Talk Recovery Radio

Inspiring People Mark A. Turnipseed, Author, Model, Fitness Coach, LGBTQ columnist & Addiction Recovery Advocate joins us for a full hour on Talk Recovery Radio. Mark A. Turnipseed offers hope for anyone who struggles with the shame and self-hatred that fuels addictions. My Suicide Race At the tender age of six, Mark A. Turnipseed received what he felt was a clear and devastating message: it isn’t okay to like other boys, and if you do, you’re bound for hell. His confusion and self-hatred made him determined to become the boy he believed he was supposed to be, but in attempting to live a lie, he descended into a hell of his own making. ​In this unflinchingly honest debut memoir, Mark takes us on a harrowing journey as he bounces off the restrictive walls of his closet and plunges into the darkness of drug and alcohol addiction, prostitution, and suicide attempts. He bravely lets us inside the raw, tragic mind of an addict and sexual trauma survivor whose self-denial threatens to destroy him and everyone w