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Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety

Jeannine was an active drug addict and alcoholic for 15 years - her using led to multiple arrests, homelessness, and the loss of absolutely everything - which she considers to be the best thing that ever happened to her. Sober since January 15, 2015, and now a successful fitness entrepreneur and instructor, content creator and public speaker, she is committed to sharing both her own and her guest’s stories in the hopes that they may help guide and inspire others seeking a similar path of recovery and healing.

From The NYC Club Scene at 16 to Countless Program/Sober Living Cycles, Too F**ked Up to get IN to Jail?!, Staying Sober with a Heavy Focus on Service & More with Kevin Conte

102 hours 31 mins; May 09, 2024

Smoking Crack at 12!, Teen Institutionalization, a Fifty TWO-Fifty?!, Tackled by an Air Marshal Mid-Flight in Meth Psychosis, a BRILLIANT College Textbook Hustle, Texas Jails vs Vegas Jails

96 hours 53 mins; May 02, 2024

Kicking Fentanyl, Getting Sober at 21, GPS in Japanese on LSD?, Getting Banned from an AA Meeting? Sharing a Sobriety Date with Family, Daily 10th Step, Evolving Higher Power & More

80 hours 35 mins; April 25, 2024

Dylan Wilson aka King Lazy Eye Talks Songwriting, Music, Jail, Meth Lab Fires, Nitrous and How Taking Accountability Has Led to Greater Success as an Artist

64 hours 6 mins; April 18, 2024

Rachel Elizabeth: "Ass-firmations," Using Crack as Harm Reduction for Heroin, Child Wizard in Charge of Gnats, Motherhood, Recovery and Social Media Fame

106 hours 53 mins; April 11, 2024

Vulnerable, Terrified and Alone, Surviving as a Sex Worker & Living in a Trap House Strung Out on Meth & Heroin to THRIVING as a Mother and Woman in Recovery

102 hours 50 mins; April 04, 2024

How "Dope Fiend Hustle" is our Biggest ADVANTAGE in Life, "Clean" on Meth? The Promises - from Trash to Truth with Jeannine

36 mins; January 25, 2024

Breaking Chains; From Incarceration to Recovery, Becoming the Change in Family Behavioral Patterns of Violence and Abuse and Advice on How to Start Over as a Felon **TRIGGER WARNING

67 hours 41 mins; January 18, 2024

A Tale of Three McFlurries; The True Story of All THREE Times I Got Arrested While Eating an M&M McFlurry & What That Means For My Marriage Today

45 mins; January 11, 2024

Extreme Opiate Constipation, or…NDPEs as Jeannine and Narcan Nate Call Them

27 mins; January 04, 2024

Nars Orgasm Blush (makeup) Almost Sent Me to Prison, What a Living Progression of Addiction Looks Like, Four Stages of Contemplation, and the Role of Purpose in Successful Recovery

51 mins; December 28, 2023

How Her Dad Pressing 32 Felony Fraud Charge Against Her Saved Abbey Fickley's Life, Pregnant at 19, Addicted to Heroin by 23, Now 5 Years Sober & Successful Influencer, Abbey's Story Will Inspire You

114 hours 24 mins; December 21, 2023

Adolescent Institulization, Fleeing Boarding School in Utah in the Winter, Cops Giving Orders Through Car Speakers in Meth Psychosis and Successful Use of a 12 Step Group as Your Higher Power

92 hours 12 mins; December 14, 2023

Strung Out, Trafficked as a Sex Worker and Stuck Homeless in Hawaii for Ten Years, Endocarditis and more, PLUS a Successful Methadone Taper from 170 ml, Christina Garofalo is a SURVIVOR

97 hours 20 mins; December 07, 2023

Holiday Blues?! These Two Simple Tools Will Help Immensely With Any Holiday Sadness

38 mins; November 30, 2023

The Epitome of 90s 'Heroin Chic,' Suki Jones Survived Quaaludes & Kidnapping at Nine Years Old and Lived to Tell the Tale....(and do way more drugs!) PLUS a Successful Methadone Detox Taper Story

