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Don't Die Wisconsin
by DON'T DIE Wisconsin
Don't Die Wisconsin is a podcast focusing on the Heroin and Opioid epidemic facing our state and the country. Join Counselor Kevin Schaefer, Counselor Patrick Reilly and resident junkie Ryan Gorman as they tackle a range of issues in regards to active use, recovery, despair, and hope. This podcast is in no way intended for diagnosing addiction or to be used as a program of recovery. Please consult a professional when you are ready for help. Also, Kevin, Patrick and Ryan want to warn you of the sometimes graphic content surrounding drug use. If you are easily triggered by discussions about drug use this isn't the podcast for you. The Don't Die name is used with permission from Bob Forrest's Don't Die Podcast. We do not represent any treatment facility or 12 step recovery program.
Episodes
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Billy Holiday is the Michael Jordan of Heroin
The boys are on a roll. 2 episodes in a row! The boys discuss harm reduction models, safe consumption sites, decriminalization, and so so much more. Patrick gets his harm reduction card back just minutes after it being taken away as he sloughs off the last of his more conservative views on the…
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Season 2.1: I would like a huck-funeral, please
It's season 2 of DDW! No, really. 2021 has been a jumble of job changes, babies, COVID, depression, and general too-busy-for-this-podcast-BS for the boys...but they're back in action. Season 2 starts out with a bang: talking about addiction, drugs, death/dying, ideal funerals, death awareness...
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Episode 53
We cleaned out the Don't Die Wisconsin refrigerator and found, wayyyy in the back, this mold-covered plate of leftovers. We brushed it off and are making it available for your listening pleasure. Don't judge us
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How do vampires bone non-vampires? Will Kevin get a bionic foot at some point and will it accidentally start a nuclear war? And how do people in recovery deal with surgeries and pain meds? Kevin gets honest.
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Episode 51
Impulse Control Disorder. Wtf is that? Does anyone care? Ryan has a bad trip. Patrick may be wanted for attempted murder. How to properly buy Whippets from a porn store in the 90s. And Patrick wants to get know the boys better with "behind the actors studio" questions and it goes as well as you...
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Episode 50
This one is about morphine...and codeine...and Ketamine...and propofol...These are a few of our favorite things.
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Episode 49
What makes a coke head a coke head? Are their ideas really as good as they say they are? And what's with all the lists? Patrick explains. Plus should Kevin go on a spirit quest with ayahuasca? Probably not, right? Drug-reference packed episode. Buckle Up.
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Episode 48
Pink Floyd and Benzos. Japan has its own language? 100% increase in fatal drug overdoses. Did any one catch the masters? The real question is 'what didn't we cover this episode?'
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Episode 47
What does white privilege mean within the addicted and alcoholic community? Here are some of the first hand accounts from those within that community directly effected by that privilege. Uncomfortable ? Good.
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Episode 46
Safer at home...but is it, really? How are addicts and alcoholics dealing with the isolation? How is COVID effecting prisons and jails? Is it finally proving that jail sentences are arbitrary and punitive? Or is this just another thing for Ryan to get irritated by?
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Episode 45
Continued from episode 44. Motivational interviewing : What is ? Does it work? Is it black magic? and throat singing.
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Episode 44
Join the guys on another two parter. Learn the meaning of the word "esoteric." Listen to the boys wrestle with the idea that changing HOW we talk about addiction may or may not change how people see and treat addiction. Spoiler: Ryan hates it.
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Episode 43
Join the guys as they discuss the ugly reality which still exists in the recovery world. Ryan goes on a tear about a specific snake oil salesmen who claims he has cracked the alcoholic code and is happy to share it with you...for a price. Patrick reads a letter from a listener that knits together…
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Episode 42
Welcome to part two of the basement antics of Don't Die Wisconsin. This episode Patrick finally takes full control and forces his childish cohorts to discuss many relapse warning signs taken from traditional sources. Listen as Ryan confronts the source of some these and lays out fresh new…
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Episode 41
Welcome to another ridiculous installment of Don't Die Wisconsin. Listen as the guys attempt to declutter their own thoughts on early recovery, relapse, treatment, and the like. Big discussions about the ego and the tendency of the newly sober addict to instantly feel as though they need to catch...
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Episode 40
Boozy boozy bop, the guys are back, and in rare form by sharing their David Lee Roth fandom stories. On a more positive and educational note Patrick shares the test results from initial data regarding fentanyl test strips and the profound change and effect its having on our state as well as props...
