Recovery Internet Radio
Join our hosts, Rick Atwater and Rob Ryberg, as they travel across the human experience of recovery through the power of story. Recovery Internet Radio is here to ask the hard questions, share good stories, and be a friend to those wherever they are in their life journey.Recovery is not just a state of mind, it's a way of life sourced from your heart. Recovery can be found through many doors—some are just more wide open than others.
Episodes
147 episodes
Are You Done Yet?
Today we are joined by our friends, Julie Funkhouser and Meredith Speir, who tell us about their personal and professional journeys. Julie and Meredith are cofounders of The Recovery Connection, a trauma-informed addiction treatment center inte...
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55:44
Staying Sober During the Holidays
Rick & Rob invite Brady C and Brian B to talk about Christmas chaos and what recovery is like through the holidays today.
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54:59
The Rolling Boil of My Life
On the episode today, we interview Jimmy R and discuss his recovery story. We cover his journey into sobriety, service and overcoming adversity in recovery.
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45:25
Slangin' Hot Sauce & Laughs
Today we interview our friend, Dave Yates. Dave is a fulltime road warrior comedian and entrepreneur in recovery. Dave talks about his Hot Sauce company and what its like to be a sober comic.www.hahahotsauce.comwww.yatescomedy.com...
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Life Just Keeps Getting Better
Rick interviews Toby M about the manifestation of alcoholism, the progression of the disease and 31 whopping years of recovery!
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Psychedelic Healing & Integration
We are joined by Eric Majoesk as he discusses his professional life and unorthadox road to recovery and healing. We discuss various approaches to recovery and treatment modalities. We then discuss the use of psychedelics for substance abus...
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The Knowledgeable Cynic
In this episode, we are joined by our friend Wes Walker. We discuss his personal recovery, the addiction treatment industry and everything in between. We cover gambling addiction, effective clinical models, business models, managed care models ...
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Christmas in the Hole
On this episode of Recovery Internet Radio, we hear the story of Roman Braly. Roman has a fast story of chaos and carnage and shares about the foster system, his adoptive family, working for cartels and prison stays. We then discuss all of the gif...
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Roadmap to Success
On this episode of Recovery Internet Radio, we interview longtime friend and colleague, Gary Fisher. Gary served as Executive Director of Cirque Lodge, a world-class treatment center in Sundance, Utah for over 20 years. We talk about his recovery ...
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Out of the Fog and into the Light
Christine grew up in the fog of denial. Neither she nor her family had any awareness or understanding of addiction. A series of unhappy and unhealth relationships led her to her first twelve step meeting. Christine has, over a long and bumpy hi...
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The Perfect Suburban Family
Join as as we speak with our friend, Brenda Napholz. Brenda is a mother who has battled addiction in her family for over ten years. She is the President of The Break, a teen center in Crystal Lake, IL. She is also a Peer Recovery Support Specia...
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Love Myself More
It was in the genes, but it hit hard and fast. A natural mother the fear of losing her kids led grudgingly to rehab. Still not believing she had a problem; angry and unhappy she drank again. After getting sober and working a program again for seve...
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40:59
We all need a North Star
Join us as we talk with our friend Nick about his recovery journey, professional evolution and expereince in the behavioral healthcare industry. Nick runs a treatment facility, has an intimate relationship with recovery and has a real job ahead to...
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54:04
A Rocky Road
His story spans decades; his job as an AP photojournalist took him to many places in the country and the world; often gone for weeks. His family missed his presence and his wife and he became increasingly estranged. Her genetics took her to her co...
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Miracle, Good Values or God Directed Coincidence?
He grew up in what is now Silicon Valley to a hard working business family. He was always the black sheep but never doubted his strong Catholic roots and excellent parochial education. He would tell you that he was an alcoholic from his first drin...
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57:01
The Good Girl with Kay G.
She grew up conservative and religious in a small Texas town. The good girl to the core She always did the right thing and nevvvvver disappointed her Mom. A good education, some grace and maybe a little luck and she was working a dream job and mar...
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55:08
Get Up Again, Climb Another Wall, Plant Another Flag
Ann B. shares her story of adventure and recovery! Fri, 2 June 2017
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1:01:15
His Mom Passed And Everything Changed
A second generation Irishman felt the shame from his grandfather’s alcoholism through his Mom. A good kid growing up in a religious family he always looked down on alcoholics and alcoholism. He always thought that if he drank “like that” it would ...
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Near Death Experience
Nicole was a good kid.... She was more concerned about your feelings than her own. She wanted to make everyone else comfortable, but as it turns out... At her own expense. Her first experience with death was at age two, and although she didn't re...
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Nurse Jack 2.0
Nurse Jack has been a guest on the show in the past and as a result of some recent listener questions we decided to ask him back to finish the story. Nursing and narcotics addiction do not go well together and “Jack” got in big trouble both legal...
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1:00:33
Entitled Since Birth
He was the second youngest of five, born unexpectedly at home. After the first two kids Mom didn’t have much left and Eric was the favored one raised mostly by his oldest sister. He did what he wanted and ran the streets of Queens from an early a...
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Redemption can take place while you're still above ground
Patrick grew up on the near West side in a good Italian neighborhood; Dad a cop and part time jewel thief and Mom a hard working patronage employee. By sixth grade he stopped caring about school and by high school his uncle bribed him into gradua...
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52:55
The Third Time's the Charm
Two DUI’s was a good starter for Tom S. That and a few other drug and alcohol fueled calamities got him to call one of his old grade school buddies who had found some happiness and sobriety some while back. The first year was fine but the second...
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Treatment Centers…You gotta be IN one before you OWN one
Rob R. started young in the drug world and subsequently started young in the recovery world. It wasn’t an easy road or even a straight line to success. He was always a man with a dream…a goal for himself. Ten years and an MBA later Rob is buildi...
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