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Chris Wright joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. He's a good friend of mine. We met in Costa Rica when he was at Costa Rica Recovery in rehab. Now Chris has recently celebrated one year clean and sober. The plan was six months ago that on his bucket list was at one year he was going to be on the SHAIR podcast and here we are. This is cool. Yeah. We talked about it. You told me about some other guys that you were in contact with about that and I said, "I don't know. It sounded like a good goal." Keeping people off the streets, you know? That's the goal, man. That's the goal. Whatever it takes, dude, seriously. Whatever, whatever, whatever keeps you clean. Expect a miracle. I have had an opportunity to hear a little bit of your story and it's heavy, man. I know that your parents have been pulling for you and I'm sure reconnecting with them has been a blessing. I want to hear all about that kind of stuff. Let's dive into your story. First, let's talk about what you were doing today. Take us into your normal

Maggie Shores joins on The SHAIR Podcast today! "Getting sober was the most difficult transformation of my life, yet it turned out to be the most rewarding. Looking back at my life, I have realized that I have never felt comfortable in my skin. I always wanted to be that person out there and wondered why I wasn’t. I often felt alone, and I couldn’t find my place in the world. But alcohol made me feel OK, it seemed like the perfect fix for all of my insecurities. I could do anything with a little buzz. I could be anyone I wanted to be, or anyone you wanted me to be. I believed that alcohol gave me courage, made me happy, and created a life full of excitement and many friends! I was the ultimate party girl, a social butterfly, always the first to get a party started, for any reason, or no reason at all. Eventually alcohol had become my best friend and I couldn’t do anything without it and if it didn’t involve drinking I just didn’t do it! My last drunk was not something I planned; there was nothing wrong in my

Mishka Shubaly joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today! After receiving an expensive MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, Mishka Shubaly promptly realized he was more interested in playing music in dive bars than writing. He lived out of a Toyota minivan for a year, touring nonstop, and has shared the stage with artists like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Decemberists among others. Bad Dreams, a narrative published in NYPress about his romance with an opiate marked his return to writing. His Kindle Singles for Amazon have all been bestsellers. He writes true stories about drink, drugs, disasters, desire, deception and their aftermath. His work has been praised for its grit, humor, fearlessness and heart. The Long Run, his mini-memoir detailing his transformation from alcoholic drug abuser to sober ultrarunner is one of the best-selling Kindle Singles to date. Mishka Shubaly lives in Brooklyn where he writes music and plays bass for Freshkills. He is at work on a new solo record of his original songs

Laurie McGarvey joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. She is the founder of Recovery Management Solutions, and Laurie is currently fundraising for the Herren Project for this Boston 2016 marathon. Sober Date: June 13th, 2008 This episode was brought to you by AddictionUnscripted.com So Laurie, tell us about how your life is today because I'm assuming it's very busy, give us your daily routine and how you squeeze in recovery. Laurie: Okay. Let me just say that for me, this alcoholic recovery is my routine, so everything that I do, whether it's from when I get up in the morning and I get down on my knees and I say, "God's will, not mine, be done today," and that's how I have to move. When I don't stay with that routine, you know what? Quite honestly, I get negative. That's not who I've learned to be. I really try and stick with my daily routine of prayer and some type of ... I'm not real good at meditating because it's tough for me to sit still so I try and do more of a walking and gratitude list even befor

Joseph W. Naus was born in 1971 in Southern California’s Inland Empire.  He both graduated from Pepperdine Law and passed the Bar Exam in 1997. Joseph survived a hardscrabble, impoverished childhood, raised by his young mom, a heroin addict turned shut-in depressive, to become a respected lawyer. However, at age 32, his American Dream became a nightmare when his own sex and alcohol addictions collided and exploded.  Joseph’s harrowing yet hope-filled memoir, Straight Pepper Diet, begins on the last day of his former life.      “On Tuesday, I was a respected civil trial lawyer making six-figures. On Wednesday, I woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed … and then it got worse.” Joseph has spent the last twelve years learning humility the hard way: making a living doing everything from picking up the trash on film sets to selling outdoor kitchens at home shows for a former client, all while cleaning up the wreckage of his past and building a new life.  Joseph lives in Echo Park in Los Angeles with his girlfriend,

