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Hosted by National Addiction Specialists · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 21 episodes
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Breaking Down Addiction is a podcast from National Addiction Specialists featuring real stories of recovery, resilience, and hope. Each episode dives deep into the lived experiences of people overcoming addiction—raw, unfiltered, and rooted in healing.
National Addiction Specialists hosts Breaking Down Addiction, a health show with 21 episodes published.
Kristian Moore’s recovery story challenges the idea that sobriety is the finish line. For Kristian, putting down drugs and alcohol saved her life—but lasting recovery meant confronting anxiety, depression, perfectionism,
Dacey Fenton’s recovery story is about far more than overcoming addiction. It’s about discovering that getting sober was only the beginning of a much deeper journey toward healing shame, processing trauma, rebuilding ide
Lee Pepper has spent nearly two decades helping behavioral health organizations reach more people, grow responsibly, and better understand what individuals and families experience when they make the difficult first call
Logan Terry’s story is one of devastating loss, remarkable resilience, and discovering that hope, love, and purpose are stronger than addiction. Growing up outside Nashville, Logan’s addiction began with alcohol at 12 be
Zach Grace’s story is a wild ride through addiction, heroin use, incarceration, treatment, fatherhood, faith, and long-term recovery. What began with drinking at 13 quickly escalated into prescription pills, heroin, and
Darren Hobbs’ story is a powerful journey through addiction, incarceration, surrender, recovery, intervention work, and helping families find hope in the middle of chaos. For years, Darren lived a double life—bartender b
Mathew Dwyer’s story is a raw, honest journey through alcohol addiction, service industry drinking culture, relapse, treatment, recovery, spirituality, and service. From Wisconsin barrooms to Nashville restaurants, Mathe
Michael Rositano’s story is a powerful journey through grief, opioid addiction, treatment, relapse, jail, recovery, and redemption. After losing his father at age 20, Michael found two bottles of Percocet in the medicine
Miko Juvinall’s story is a powerful journey from a disciplined childhood as a competitive gymnast to the chaos of addiction, toxic relationships, and federal charges—ultimately leading to a moment of clarity and the begi
Jay Booker’s story is a powerful journey through childhood trauma, family addiction, incarceration, relapse, and the long road to lasting recovery—ultimately leading him to a life of purpose, service, and helping other m
Tyler Bowman’s story is a candid journey through family disruption, early addiction patterns, relapse cycles, and the long road to lasting recovery—ultimately leading to purpose, faith, and building a treatment culture c
Todd Mulligan’s story is a blunt look at how fast opioid addiction can take over—and what it actually takes to come back. In this episode of Breaking Down Addiction, hosts Jonny Phillip and Chad Elkin sit down with Todd
Brandon Fender’s story is a raw journey through war, trauma, addiction, and ultimately, redemption. A Marine Corps veteran with four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Brandon returned home carrying survivor’s g
Will Drury’s story is a raw, winding path through grief, addiction, jail, and the kind of recovery that rebuilds a life from the ground up. He started using at 13, lost close friends to DUI tragedies, and by 18 he was a
Misty Pearson’s story begins where many never expect addiction to start: a legitimate injury, a doctor’s prescription, and a life that looked “put together.” One torn ACL set off a chain reaction—opioids, shame, escalati
Patrick Custer’s story is a masterclass in courage. Raised in a conservative religious home, Patrick spent his early life feeling “different” and carrying shame he couldn’t name. Addiction took hold in college, spiraling
Justin Lowry’s story is a wild ride through chaos, collapse, and ultimately, radical redemption. Starting drugs at age 12, Justin’s life spiraled through addiction, business success, bankruptcy, and homelessness—until a
Former NFL linebacker Ryan Fowler opens up about the hidden world of pain, pressure, and performance inside professional football—and how it led to years of addiction. From Vicodin on the sidelines to a staff member supp
What if the real trauma begins when you’re not allowed to be yourself? In this powerful conversation, Orlando Andrews shares his deeply personal recovery journey—one shaped by loss, discovery, and bold innovation. From c
Episode 2: My Chaos – Kim Ryan on Trauma, Recovery, and the Moment She Knew She Was Okay In this powerful and deeply honest episode, Kim Ryan joins host Jonny Phillip to share her remarkable story of addiction, trauma, a
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