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Episode 39
The boys took another period of much needed time off. Kevin, Patrick, and Ryan are coming back, for real...I think...In this episode the guys catch each other up on their lives and recovery. Ryan takes on a new challenging career and opens up about new perspectives on money vs his purpose. Kevin…
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Episode 38
The guys are back! Discuss what's been happening in their lives, Ryan's afraid of sharks, and find out if they're narcissistic.
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Episode 37
After the guys recorded a live podcast at the Opioid Conference in Green Bay they got to talk to their buddy Bob Forrest, who was also a keynote speaker for the conference. The boys all got together at their hotel and recorded this episode. Ryan's computer crashed about 10 minutes in, so the...
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Episode 36
The dudes are back and live (again) at the Milwaukee Junior Fire Institute with Fireman Jeff. The guys share abbreviated versions of their stories and answer some great questions from the audience in attendance. Things get a bit heated around the question of Marijuana legalization, but settle…
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Episode 35
Recorded live at the 3rd annual Addiction Information Resource fair in South Milwaukee, Patrick and Kevin share their experience with the fine people of said city. Ryan was off galavanting in foreign countries and couldn't be present for this amazing event. He wishes to say that given the choice…
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Episode 34
In this episode the dudes discuss a question from one of our listeners. They talk about suicidal thoughts and Narcan, and loving people until they (hopefully) love themselves. Then the guys talk about their heroes. And ask "who are the heroes for the millennial generation?" Ryan discusses his...
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Episode 33
Finally! We get to hear (more or less) Yoda's story in its entirety. "Yoda" being our own Kevin Schaefer. This dude packed about 30 years of hard living into, about, 15. The years following his drug and alcohol consumption are the most interesting, though. From inactive, "white knuckle" sobriety…
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Episode 32
In this episode the boys tackle a newer phenomenon of the interwebs involving taking videos of people nodded out or overdosing and posting it to social media sites. To complicate matters further, how do those people then recover, knowing their lowest moment was captured and is out there for...
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Episode 31
God only knows what this one is about. The boys talk about their interview on the This Life Podcast with Dr Drew. They talk about their meeting with the Emergency Department of the Medical College of Wisconsin. They briefly talk about the history of opiates and their impact on the arts which…
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Episode 30
After a nearly 2 month sabbatical, the boys are finally back! It's our 1 year anniversary and we spent it talking about our event back in September which raised around $2,000 for Lifepoint needle exchange; we spent it talking about where we pictured ourselves and the podcast a year ago and…
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Episode 29
In the world of treatment facilities and support groups, abstinence is the golden rule. This week the boys get into why they think that is. They also get into the shame that can inadvertently be placed on recovering people when they don't perfectly adhere to abstinence: either when they relapse…
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Episode 28
Opioid-related overdose deaths increased from 144 in 2012 to 337 in 2017. 88% of those deaths happen to those in the age range of 20-59. Where do these numbers come from? The COPE Report. A carefully and skillfully collected research report detailing all of the ins and outs of drug related deaths...
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Episode 27
"Some live a life of indecision Strung out in the petty schisms I heard GBH I made a decision Punk rock is my religion" Lars Fredrikson, Rancid. Just like drugs revealed to us our problems, music has and continues to be one of our biggest guiding solutions. In this, our second "Lust For Life"...
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Episode 26
This episode is dedicated to Chris from Dopey Podcast who passed away this week. We at DDW are huge fans of the show, and he will be greatly missed. A massive amount of love goes out to Chris' family and to Dave in this impossibly difficult time. We're thinking about you. In this episode Ryan…
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Episode 25
Live from the Hive. Downtown Milwaukee. The boys are invited to record live in front of podcast enthusiasts. They interview the amazing people from Drop The Needle, a not-for-profit group which focuses on music to bring people together to raise awareness and money to help those in need in and...
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Episode 24
The guys at DDW are back and in true knucklehead fashion they are celebrating Patricks 9 years of amazing sobriety. DDW also shares some doleful thoughts and feelings regarding suicide and how important it is to just have a conversation concerning it. In the end wrapping it up with the message,...
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Episode 23
Amy Dresner is so real it's shocking yet refreshing. Amy, the self-professed Hollywood Jewish princess, shares a morning with DDW over skype to generously share her two cents about all the mishegas of junkie living and recovery life. Her book, My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying...
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Episode 22
Do you hear a bugle in the distance? Nope, neither do we. The Calvary is not coming. What you can hear in this episode is a clear voice from one of DDW hero's, Joe Muchka. A passionate guy in our community who has been fighting for alcoholics and drug addicts for over twenty years. Listen as Joe...
