Recovery Unscripted

Guest: Vanina Hochman, community relations representative We all know that mental health treatment can’t be one size fits all. So how can providers be better equipped to reach the huge groups of people in need who have vastly different cultural backgrounds than their own? We’ll tackle this with Vanina Hochman on this episode of Recovery Unscripted.   For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Retreat Premier Addiction Treatment, visit https://retreataddictioncenters.com  Music from this episode: "Permanent" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com - "Canoe" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Indie_Folk/Canoe "Bated Breath" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Solo_Instruments/Bated_Breath "Down Along the Volga" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Folkways/Down_Along_The_Volga

Guest: Jacy Bruck, Foundations Events Welcome to a bonus episode of Recovery Unscripted, where we sit down with some of the people who make up Foundations Recovery Network and explore the different ways that they’re working to create lifetime relationships for long-term recovery. My first guest is Jacy Bruck, who serves as event sales coordinator with the Foundations Events team. Together, they put on some of the behavioral healthcare field’s premier conferences to bring people together and elevate the industry. Their next conference, Moments of Change, is coming up October 1-4 at The Breakers in Palm Beach Florida and Jacy is kind enough to lend us a few minutes of her time to talk about why Foundations hosts these events. If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email admissions@frnmail.com.  For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Foundations Events, visit h

Guest: Rachel Pinter, music therapist Music is all around us, a flood of soundwaves, memories and emotions. So how can we harness the power of music to help others connect and heal? I’m David Condos and we’ll answer this with music therapist Rachel Pinter from The Oaks at La Paloma on this episode of Recovery Unscripted. If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at The Oaks and other Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email admissions@frnmail.com.  For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about The Oaks at La Paloma, visit  https://theoakstreatment.com Music from this episode: "Permanent" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com - "Trundle" by Podington Bear - URL: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Daydream/Trundle_1747 "Izodz" by Podington Bear - URL: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Duets_1372/Izodz "Trilobite" by Podington Bear - URL: URL: http://freemusicar

Guest: Miles Adcox, personal growth workshop CEO Being a leader has never been easy. And when vulnerability is viewed as weakness, how can leaders find balance between taking care of business and taking care of their emotional health? We’ll discuss that and more with Onsite CEO Miles Adcox on this episode of Recovery Unscripted. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Onsite, visit https://www.onsiteworkshops.com  Music from this episode: "Permanent" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com - "Constellation" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Duets_1372/Constellation "Dust in Sunlight" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Positive/DustInSunlight "Triste" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Duets_1372/Triste

Guest: Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms founder Today’s guest is Becca Stevens, an author, priest and social entrepreneur. She founded Thistle Farms over 20 years ago to welcome and empower women who have experienced trafficking, prostitution and addiction. Today, Thistle Farms has grown to become America’s largest justice enterprise, and Thistle Farms Global helps employ over 1,800 women worldwide. Becca has been named a White House "Champion of Change" and a CNN Hero, and she sat down with me at the Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare conference in Nashville to share how practicing love can impact economies, heal lives and change us in the process. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Thistle Farms, visit http://thistlefarms.org  Music from this episode: "Permanent" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com - "Swing Lo" by Podington Bear - URL: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Rainy/Swing_Lo "Solan" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freem

Guest: Lisa Lackey, sex addiction therapist My guest today is Lisa Lackey, therapist and co-founder of Inside Out Living, a practice specializing in the treatment of sexual addiction in Chicago. She sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to share how she fosters a climate of vulnerability and deep listening to help people start the conversations that can repair broken relationships and heal the past. She also explains how she guides couples in their understanding of betrayal trauma and the ways that attachment theory and early childhood experiences shape our connections as adults. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Inside Out Living, visit https://www.insideoutrecovery.com  Music from this episode: "I Should Be Lost Without You" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Broken Branch" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Duets_1372/Broken_Branch "Kitty in the Window" by Podington Bear - URL:

Guest: Dr. Manish Sheth, TMS practice medical director For today’s show, I’m joined by Dr. Manish Sheth, psychiatrist and expert in the practice of transcranial magnetic stimulation, which employs magnetic waves to non-invasively treat specific parts of the brain. He sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to discuss how they use emerging technology at Achieve TMS to help patients with mental health issues and even substance use disorders when other remedies have failed. He also explains why these electrical pulses tuned to very specific frequencies delivered in very specific patterns can have such a profound effect on the world’s leading cause of disability: depression. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Achieve TMS, visit https://achievetms.com  Music from this episode: "The Ache" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Stages of Awakening" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Said_Lion_T

