy’s inner journey through the ensuing physical, mental, emotional and spiritual challenges as she discovers healing, growth and a new sense of self. As a young girl I had a dream of being a nurse or a teacher. Life circumstances didn’t unfold as I had planned resulting in my dropping o

Guest 1 Author David Fawcett David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is a substance abuse expert, certified sex therapist and clinical psychotherapist in private practice in Ft. Lauderdale specializing in gay men’s health. He has worked in the areas of mental health and substance abuse for more than 30 years in numerous settings, including inpatient and outpatient programs. He currently maintains a private psychotherapy practice and consults numerous agencies, including the the Broward County Health Department and Sunserve, an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) social services agency. He frequently presents workshops on issues concerning substance abuse, mental health and chronic illness both nationally and internationally. Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery provides the first practical resource for addiction recovery from methamphetamine and the restoration of healthy sex and intimacy. Based on over a decade of clinical experience and research, Dr. Fawcett outlines the seductive ap

Guest 1: Author Gabrielle Glaser In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers a hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic. Using “investigative rigor and thoughtful analysis” (The Boston Globe), Glaser is the first to document that American women are drinking more often than ever and in ever-larger quantities in this “substantial book, interested in hard facts and nuance rather than hand-wringing” (The New York Times Book Review). She shows that contrary to the impression offered on reality TV, young women alone aren’t driving these statistics—their moms and grandmothers are, too. But Glaser doesn’t wag a finger. Instead, in a funny and tender voice, Glaser looks at the roots of the problem, explores the strange history of women and alcohol in America, drills into the emerging and counterintuitive science about that relationship, and asks: Are women getting the help they need? Is it possible to return from beyond the sipping point and develop a healthy relationship with the bottle? Guest 2: Ren

This week on Talk Recovery Radio join Author Charlotte Kasl and hear her story. Charlotte Kasl has an M.A. in Piano from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Counseling from Ohio University in 1982. She was a Licensed Psychologist in Minnesota for 15 years and is currently a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Montana. Many Roads, One Journey; Moving Beyond the 12 Steps, paves the way for a new and broader understanding of recovery that involves both personal and social awareness. It empowers individuals to find their own voice and their own sources of strength and spirituality to guide their healing. Combining careful analysis, moving stories, and Dr. Kasl’s own flexible 16 steps for empowerment. Kimberlea Masters joins us for the 2nd half of the show to talk about her story of recovery from addiction.

Guests are authors Amanda Staller and Dr. Alison Granger Brown, who have added their stories to a new book, Releasing Hope: Stories of Transition from Prison to Community. Releasing Hope was born out of the first book Arresting Hope, which describes participatory health research and the experience of women incarcerated inside a British Columbian provincial correctional centre from 2005 to 2007.

Talk Recovery Radio airs live every Thursday Noon to 1 pm, 100.5 Fm Vancouver. This Thursday's Guests Guest 1 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety Sue Diamond, is teh founder of clinical director of the Good Life Therapy Centre which focuses on helping couples and individuals create loving relationship in the aftermath of trauma and addiction. Sue joins Talk Recovery Radio this Thursday to share tips on how to keep you emotional sober during the holidays and her recent blog, 12 Days of Emotional Sobriety. The Good Life Therapy Centre, Better your life and relationships in Recovery.  With over 40 years of combined clinical practice, the therapists at the Good Life Therapy Centre have helped hundreds of people overcome their struggles in sobriety, heal their trauma, and reclaim their love and connection as a couple. more details at www.goodlifetherapy.ca/ Guest 2 Yoga of 12 Step Recovery Y12SR with Timothy Bang The 12-step model is a cognitive (talking, thinking) practice & yoga offers a somatic approach. The issu

Talk Recovery Radio Talk Recovery Radio airs every Thursday on 100.5 fm in Vancouver from 12 pm to 1 pm, this weeks guests are: Replay Kris’s story, people who use drugs, their families need help too. Mother Kris had to find private addiction treatment for her son because the public system was not supporting her and her son’s needs. Her son is now 14 months clean. Recovery from addiction is possible, learn more by watching the video. Dancing and Addiction Treatment How Dance Your Ability can get involved with people who struggle with addiction. Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation is a not-for-profit organization offering music, movement & conscious dance programs to people who would not normally attend public classes, including the elderly, children, incarcerated, at-risk youth, mixed abilities, people living with: dementia, Parkinson’s, cancer, addictions, recovery and trauma survivors. Along with these programs we offer a training for movement teachers, health care professionals, voluntee

It can be a difficult time admitting you’re a drug addict or alcoholic, but when it comes to pornography addiction, the pain and feeling of betrayal can hit the addict’s partner worse than the addict himself. Those feelings can be amplified when the pornography addict won’t admit his problem, leaving a partner feeling like there is nothing she can do and nowhere to turn. While the elite scientists and academics waste time trying to perfectly define pornography addiction, the condition has spread like wildfire throughout the world as access to porn takes little more than a click of the mouse or pulling a telephone out of one’s pocket. Upon learning – with or without her partner’s knowledge – about a husband’s or boyfriend’s addiction, negative feelings and difficult questions usually come rushing into a woman’s life: • Does he look at this stuff because I’m not enough? • Was he like this when I first met him? • Is this God trying to test me? • What kind of help is available for him? • Am I just supposed to sta