86 hours 51 mins; November 23, 2023

Real House Wives of Beverly Hills Eden Sassoon - Relapse after 9 Years, the Value of "Doing the Work" v Going to Meetings & The Vision of her Father Inspiring Her After His Death

65 hours 58 mins; November 16, 2023

PART TWO: If Turning in Evidence of a Heinous Crime Meant Spending the Rest of Your Life Prison...What Would You Do? The Subsequent Consequences for Matt AND How to Start Over with a Felony Record

72 hours 38 mins; November 09, 2023

PART ONE: If Turning in Evidence of a Heinous Crime Meant Spending the Rest of Your Life Prison...What Would You Do? Matt Hahn Faced that Exact Decision

54 mins; November 02, 2023

Broken Engagements, Body Building and Cocaine with Kat Sorenson

83 hours 27 mins; October 26, 2023

Set Up by a Friend to Traffic Narcotics to an Undercover and Banned for LIFE from the United States with Brad Mcleod of Sober Motivation

74 hours 36 mins; October 19, 2023

Junkie to Attorney! Added a Law Degree but Lost a Booty Cheek; the Wild Story of Sara Clark, aka SaraBoo72

88 hours 46 mins; October 12, 2023

The Hardest Episode I've Ever Had to Record...My Husband Relapsed, Everything is a Mess PLUS The Twelve Steps Broken Down

59 mins; September 18, 2023

Humiliated on Camera and Posted on Social Media...Claire Bay's Incredible Confidence and Success is BECAUSE of a Publicly Embarassing Event PLUS Tools for Disordered Eating

72 hours 28 mins; September 07, 2023

PART TWO: Methin' Around at It's Finest; Pockets Rifled during an OD, Homemade Rigs, the Most Helpful Cop on Earth, FINALLY Recovery with the Assistance of Suboxone and Therapy

54 mins; August 31, 2023

PART ONE: Methin' Around at it's Finest! Copper Wire Hijinks, Making a Civic "Custom," Kidnapped! Fire Camp, Absconding...Joey Rakisits Has Done the "Dope Fiend" Rounds and Lived to Tell the Tale

54 mins; August 24, 2023

PART TWO: Mastering Social Situations Sober and Beginner's Fitness and Movement Tips to get Started

46 mins; August 17, 2023

PART ONE: How to Recognize Your Substance Use is a Problem even if You are Successful in Career & Life: From Marketing Exec in Chicago to an Eight Year Sabbatical in South East Asia with Mary Tilson

86 hours 28 mins; August 10, 2023

My Addiction Helped Me Become a Millionaire, Yours Can Too! with Moira Kucaba

58 mins; August 03, 2023

Turn Your Pain into Your Power; This (former) Meth Smoking, Bartending, World Class JUMP ROPER! Who Once Faked His Own Death will Change Your Life

85 hours 45 mins; July 27, 2023

Make Your Addiction Your SUPER POWER; Homeless Heroin Addict on Skid Row, A Major NDPE!, IV Speedballs in Malibu to Multi-Millionaire; the Inspiring Story of Khalil Rafati

71 hours 51 mins; July 20, 2023

How Narcan Nate fought through a recent severe mental health crisis and reclaimed his life, career and recovery on his terms.

64 hours 24 mins; July 13, 2023

Wild Times at Studio 54 in the 70s (the ceiling coke spoon is real!), the Power of Commitments in Twelve Step and How to Change Your Life with Daily Affirmations with Merrit Hartblay

57 mins; July 06, 2023

Dave from DOPEY: real life Billy Madison??Snorting heroin out of Afrin bottles, driving in LA with no brakes, the Wish version of a Big Bird costume & creating the Dopey Nation podcast and community

91 hours 16 mins; June 29, 2023

Hitting Rock Bottom at 25 led to 29 Years of Sobriety, Personal Development and Developing a Program to Boost Self-esteem (some of which she shares with us!) with Arlina Allen

73 hours 19 mins; June 22, 2023

Change Your Life through Self-Love, Manifestation, and Choosing the Spiritual Path that's Best for YOU with Cody Kreutz

78 hours 37 mins; June 15, 2023

"Tranq Dope" Amputee Jess shares her journey into xylazine & fentanyl addiction, the extreme physical price she paid and how she has learned to live life after the battle that took her arm.