Guest: Wesley Geer, Korn guitarist Today's guest is Wesley Geer, musician and founder of the music therapy non-profit Rock to Recovery. After getting sober and leaving the band lifestyle behind, he found an outlet for his creativity and his desire to help others by bringing the healing power of songwriting and musical expression to treatment centers across California. He sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to share how he sees music change people's lives first-hand and to introduce us to their concert series, which honors famous musicians in recovery and proves that rock 'n' roll and alcohol don't have to go hand in hand. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Rock to Recovery, visit http://facebook.com/rocktorecovery  For more about the Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare conference, visit http://foundationsevents.com  Music from this episode: "The Last One I Love" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Floating in Space" b

Guest: Robyn Cruze, eating disorder recovery advocate Today I’m joined by Robyn Cruze, who serves as national recovery advocate for Eating Recovery Center. Her early career as an actress brought her from her native Australia to Los Angeles, all while she became more and more sick with her eating disorder. But as she began her own recovery journey, she formulated the ideas behind “the body conversation,” which shifts the focus off of dieting and emphasizes listening to your body’s signals. She sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to discuss the overlap between eating disorders and addiction and to share how to spot red flags of disordered eating even as our culture’s unhealthy messages about body image make it harder than ever. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Eating Recovery Center, visit https://eatingrecoverycenter.com  Music from this episode: "I Should Be Lost Without You" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Budbu

Guest: Adam Marion, treatment CEO For today’s show, I’m joined by Adam Marion, CEO of Black Bear Lodge, a residential program for substance use and mental health disorders in north Georgia. An avid outdoorsman who started his career leading wilderness therapy programs, Adam shares why Black Bear’s tranquil mountain setting helps patients focus on what matters and how nature can serve as a valuable teacher during treatment. He also shares how the system of care at Black Bear helps patients walk through a non-judgmental stages of change approach based on where they are in their journey. If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at Black Bear Lodge and other Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email Admissions@frnmail.com. They can answer your questions and help you get started. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Black Bear Lodge, visit http://blackbearrehab.com   For more about the Heroes 6K race

Guest: Carol Rostucher, grassroots organization founder My guest today is Carol Rostucher, founder of the organization Angels in Motion, which began as she searched for her son who was living with addiction on the streets of Philadelphia. As her eyes were opened to the unique needs of the homeless population with substance use disorders, she set out to bring love and hope to them one by one, by offering everything from hugs and snacks to help navigating the process of getting an ID card. She sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to explain how Angels in Motion has grown its reach across Philadelphia and to share how this mission has changed her and her relationship with her son. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Angels in Motion, visit http://AIMangelsinmotion.org  For more about Heroes in Recovery, visit http://heroesinrecovery.com Music from this episode: "The Ache" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com  Wonder Ha

Guests: Brandon Stump and Ryan Stump, sober living community founders Today’s guests are brothers Brandon and Ryan Stump from The Ohio House, a sober living community in Orange County, California. And even though they have several locations now, it all started out as just a single house where Brandon and two friends from Ohio lived after they moved to California to start fresh and figure out how to do recovery. They sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to share how they’ve used what they’ve learned on their own journeys to build a culture of brotherhood and accountability that challenges residents to lead by example and how they’re growing and adapting to reach female clients with these same principles. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about The Ohio House, visit http://ohio-house.com.  Music from this episode: "The Last One I Love" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "New Skin" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchi

Guest: Dr. Jordan Weisman, clinical manager at Michael's House Today’s guest is Dr. Jordan Weisman, who serves as clinical manager with the Michael’s House treatment program in Palm Springs, California. He sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to talk about how they take a deep dive into their outcomes data to look for trends that are hiding in the details and adjust accordingly. Also, he shares how Michael’s House integrates nicotine cessation resources right alongside addiction treatment and explains what the statistics say about how smoking and quitting can affect recovery from other substances.  If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at Michael’s House and other Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email Admissions@frnmail.com. They can answer your questions and help you get started. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Michael's House, visit http://michaels

Guests: Justin Lanning and Angie Alexander, 180 Health Partners My guests today are 180 Health Partners’ Justin Lanning and Angie Alexander who serve a critical need: helping pregnant women with addiction by filling the gaps in a healthcare system that’s often not built for meeting their needs on a practical level. But to do this well, 180 builds a health system around each mother by asking for their personal goals and literally meeting them where they are: at their doctor, at their home, even just connecting via text or for 10 minutes at their work during lunch break. And as you’ll hear them explain, reaching mothers-to-be presents a unique opportunity to make a huge impact in two lives in a short window of time, specifically related to neonatal abstinence syndrome and the lasting effect that can have on the life of a child. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about 180 Health Partners, visit http://180healthpartners.com  Music from this episode: "Don't Look at Me