Join us for Talk Recovery Radio this Thursday noon to 1 pm, Talk Recovery Radio airs live every Thursday on 100.5 fm, and in studio guests are on facebook live as well on Facebook. Guest #1 Wellness. Balance. Harmony. Good Vibrations: The Energy of Resilience. Harmony between the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual self. This is health.  We talk recovery with Kimiko Karpoff, a energy healing practitioner.  She helps people attain balance by supporting them to activate their body's natural healing energies. What does that mean, and how does it work? For over ten years she studied in Healing Pathway, Quantum Touch and with many mentors she has built on the innate capacity that she sensed in her childhood and youth. She works with groups and offers personal sessions as well as workshops. Healing Workshops Learn about here workshop - Resilience: the capacity to manage through life's obstacles and challenges, and even to thrive. When our energies are flowing smoothly, all is well. And when all is well, our e

Ben Westhoff joins us on Talk Recovery Radio - What is Fentanyl? A remarkable four-year investigation into the dangerous world of synthetic drugs--from black market drug factories in China to users and dealers on the streets of the U.S. to harm reduction activists in Europe--which reveals for the first time the next wave of the opioid epidemic.

his Thursday on Talk Recovery Radio we have Joel Gotlib who is a former CTV News Anchor who found himself addicted to prescription pills. His whole story live Thusday 12pm PST. CTV News Anchor Battles Addiction Joel Gotlib sat alone on a queen-size bed in a four-star Miami Beach hotel room with a glorious view of the ocean and the beach. It was a warm, sunny day, but the drapes were closed, and he had headphones on, his eyes fixed on an iPad as he watched the same music video over and over. "Dad, I'm big, but we're smaller than small," the lyrics said. "In the scheme of things, well, we're nothing at all." His girlfriend had asked him to go outside for a walk. But he had refused to leave the room. “I went on this trip that was supposed to be fun and happy and healing, and it was none of that,” Gotlib said of that January day more than a year ago. “And I realized just how addicted I was to the pills. And I was scared I was going to run out. “I didn’t have anything booked for rehab. I didn’t know what to do nex

What’s it like to be 36 years in recovery ? Last Door Recovery Society founder Dave P talks #recovery, #addiction, #cancer and #hope. Talk Recovery Radio is powered by #NewWestRecovery and airs every Thursday from noon to 1 pm.

William is a manager at “Shelf Life Books” where in the same neighborhood Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre opened up a safe injection site where illegal drugs can be consumed by local residents. Shelf Life Books and other community members have seen a spike in crime in the area since the injection site has opened up. William understands the need for the safe-injection site and isn’t casting judgment on Safeworks clients.

A training experience for specialized clinicians, community based volunteers, paraprofessionals and primary care health providers, introducing the attitudes, knowledge and skills most effective in helping persons with addictions and psychiatric disorders as they enter and progress along their individual journeys of recovery. Topics covered include definitions of recovery, description, discussion, measurement and application of recovery capital and the principles and practices included in an effective recovery oriented system of care.

19 years ago I found myself face to face with my own addiction. I was lonely, angry, afraid and consumed with self loathing. A kid who was once filled with a great deal of promise as a natural athlete, outgoing, funny and charismatic personality became reduced to being a guy with no ambition, no friends, no job, and was alienated from family. Even though I had come from a great family with unconditional support, care and understanding, here I was, this desperate drug addict, dying. One day my mother reached out for help and found a guy and, after meeting him, knew that he would be the guy to help me. This guy was what I like to call a straight shooter, meaning he told it like it was. He met with me and very quickly I knew I couldn’t lie to this guy, I couldn’t hustle him or pull the wool over his eyes. This guy was the real deal! I’ll never forget what he did for me, my family and my life, and thus it brings us forward to today.

f you or someone you know is part of the LGBTQ2s community and is addicted to drugs or alcohol, and is thinking about addiction treatment, please call our free addiction consultation line – We can help start the recovery journey. Last Door’s community engagement initiatives plays a major role in helping people rebuild their lives. In 2018 Last Door celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Clean Sober and Proud. To celebrate we hosted a special edition of the Untoxicated Street Festival and created one of our best Recovery Floats in the Vancouver Pride Parade. Clients, alumni and the community at large have been celebrating Pride substance free with the help of Clean Sober and Proud.

Tim Fletcher is the Founder of Finding Freedom and has worked for 15 years in Recovery Centres in Winnipeg. Based on this hole in the system, he developed a new outpatient program in 2016 called RE:ACT, Recovery Education for Addictions and Complex Trauma. And the program has now come to Surrey! We opened here in January of this year. The program consists of Three Phases, which help people where they are at in their recovery journey. Phase One is an Introduction to Recovery and Complex Trauma, and will consist of classes, group therapy and counselling. Phase Two is designed to go deeper into Complex Trauma and beginning to learn new tools to deal with it. Phase Three is what we are most excited about, because we will be offering not just a long term support network, but we will offer them a chance to learn who they are and what they are good at, with job skills, life skills, relationship skills, parenting skills and learning different activities and hobbies.