Natalie Calkins Rountree joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. After 15 years of drinking, Natalie exhausted herself and dropped to the ground.  She had been charged with 2 felonies, 3 Dui's, Child Endangerment and endured a devastating custody battle.  After hitting rock bottom she reached a turning point.  She had what many of us call a spiritual awakening and completely tuned her life around. She soon got her daughter back and now after 8 years of sobriety lives a life beyond her wildest dreams. Natalie Calkins Rountree is an advocate for bringing awareness to the pain and struggles of women, mothers and others facing addiction to alcohol or in recovery.  She is the founder of Soberlivingsoulfulliving.com which focuses on inspiring and encouraging those in recovery from alcoholism.  Her mission is to reach as many people as she can in hopes of inspiring others to not just recover but to help them love themselves and life again. “Once you take enough time to forgive yourself, love yourself, believe in your

Beau Mann CEO the founder of Sober Grid and Chris Pesce COO join us on The SHAIR Podcast today. Sober Grid is a free iOS/Android app that connects you with other sober people. You are instantly connected to a global sober community in your neighborhood and around the globe. You can build strong sober support networks and inspire others. Geosocial Networking Sober Grid users can find other sober people nearby on The Grid— a GPS locator user interface that displays user profiles and distances from them. Users can also choose to remain anonymous. Sober Grid users can find sober friends while traveling, in an airport, or in a new city. Users can also enter the name of another user and locate them by geographic location to help find sober friends in other cities. Users can log in to find sober people wherever they are. Sober Grid chat and messaging functions can be used by selecting individual profiles on The Grid. Sober Grid even has a feature that allows users to send their location to another user if they would

Katrina King joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. Katrina contributed to an interview for the FBI's documentary on opiate abuse, "Chasing the Dragon" and has been interviewed for several other podcasts and articles on addiction awareness and recovery. She is currently working hard at completing her first book, a memoir on her family's tragic experiences with drug abuse, and is attempting to return to school to become a certified addictions counselor. The obstacles are many, yet she remains determined and undeterred to personally reach out and make a difference in the lives of youth in emotional pain and despair due to depression, abuse, and drug addiction. She continues to battle her own demons while adjusting to life as a mother who's lost a child and as a felon. However, giving up is not an option. Katrina has an adult son who is currently attending college to be a robotics engineer. What is your normal daily routine including this movement that you've started Kirstyn's Story? Katrina: Okay. Well, I'm in

Yancy Scot Schwartz took his first class in the Dominican Republic while on a skate tour. He initially loved yoga solely because it improved his skateboarding. In 2008, at the encouragement of the owner, Yancy attended the Yoga to the People 200 hour Teacher Certification. He was then sent out to open and build Yoga to the People in San Francisco in 2009. In 2011 he moved back to New York where he met Sri Dharma Mittra. He completed the 500 hour Life of a Yogi Teacher training in 2013. Later in the year he attended the 50 hour Rocket Certification at Asta Yoga in San Francisco. Yancy’s personal practice includes meditation and pranayama 5 days a week. He also regularly attends classes at the studios he teaches at, or from renown teachers in the L.A. area. Yancy hopes that through the yoga practices and techniques you will not be bound by the body or the mind. “You are not your body, you are not your mind.” -Sri Dharma Mittra Here are Yancy’s SHAIR Podcast interview highlights: Omar: Yancy, tell us a little bi

