by Duane Osterlind | Nov 1, 2021 | Addiction Recovery Groups, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On today’s episode, Duane talks with Faith Elicia about her nine-year journey through an eating disorder. They discuss how she struggled several times to get help and how she finally found something that worked for her. They also talk about what helped her deal...
by Duane Osterlind | Sep 6, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Sophie Aghdami is an addiction recovery coach in Australia. Today, she shares her own story of recovery from alcoholism as well as how a particular parable helped change her whole perspective on recovery, find success in healing, and create a thriving life. ...
by Duane Osterlind | Aug 30, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Recovery, Trauma
On today’s episode, Duane talks with Charlie Gray about his journey of hope and resiliency through his toxic relationship with vodka and the one thing that allowed him to stay sober. In his memoir, At Least I’m Not The Frog: A Zany Memoir of Alcoholism & Recovery,...
by Duane Osterlind | Jul 19, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction
When we are in deep pain or we have these hardships in our life, we have to learn how to transmute them and turn them into something different – not just overcoming it. As for KL Wells, she decided to transmute her pain into service by helping others whose loved ones...
by Duane Osterlind | Jul 9, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment
Being in the restaurant industry, serving alcohol is such a big part of it. It’s intended to create an experience, just like the food, music, and the interior of the space. But if you’re struggling with alcohol or drugs, it would be such a hard industry to be in...
by Duane Osterlind | May 31, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Therapy
People going through addiction recovery deal with feelings of shame, guilt, and unworthiness that no one else can understand unless they’ve gone through a similar situation. However, if someone comes to them at their level, they can automatically pull some of that...