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Episode 21
As promised, we return with the follow-up episode of "the best Sammie." In this heart-felt talk with Sam's father, we agree that there really isn't one right way or, in fact, a wrong way to survive the insidious disease of addiction. Listen as Sam's father shares their families journey through...
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Episode 20
Don't Die Wisconsin had an unexpected guest join us, our good friend Sam honored us with sharing his crazy adventures through-out his childhood and how he stumbled, stole, lied and crawled his way into recovery. This is a two-part series with Sam's view point being the first part and next week...
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Episode 19
Welcome to another episode of Don't Die Wisconsin. Join us in this thought meandering episode as we tackle ideas from, "Will I use if I don't go to a meeting?" Some insights behind the naloxone papers and the latest news regarding the scary government solution to the opioid crisis.
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Episode 18
Deep from within the bowels of the villainous lair, ( in batman voice) ....... Don't Die Wisconsin rears its head and is back! We've taken a needed month off to regain our strength and now, come out swinging with some rockin' new t-shirts for sale. Proceeds go to help substances users seeking...
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Episode 17
Alderman Michael J. Murphy With nearly 400 drug overdoses in Milwaukee county last year, the shocking reality is that the problem is getting worse. In this episode, Don't Die Wisconsin is privileged to sit down with Milwaukee Alderman Michael Murphy. We have a hard conversation about where...
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Episode 16
Join the guys today in their verbal meanderings centered around the concept of "Hanging with the Winners." The person whose key chain is weighed down with recovery chips isn't necessarily the winner. From the guy who's in the sport coat, to the kid who just white-knuckled 90 days. This Good Will...
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Episode 15
Don't die's resident junky Ryan shares his existential travels of his childhood excursions with robots to recovery in Prescott Arizona and on to Florida or bust....listen to Ryan share the good the bad the ugly and finally his hope!
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Episode 14
All of us unfortunately will experience losing someone we know to the chaos of reality we call life. Join the guys as they stumble through the stages of grief to find some sort of frame work to learn and cope with the ones we lost.
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Episode 13
In this episode the boys talk about the history of drug and alcohol treatment and how the current opioid crisis is overwhelming outdated practices and programs. They get into how effective MAT can be and Ryan attempts to walk back his comments about methadone. And fails.
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Episode 12
In 2016 Wisconsin suffered 827 drug related deaths, 97 were related to deadly fentanyl. As of December 5th there were already 182 fentanyl related overdose deaths. Milwaukee County alone is expected to reach 342 drug related deaths by the end of the year. So we remember why we started this…
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Episode 11
With our last episode of the year, we thought we'd do it right by talking with "Rehab Bob" and explore alternatives to help individuals suffering from addiction. We discuss supporting recovery in creative ways by waiting tables and caring for rescue animals. Bob Forrest, who started Don't Die and...
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Episode 10
Buddha who? Buddha what? And what does Buddhism have to do with recovery? In this soup for the Zen soul episode, John from Refuge recovery sits down with us and enlightens us to the path of recovery through Buddhist meditation. Listen as John mindfully explains the 4 noble truths to the 8 fold…
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Episode 9
Holidays can be ROUGH... This week, we have Counselor Sara in studio to discuss how we can handle the Holidays. The Boys also discuss the 8 Overdose Deaths this past week in Milwaukee.
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Episode 8
The guys are doing their best this week to discuss the family aspect of the disease of addiction. Kevin talks about Lederhosen and adoption Ryan talks about being a shitty friend in Dublin Patrick goes off on tangents..
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Episode 7
Pull over people we have red lights and sirens screaming by us in this episode. This week we share an hour with an amazing friend and righteous dude who literally brings people back from the dead. This firefighter is serious about helping our community. Listen to him tell his story and what it's...
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The DOCTOR IS IN
With all the negative press and stories concerning the opioid epidemic we wanted to share with you someone in our own community who is fighting back with honesty and integrity. In this episode, we get the privilege to have a candid conversation with one of our home town hero's Dr. Arassi. Dr…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Don't Die Wisconsin is a podcast focusing on the Heroin and Opioid epidemic facing our state and the country. Join Counselor Kevin Schaefer, Counselor Patrick Reilly and resident junkie Ryan Gorman as they tackle a range of issues in regards to active use, recovery, despair, and hope. This podcast is in no way intended for diagnosing addiction or to be used as a program of recovery. Please consult a professional when you are ready for help. Also, Kevin, Patrick and Ryan want to warn you of the sometimes graphic content surrounding drug use. If you are easily triggered by discussions about drug use this isn't the podcast for you. The Don't Die name is used with permission from Bob Forrest's Don't Die Podcast. We do not represent any treatment facility or 12 step recovery program.
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