75 hours 40 mins; June 08, 2023

From shooting heroin at THIRTEEN and smoking crack in airplane bathrooms, to Kundalini yoga and 20 years clean - the wild story of Erin Khar and how her son saved her life

100 hours 13 mins; June 01, 2023

PART TWO: Brittany Jade on Getting "Cancelled," Cyberbullying, the Reddit Page that Nearly Destroyed Her and Navigating a Mental Health Crisis in Sobriety

65 hours 51 mins; May 25, 2023

PART ONE: Brittany Jade on Tiktok Fame, Sobriety, Marriage and "Getting Cancelled"

47 mins; May 18, 2023

From Junkie to Judge: One Woman's Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction - IV meth use as a teenager, surviving abuse, and finding recovery withOUT a Higher Power with Mary Beth O'Connor

65 hours 40 mins; May 11, 2023

From lifelong drug use and countless trips jail, to prison at 41, to completely changing her life with the women of NA and the transformative power of the 7th step prayer with Rachael B

93 hours 52 mins; May 04, 2023

Meet the fierce Southern Mama behind the phone number any addict can call and use drugs while someone listens live to make sure the addict LIVES with Jessie B of Never Use Alone

63 hours 51 mins; April 27, 2023

Smuggling dope on an airplane, flying kegs in Georgia, and a friend who knows the song in your heart with Scott "Gumpy" Gerard

54 mins; April 20, 2023

How to support an addict that you love WITHOUT enabling their addiction or losing YOUR mind with Bonnie Campbell, MSW (and Jeannine's Mom!)

81 hours 11 mins; April 13, 2023

Meth psychosis (yup, another one), running from cops on ATVs on the beach...maybe??, escaping on a Big Wheels and the AA Third Step Prayer with Jeannine

54 mins; April 06, 2023

Fake mustaches while collecting cans, dogs pooing in his "home" in the bushes, and how a mosh pit could save the recovery community with Chris Stewart aka "Hollywood"

68 hours 1 min; March 30, 2023

STOP procrastinating, ACHIEVE your goals, and change your life by turning your anxiety into a SUPER power with Britt Frank

56 mins; March 23, 2023

From homeless shooting heroin in Salt Lake City and squatting in Chicago to finally finding sobriety through a twelve step bootcamp; Will

77 hours 59 mins; March 16, 2023

Prescribed Opioids for Migraines turned into Making Meth in the woods in Florida; How Jane Parillo Ultimately Found Love, Healing and Restored Family Values through Sobriety after Chaos

69 hours 7 mins; March 09, 2023

Change your life by reframing your beliefs, effective strategies to manage and mitigate stress, and how to heal after trauma with Dr. Chad Davis

76 hours 40 mins; March 02, 2023

Tools to regulate our emotions to strengthen and enhance our relationships, avoid unnecessary conflict and live a more emotionally balanced life through DBT with Dr. Laura Petracek

74 hours 27 mins; February 23, 2023

Meth psychosis, arrested TWICE by the same CHP officer, relapsing on duster, and ultimately being inspired by a therapist to get his doctorate with Matt of A Life Recovered

73 hours 31 mins; February 16, 2023

Escalating drug use COVID lockdowns, accidentally selling laced cocaine, Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, clarity through the 4th step and sponsorship with Taylor Baroni

77 hours 11 mins; February 09, 2023

Sunday Spin Snack #5 - Quick Motivation Formula

10 mins; February 05, 2023

"From 'Canadian Scarface' to humanitarian" Ryan Phillips

83 hours 53 mins; February 02, 2023

“DUIs to Dragonflies” Marci Hopkins

73 hours 55 mins; January 26, 2023

"How I stayed stopped." Jeannine

46 mins; January 19, 2023

"Meth, carrots, and foot fetish dominatrixes" Hannah Sward

81 hours 36 mins; January 12, 2023

“From IVs to PhDs” Rachael Jarrel

77 hours 9 mins; January 07, 2023

"Nate's Relapse" Jeannine & Nate

57 mins; December 29, 2022

"High at the Holidays" Jeannine & Matt Billions

60 hours 50 mins; December 22, 2022

Sunday Spin Snack #4 - Feel IMMEDIATELY better about your position in life with this mindset shift.