Sober Señorita Kelly Fitzgerald joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today.  Kelly grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a small town called Royersford. From as far back she can remember she has always had an addictive personality.  She lived to party and was branded the “social butterfly” in high school.  Kelly attended college at Millersville University in central Pennsylvania and earned 2 undergraduate degrees while playing 4 seasons of NCAA Division II soccer, as well as establishing her drinking career.  Binge drinking and blackouts became the norm as she falls deeper and deeper into denial about just how bad her drinking habits had become. After graduation she moved to Cancun, Mexico where her alcoholism morphed into full blown alcoholic debauchery. In May of 2013 Kelly took her last drink and began her journey into sobriety.  In 2014 she started blogging on here website Sober Señorita where she made her first official blog post about sobriety – the post heard round the world! Today Kelly i

Jeff Tabler joins us on The SHAIR Podcast today. He recently celebrated his 1 year Sobriety Anniversary 2 days before St. Patty’s day. He’s a prominent member of the SHAIR Private Facebook Group and very active in his local recovery community. But prior to joining 12 step recovery Jeff battled with severe alcoholism that lead to 5 DUI's, incarceration, and the loss of his wife. Join us now and hear the whole story. Clean Date: March 15, 2015 Omar: Let me ask you this, Jeff. How do you maintain your spiritual condition, that conscious contact with a higher power? Jeff: Prayer. Prayer and meditation. Every morning I get up. People say get up and hit your knees. I just don't. I don't know. I'm not the kind of guy. I can talk to God as a man, and I feel like I don't have to get up and literally ... I get that maybe it's figurative for people, sometimes. I just lay in bed, I open my eyes, I think through my day, and I ask my higher power, I ask God. I say, "What would you have me do today?" Then I carry on th

My friend Mary joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. At the time of this interview Mary was 5 months pregnant and now 8 months pregnant at the time we are launched this interview. So I hit her up on Facebook real fast to see how the last 3 months have been. Since the interview Mary has been working on getting LCDP certified (licensed chemical dependency professional) to further her substance Abuse treatment career and has received her Tobacco Cessation Certification as well. My good friend Andy, Mary’s fiancé, spends months away from home as a merchant marine which has allowed her to accomplish to big mile stones during this absence. So in a nut shell Mary has basically, in her words not mine, been doing lots of training for work, is getting ready for maternity leave, getting really fat (again Mary’s words), and more importantly getting ready for our AA baby as she puts it, “We’re too Blessed to be Stressed” Andy…Mary…I wish you all the love and happiness in the world and I look forward to see all the beautifu

Lauren Yoder started writing poems in grade school and wanted someday to write a book. Unfortunately like so many other teenagers, she got introduced to drugs and alcohol and began writing many depressing, lonely, and sometimes suicidal poems. Ultimately Lauren hits rock bottom with drugs and alcohol and was left with two choices go to a treatment facility or lose everything. Her family gave her the ultimatum that would change her life forever. In February of 2014 she flew 1900 miles to California to live with a bunch of alcoholics and druggies, staying there for 45 days. She has been sober every day since, one day at a time. Since that time Lauren has now written two books, From the Weeds: a collection of poems, and100 Days(Sober) a book of journal entries from her first 100days sober. Joins us now as Lauren takes us into her journey of recovery! Clean Date: February 10,2014

Dr. Dean Robb joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Dean is a recovery coach and the founder of Next Stage Recovery. “I believe that we are all called to a path leading toward the “true self” or an authentic, congruent identity. Every person has an essential, God-given individuality – their unique “inner gold” – that is meant to be shared with a larger community. We are meant to be who we really are, and one important purpose of life is for us to discover, express and share our true self with the world. Conversely, I believe that emotional dysfunction and mental illness arise when we are not living authentically; i.e. when our outer lives are not congruent with our true inner self.” – Dr. Dean Robb Clean Date: December 10, 1984

Erin Bahadur joins us on today's Episode of The SHAIR Podcast. She is the founder of Erin's Inside Job, a recovering addict, NASM certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, and blogger. Her goal is to help everyone realize that true wellness comes from within (and sometimes through desserts). "I started this blog as an outlet to help me get outside of myself.  This statement may sound like a contradiction to the concept of an Inside Job, but it’s not.  I wanted to be able to take the improvements that I was making on myself (the inside) and share them with others (the outside).  I also believe that true wellness comes from working to improve the inside (emotionally, physically, and spiritually).  This will be reflected on the outside." - Erin Bahadur Clean Date: May 20th, 2010

