Today we discuss how to deal with Other People's Problems.  We can see resentments or we can see service and sometimes we need to just leave well enough alone.  Thanks for listening!


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O is for O.P.P. (Other People's Problems)

Today we talk about the transitory nature of life.  How we survive in the liminal spaces of our recovery is just as important as the focused and active parts.  There is a rhythm we must dip in and out of as best we can and remember to appreciate the impermanence of this time we have.  Thanks for listening!



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T is for This Too Shall Pass

Yendy Gonzalez - Episode 31
“My life has been one miracle after another,” states Yendy Gonzalez of Miami, FL. This rafter turned firefighter shares his tumultuous journey across the ocean from Cuba to the U.S. when he was just 5 years old, his time in a refugee camp in Guantanamo Bay, and ultimately, how it all led to his discovery and acceptance of Christ in this first installment of the FDIC series. Although his story of recovery is not traditional, he went from viewing himself as the hero, to seeing Christ as the true hero of his story.

Episode 31 Yendy Gonzalez

A song about the struggle of addiction, the pain and the shame it brings, and the hope for recovery and redemption.

ADDICTED W/Starrr Reid

As a single mom to her only child, Barbara Legere journeyed alongside her son through his mental health issues and addiction. She wrote a memoir about her son’s suicide, called “Keven’s Choice: A Mother’s Journey Through Her Son’s Mental Illness, Addiction and Suicide.” And, she’s just written a second book, "Talk to Me I'm Grieving - Supportive Ways to Help Someone Through Grief.”  

We have Barbara with us today to hear her story.

Keven Legere had spent half his life struggling with substance use disorder while Barbara, his single mom, battled courts, healthcare companies, rehab facilities and mental health professionals trying to protect him.

As their relationship strained Keven’s drug use progressed, and Legere was forced to accept and love Keven as he was … until he took his own life.

In Keven’s Choice, Legere tells the story of trying to navigate her son’s dark world while also addressing her own complicated guilt and regret over how she handled it. She shines a light on the hidden anguish of countless parents who are taking care of children that society tells them to abandon.

For parents who have borne witness to overdoses, arrests, treatment, incarceration and even death, Keven’s Choice is a raw and intimate memoir that shows it’s possible and necessary to go on, even amidst the unimaginable. 

"We have a saying. It says, as long as they're breathing, there is hope," Barbara says during the interview. "So never give up on your child. Let them know that you're there for them, that you're willing to support them in getting treatment, in, getting mental health care, whatever it is that they need. And you make sure that they know how much you love them. Keven understood how much I loved him. He didn't love himself."

Today, Barbara is an advocate for harm reduction for addicts and an active member of groups for parents of addicts and parents surviving the loss of their child through suicide.  She hopes to keep her son’s memory alive through her writing as a way of helping others who suffer from similar afflictions.

Barbara, thanks for sharing your story with us today.

Q. Can you begin by sharing with us what happened to Keven and why?

Q. I’ve read that you suffered from guilt. Why, and how did that manifest itself?

Q. What led you to write your first book, "Keven's Choice"?

Q. Let’s talk about your latest book, “Talk to Me, I’m Grieving.” Why did you do that one, and what’s its focus.

Q. Why is it important for parents to teach their kids about drugs and watch for warning signs.  

Q. What advice would you offer to parents who face a similar situation with a child who’s in trouble?

Q. How about parents who are suffering, grieving a loss? Q. What can others do to support grieving parents?

Q. You wrote a blog called “Tapping Into Grief.” Tell us about that.

Q. Looks like from your Facebook page you’re big into hockey. Was that part of Keven’s life?

A Son's Suicide: A Mom Tells Her Story

Today we discuss the idea of our identities as alcoholics, as friends and as men.  It truly is what we make of it.  It is in what we do, say and the choices we each and every day.  Finding yourself and defining yourself in recovery is an amazing and powerful thing!  Thanks for listening!!!

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I is for Identity

We do it to ourselves.  We do it to our loved ones.  We do it to each other.  It is a very human thing to do.  Enabling behaviors come in many forms and are often survival tactics in the often abusive relationships we have with alcoholics.  It isn't always easy or kind to not give in to those behaviors but NO ONE deserves to be abused and certainly not for loving an alcoholic.  We hope our narrow perspective at least scratches the surface on a very deep issue.  As always, thanks for listening!


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E is for Enabling Behaviors

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(I WISH TO FIND FREDOM IN MY MIND) INTERLUDE

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It feels like a default setting in our alcoholic minds to zoom in and hyper focus.  Hell we are even taught to "be present".  And although this is important to manage the worry and anxiety we can forget to zoom out.  2020 has dealt us a multitude of crises both big and small, both collective and deeply personal.  Looking back we can see patterns.  We can see our slumps and ascensions.  Reflecting on the impermanence of everything can help us find gratitude for the good and let go of the losses.  Thanks for listening.


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E & F are for Ebb & Flow

Today I speak with Hayley from D.C.  Getting sober in this strange and intense time is no easy feat especially in our nation's capital.  Hayley is new to recovery but is fully committed.  Her excitement is inspiring and her willingness reminds me what is needed to get passed the road blocks in my own recovery.  Thanks for listening!!!


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AIFA Conversation with Hayley

I am Randy Davis, the founder and the Executive Director of ABLBH. Early on in my life, I recognized my desire to help those who might be struggling. I have been blessed with experiences that have fed my hunger. I believe in encouraging others before they believe in themselves. Thus, ABLBH believes in you.

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It was June of 2014 when God first burdened my heart with the needs of those battling addiction. God used Brianna's experiences, story, and life to touch me in a way unlike He never has. Then He began opening doors and creating opportunities that showed me together we would make a difference. So here we are changing lives and saving lives. For certain God gets the glory but without so many feet and hands moving for Him we would not have the impact that we have!

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Join us and believe with us!

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A is for Alcoholic is a podcast about recovery.  Join us as we go through the alphabet of alcoholism one letter at a time.

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