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Mental Health And Trauma Episodes

Life After Putting a Pistol To My Head 3 Times & Being a Recovery Speaker While Quietly Addicted to Opioids
Feb. 21, 2026

Life After Putting a Pistol To My Head 3 Times & Being a Recovery Speaker While Quietly Addicted to Opioids

Craig “Bubba” Norton was first exposed to addiction when his mother died from alcoholism in 1982. His father later entered treatment, and during a family program Craig realized at age 20 that he was also an alcoholic. After m...
Life After Relapsing To Celebrate My One-Year Chip and Again With an 8-Month Old Baby
Feb. 14, 2026

Life After Relapsing To Celebrate My One-Year Chip and Again With an 8-Month Old Baby

Nikki grew up in a small town with a mother who struggled with alcoholism and periods of abuse but was also loving and devoted. As a teen, she began using substances like weed, pills, and whippets. At 19, she sought help from...
Life After The Drug Blackout That Ended My NFL Career with Randy Grimes
Jan. 24, 2026

Life After The Drug Blackout That Ended My NFL Career with Randy Grimes

Born and raised in East Texas, Randy Grimes grew up in church with an older brother and sister and played football and baseball. He attended Baylor University, where he had a strong football career and met his future wife on ...
Life After Seriously Injuring Another Woman While Driving Drunk, Getting a Felony DUI, and Attempting Suicide
Jan. 17, 2026

Life After Seriously Injuring Another Woman While Driving Drunk, Getting a Felony DUI, and Attempting Suicide

Jenifer grew up in a home marked by physical and verbal abuse, which shaped how she viewed trust and relationships. She got pregnant at 18 and had her son, Hunter, at 19, raising him mostly on her own. At 28, she married, but...
Life After Bipolar & Depression, Getting Locked in a Rubber Room, Quitting Alcohol and Picking Up Crack
Jan. 7, 2026

Life After Bipolar & Depression, Getting Locked in a Rubber Room, Quitting Alcohol and Picking Up Crack

Doug experienced abuse in early childhood, and at age 12 when his father left, he spiraled into severe depression, suicidality, and repeated psychiatric hospitalizations. As a teenager, he discovered alcohol and used it to ma...
Guest:Doug Smith
Life After Beating Bulimia, Escaping an Abusive Alcoholic Marriage, and Repeated Exposure to Black Mold
Dec. 17, 2025

Life After Beating Bulimia, Escaping an Abusive Alcoholic Marriage, and Repeated Exposure to Black Mold

After Cynthia was molested in childhood, she used food as a coping mechanism, developing bulimia and extreme body dysmorphia. As a teenager, vaccinations triggered hormonal and immune imbalances, causing mood changes and hive...
Life After My Ex-Wife’s Death From Addiction Tore My Family Apart
Oct. 3, 2025

Life After My Ex-Wife’s Death From Addiction Tore My Family Apart

Rune never directly struggled with substance abuse, but grew up surrounded by it and then married into it. His father battled alcoholism and eventually died. Later, his ex-wife also lost her life to addiction after multiple a...
Life After Flunking Out Of College, Multiple Inpatient Psych Stays, And The Murder of My Best Friend
Oct. 1, 2025

Life After Flunking Out Of College, Multiple Inpatient Psych Stays, And The Murder of My Best Friend

Andy grew up in Houston and started drinking in high school, escalating in college. After getting kicked out and switching schools, she eventually graduated while trying to keep her drinking under control. But when she enter...
Life After Planning My Own Death, Sleeping in a Stolen Car, and Withdrawing in Jail
Sept. 22, 2025

Life After Planning My Own Death, Sleeping in a Stolen Car, and Withdrawing in Jail

Scott’s last relapse ended with him withdrawing in jail, where for the first time since age 13 he made it past five days sober. Facing probation, restitution, treatment and childhood trauma, he found purpose through service w...