On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast is the 2nd episode of the O-Zone, where I host a new featured show on InRecovery Radio brought to you by the Star Worldwide Network studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and produced by Bill Gates. Today, we have Mary Lyn joining us, and Mary Lyn has a CD out called Twelve Songs, and I'm going to let Mary Lyn tell us a little bit about everything that she's got going on currently. Mary Lyn, are you with us? Mary Lyn: I am. Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be a part of the O-Zone. I love it. Omar: I love it, and feel free to call me O. Mary Lyn: Okay, O. That's great. Just call me Mary Lyn. Omar: This is exciting, so Mary Lyn, please tell us about your CD. Tell us where the inspiration came for the CD. I also know that you have a workbook that coincides with this CD and where it comes from, so tell us where it was inspired from and where you're going with it. Mary Lyn Twelve Songs Mary Lyn: Well, sobriety has just been such an awesome journey for me, and I think I love recove

Today on The SHAIR Podcast we have Brian Bailys, the founder of Ascent, a drug, alcohol and mental health aftercare solution, share his own addiction and recovery story.So what is Ascent?Ascent is dedicated to helping recovering substance-use clients build a foundation for lifelong success. Ascent combines the best that 21st Century technology has to offer with that all-important human touch to help clear the path to recovery. Ascent is there wherever and whenever the client needs us. They connect clients with coaches that have lived and breathed what the client is going through. They are there at the right time and place, when the client needs it and wants it. They are an active participant and contributor as the client makes progress on their journey upward and onward. Ascent provides:    One on one coaching using evidence based models    Clinically tested outcomes based e-recovery tool    Extensive coach training    Quality assurance program    Strict brand adherence    Coaches that have “lived it”To learn

Today, we have Rose McKinney, the Midwestern Mama and the founder of Our Young Addicts joining us on The SHAIR Podcast. Too many young people are becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. Our Young Addicts is a growing community of parents and professionals who share experiences, resources and hopes – no matter where your child may be on the spectrum of experimentation, recreational use, abuse, addiction, treatment, relapse, or recovery. The Midwestern Mama created Our Young Addicts when her 20-something son’s addiction was spiraling out of control; today, he is in recovery and thriving in his sobriety. The mission of Our Young Addicts is having parents and professionals work together in our local communities. Watch their news clip here.

Welcome to another episode of The SHAIR Podcast. Today, we have Zach B. Joining us!  Zach is a father of twins, an amazing husband, a wonderful, powerful example to the rest of his community, especially in the recovery community, where he does a tremendous amount of service, but prior to all of this, Zach was surrounded by drugs and alcohol from the age of twelve and had a tumultuous relationship with alcohol and drugs until he found recovery. Zach's got an amazing and powerful story. Join Us Now! Clean Date: March 10th 2013 Omar: All right, so Zach, what is the best suggestion you have ever received? Zach: It had to be Buddy. He tells me this over and over again. He says, "Let go or get dragged." When I come up to him and I'm complaining. I was like, "Man, this is not going my way. I should be getting paid this much in this job." He says, "Zach, let go or get dragged. You can't control any of this. The outcome is God's and God's alone, so you just live this life, man." I write that down everywhere I go, a

Amanda Nelson joins us on today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast. Amanda is a Beachbody Coach, a recovering drug addict, and an advocate for sobriety and clean living. Amanda is on a mission to inspire others so they know they too can cross the bridge from darkness to happiness!! Today Amanda records these wonderfully inspirational videos where her motto on a daily basis is to make a stranger smile. Join us now as Amanda takes us through her unbelievable battle with drugs and alcohol until a spiritual awakening brings her into recovery. Clean Date: August 10th, 2015