15 mins; December 18, 2022

“Higher and Friendly Powers” Dr Peg O’Connor

89 hours 12 mins; December 15, 2022

Sunday Spin Snack #3

18 mins; December 11, 2022

“Hypnotherapy for healing” Brittany, MT

88 hours 56 mins; December 08, 2022

“From MLB draft pick to facing a life sentence” Beau Payne, PA

76 hours 21 mins; December 01, 2022

“Successful cold turkey kick for turkey day!” Ronny Morales

69 hours 29 mins; November 24, 2022

Sunday Spin Snack #2

15 mins; November 20, 2022

PART TWO: “I served 17 years for a DUI fatality” Martin Lockett

52 mins; November 17, 2022

“PART ONE: I served 17 years for DUI Fatality” Martin Lockett, OR

48 mins; November 10, 2022

Sunday Spin Snack #1

9 mins; November 06, 2022

Nate’s 4 Years! Nate & Jeannine

57 mins; November 03, 2022

PART TWO: “Trashley Anonymous, Twenty Years of street life, addiction and sex work.” Ashley Clark

52 mins; October 27, 2022

PART ONE: “Trashley Anonymous: Her story of twenty years of street life, addiction and sex work.”

75 hours 30 mins; October 20, 2022

“Breaking free from the convict code” Phil Tyler, MN

99 hours 51 mins; October 13, 2022

“Felony to Fitness to Free” Doug Bopst, MD

101 hours 28 mins; October 06, 2022

“Your crotch comes alive before your brain does.” Tracy H, San Francisco

54 mins; September 29, 2022

NDPE’s (Near Death Poop Experience) Jeannine & Nate

41 mins; September 22, 2022

Solocast: Journaling technique and structure

17 mins; June 23, 2022

“I barricaded myself for twelve hours” Asa, Charleston, June 2018

71 hours 3 mins; June 16, 2022

“NON 12 step program for recovery.” Andrew M, Australia 2018

111 hours 7 mins; June 09, 2022

“First year sober blueprints” Jeannine & Nate

82 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2022

“Success after tragedy through MAT Recovery” Amanda, Charleston, SC 2018

69 hours 19 mins; May 26, 2022

“I detoxed a 12 year methadone habit.” Mike F, Brooklyn, NY 2021

70 hours 47 mins; May 19, 2022

“Pill Billy” Narcan Nate & Jeannine

39 mins; May 12, 2022

“Drug court success story” JR, Charleston

62 hours 6 mins; May 05, 2022

“Sober Tennessee mama of four” Jama, Chattanooga, TN 2018

78 hours 42 mins; April 28, 2022

“Everything you lost you’ll gain back ten-fold.” Tim L, Maryland 2021

72 hours 22 mins; April 21, 2022

“Detox Details” Jeannine

31 mins; April 14, 2022

“Scared sh**less in secondary.” Jeannine, Mexico/USA border, Jan 2013

45 mins; April 07, 2022

“Obsessive behaviors - liability or asset?” Jeannine, interviewed by trainers Erin & Sarit

58 mins; March 31, 2022

“Disordered eating in recovery.” Erin and Sarit, FL

71 hours 59 mins; March 24, 2022

Solocast: “Developing a positive recovery mindset.” Jeannine

29 mins; March 17, 2022

“Know Love” Rex S, 2013

82 hours 49 mins; March 10, 2022

“Desperation became passion.” Ryan B, 2014

78 hours 22 mins; March 03, 2022

“A little help from my friend” Chauncie, VA

76 hours 21 mins; February 24, 2022

“You, the needle, and God.” Jeannine 2013

44 mins; February 17, 2022

“How it all began…” Jeannine, Feb 2011

50 mins; February 10, 2022

“Narcan Nate” Nathan S, TN

59 mins; November 25, 2021

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