Episodes
111
May 31, 2019
Jay Shifman's story
Jay's story is one that we haven't heard before. Prescribed psychiatric medications at a very young age, he ended up addicted to several of those as well as some street drugs. Finally, he realized he didn't have a mental disorder, he was...
110
May 24, 2019
Addiction and Denial
Joanie and Jason back in the studio and talking addiction. What is denial really? So often Jason encounters parents and loved ones of addicts who say that there's nothing they can do because the addict is in denial. First of all,...
109
May 17, 2019
Josie and Her Parents - Their Story
In the past, we have interviewed Narconon graduates and related their story of addiction, treatment and sobriety. We have also interviewed members of the families of former addicts. In this episode, we have all three of those involved -...
108
May 10, 2019
Dave Chase - the Opioid Crisis Wake-up Call
Today's episode is an interview with author Dave Chase. His latest book focuses on the Opioid Crisis. The opioid crisis is not an anomaly. Instead, it's a self-inflicted wound, driven by a catastrophically dysfunctional health...
107
May 3, 2019
Diane Stein - Dangers of Psychotropic Drugs
Diane Stein is the President of in Florida. She adds a unique perspective on the role that psychiatric mind-altering drugs play in the addiction epidemic we face today. It's not a small role and if psychiatry has it's way, addiction will...
107
April 26, 2019
Kelly Beazley - Behind the Scenes in the West Virginia Drug Epidemic
This is the story of one unbelievably unethical doctor in West Virginia - Dr. Raj Masih - who was not only responsible for at least one death, but for 100s if not 1000s of people becoming addicted to prescription pain killers. Doctors across the...
105
April 19, 2019
Bobby Newman's New Intervention Approach
Bobby Newman is an interventionist with a 90% success rate of getting people into treatment. He is a former addict, so knows all the whys and wherefores that prevent the addict from getting clean and sober. Bobby has developed a series of videos to...
104
April 12, 2019
Ted McGrath's Path from Addiction to Successful Entrepreneur
Today's episode is an interview with Ted McGrath. Ted is a highly paid consultant, coach, motivational speaker, actor and entrepreneur. Following his struggle with addiction, Ted created a movement called The Good Enough Movement with the...
103
April 5, 2019
Benjamin's Story - From DJ Addict to Recovery
Benjamin is from Denmark and started on drugs when he was DJing in Denmark. He is now clean and sober and wants to help spread the word to others. He goes into depth about his experiences on the Narconon program. He suggests that...
102
March 29, 2019
Giles' Story
Giles has an amazing story of how he finally got out of his drug addiction and makes a point that anyone can beat it. Something can be done. This is an amazing story.
101
March 22, 2019
Randy's Story - NFL Player from Addicted to Helping Others
When we think of athletes and drugs, it's general performance enhancing drugs like steroids. However, when you are a professional athlete and your job depends on your performance, it's easy to depend on pain killers to get through the next game...
100
March 15, 2019
Drug Prevention Summit Part 3 - Dan Zsido and More
This is episode 100 and Jason and I talk about how it's been and what we are looking forward to with the next 100 episodes. This is also part 3 of the interviews from the 7th Annual Southeastern US Regional Drug Prevention Summit. We...
99
March 8, 2019
Drug Prevention Summit Part 2 - "Tall Cop"
This is part 2 of our Drug Prevention Summit interviews. In this episode we interviewed an independent consultant who is an expert on the effects or drugs and how to post the indicators of addiction; a medical doctor with a slightly different...
98
March 1, 2019
Drug Prevention Summit Part 1 - Former WH Drug Czar - Robert DuPont
We interview onsite direct from the 7th Annual Drug Prevention Summit, put on by Drug Free America. Part I are interviews with key event speakers including industry leaders Former White House Drug Czar Robert DuPont; then Dr. Ken Finn; and finally...
97
Feb. 22, 2019
Overdosed: The Film Premiere
A few months ago we interviewed the producer and director of the feature documentary "Overdosed" which exposes how McKesson pharmaceutical distributor specifically targeted West Virginia for the distribution of billions of opioids to only a few...
96
Feb. 15, 2019
Brandon Jordan's Story - A Rock Star's Road to Recovery
Brandon Jordan was one of the founders of Kill Radio - a punk rock band. His family had a history of drug abuse, but Brandon didn't start abusing alcohol and drugs until his early 20s. Once he started to party, he went from 0 to 60 in a split...
95
Feb. 8, 2019
Devin's ADHD Drug Addiction to a New Life
Devin's story starts similarly to others in that he was prescribed drugs to address ADHD. Since those drugs are actually stimulants, they caused him to act out and he countered that with marijuana and other drugs. During high school he...
94
Feb. 1, 2019
Author Nate Wilson's Recover - "Zero to Hero"
Nate's story is typical but then not so typical. Addicted to drugs at an early age, he attempted suicide several times after the death of friends close to him. In and out of jail but now clean and sober, Nate Wilson has written a book -...
93
Jan. 25, 2019
Angela's Story - Revisited
Angela is a graduate of Narconon and she was on the podcast last year telling her story. Her story is unlike any other and addresses those addicts who maybe just drink every day and take pills but don't need rehab. If this is you, listen...
91
Jan. 18, 2019
Rock Icon Wes Geer of Korn Now Rocks Others to Recovery
Wes Geer is a successful rock star - literally. He founded the rock band HedPE and toured with the band Korn. In 2003, Wes was addicted to methamphetamine, alcohol and pot. He is now in his 11th year of sobriety. In 2012 he...
90
Jan. 11, 2019
Nurses are Not Immune to Addiction - Kris Waite's Story
This is a replay of the interview with Kris Waite. Kris is a registered nurse and became addicted to Fentanyl while working as a surgical nurse in a hospital. Her story goes into the depths of addiction, incarceration and out the other side to...
89
Jan. 4, 2019
Tyler's Story - Addicted at Age 6
Tyler began his addiction story at age 6 when he was put on psych drugs to combat ADD. From there he moved onto Marijuana and then hardcore drugs. Now he is clean and sober and wanting to help other addicts get to where he is today. He has a new life...
88
Dec. 28, 2018
Happy New Year 2019
Now is the time to get yourself or your loved one into treatment. There is always the New Year's resolution to get clean and sober and no matter how vehemently it is made, unless you or your loved one get treatment, the chance of it actually happening...
88
Dec. 21, 2018
FL AG Pam Bondi on Illegal Drugs Coming into the Country
Approximately one year ago, we interviewed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on the podcast and she spoke about action she was taking from her "hat" on the opioid epidemic. Last week, she filed suit against Walgreens, CVS and various pharmaceutical...