Guest: Sam Quinones, journalist and author As shifting cultural priorities and values leave America vulnerable to the opioid crisis, how can we do more to rebuild community and fight the preeminent health issue of our time? We’ll answer this with former LA Times reporter and author of the best-selling book Dreamland, Sam Quinones, on this episode of Recovery Unscripted. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Sam Quinones, visit http://samquinones.com   Music from this episode: "The Ache" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Sorrento" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_II_-_Felt/Sorrento "Massive" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Driving/Massive - Composer: Chad Crouch "Telltale" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_II_-_Felt/Telltale

Guest: Lori Ryland, CEO of Skywood Recovery My guest today is Lori Ryland, who serves as CEO of Skywood Recovery, a residential program for co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders in Michigan. She joined me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to demystify the components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and explain how our experiences, our perceptions and our biochemistry all interact and change the way we see ourselves and the world. She also shares how she works with the governor of Michigan to raise awareness about human trafficking and improve the way we heal the unique trauma and substance use issues affecting the victims. If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at Skywood and other Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email Admissions@frnmail.com. They can answer your questions and help you get started. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Skywood, visit http://s

Guest: Jay Crosson, CEO of Cumberland Heights On today’s show, I’m joined by Jay Crosson, CEO of Cumberland Heights recovery program near Nashville, Tennessee. He sat down with me at the Moments of Change conference in Florida to unpack the ethical dilemmas facing the treatment field and to share some self-assessment tools, practical tips and real-world examples to help us find contrast between what’s legal and what’s ethical. He also explains how his own experience of seeking help for alcohol addiction at Cumberland Heights inspires him to fight to do what’s right for their patients and patients everywhere. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Cumberland Heights, visit http://cumberlandheights.org   For more about Heroes in Recovery, visit http://heroesinrecovery.com Music from this episode: "I Should Be Lost Without You" by David Condos - URL: http://davidcondos.com - "Running on Empty" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bea

Guest: Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy As director of national drug control policy, Michael Botticelli led the Obama administration’s efforts to advance reforms in prevention, criminal justice and treatment. He was also the first person in recovery from a substance use disorder to hold that position. Michael sat down with me at the Innovations in Recovery conference in San Diego to describe how the power of personal narrative can go beyond the reach of scientific data to influence widespread change in public attitudes and policy. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Michael's work with the Grayken Center for Addiction, visit http://www.bmc.org/addiction. Music from this episode: "The Ache" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com   "The Things We Save" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_III_-_Minor_Keys/The_Things_We_Save - Composer: Chad Crouch "Sensitive" by Pod

Guest: Dr. Melissa Lee Warner, Medical Director of Black Bear Lodge Today, my guest is Dr. Melissa Lee Warner from Black Bear Lodge, a residential treatment program in north Georgia, where serves as the medical director. She joined me to discuss how they use a symptom-based approach to help each patient face the unique challenges various substances present during detox. She also illuminates the complex intersection of chronic pain, addiction, mental health and the non-intoxicating techniques that can set patients up for long-term recovery. If you’d like to talk with an admissions coordinator about the treatment options at Black Bear and other Foundations programs, please call anytime at 855-823-2141 or email Admissions@frnmail.com. They can answer your questions and help you get started. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about Black Bear Lodge, visit https://blackbearrehab.com   For more about the Heroes 6K race series, visit http://heroes6k.com Music from this e

Guest: John Lehman, Florida Association of Recovery Residences For today’s show, I’m joined by John Lehman of the Florida Association of Recovery Residences or FARR. He has served FARR in a number of capacities over the years, including most recently as president and board member. John sat down with me at the Moments of Change conference in Florida to describe the current landscape of sober homes and other recovery support services in that state and illuminate the challenges facing FARR as they work to regulate, educate and ultimately improve the recovery residence field for the benefit of those who need help most. For more about Recovery Unscripted, visit http://recoveryunscripted.org For more about FARR, visit http://farronline.org  Music from this episode: "The Last One I Love" by David Condos - URL: davidcondos.com "Box Canyon" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Piano_IV_Cinematic/Box_Canyon "Clair de Lune (Wurly)" by Podington Bear - URL: http://freemusicarchive.org