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Not Your Average IV User
by Max Liles
Max Liles is a person in long term recovery, licensed social worker and independent chemical dependency counselor who invites guests to debunk myths and blow through stereotypes about addiction, treatment and recovery. These conversations disguised as interviews are meant to make you think and empower you to take personal responsibility for the changes you make in your own life.
Episodes
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NYAIVU Ep. 037 - Ricky Shaw
The man of few words speaks, a lil bit.
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NYAIVU Ep. 036 - Laticia "TRISH" Wright, really her name is Tish.
"What I was born into, I do not have to become." The poverty. The abuse. The drug centered lifestyle. In Ep. 036 Tish takes us from being the person who through the best house parties to being homeless. She opens up about growing up alongside her parents, ultimately losing her mom to a drug...
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NYAIVU Ep. 035 - Paul Solotaroff, Senior Writer Rolling Stone Magazine
In the late winter of 2023, I had just finished a workout with the 9a CrossFit class. A tall fella stood at the end of the gym - dressed in all black, with a fresh pair of J's on. I thought, "This is my guy." This was Paul. Paul has been a senior writer at Rolling Stone for thirty years. He…
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NYAIVU Ep. 035 - The Teachings of Jake Bradshaw (totally not a cult)
Healthcare is all about measurements: survival rates, success rates, no show rates, outcomes. But the addicted population can be terribly difficult to get and keep any data on. A lot of us receive treatment in facilities where our information is protected by federal law (HIPPA & 42 CFR Pt. 2, for...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 34 - Rylee Jo
NYAIVU has largely hosted individuals in recovery and given them the platform to address stigmas, stereotypes, and preconceived notions about the nature of addiction, treatment, and recovery. Their stories have challenged societal norms and we've heard from people who have pushed the bounds on…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 32 - Timmy Stacy
Some people are led to places in life that give them a sense of clarity and purpose that fix everything. Timmy recounts that one day in his life, where he changed – and people around him noticed the change. He recalls, "It made for a slow Senior Year of High School." Unfortunately, that period…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 31 - Melissa Stacy
Stories of addiction and recovery demonstrate the resiliency that humans possess; to go from the darkest pits of despair to leading meaningful lives in the light. Ep. 031 Guest, Melissa Stacy, takes on a journey through losing her mother, foster care, the Department of Youth Services, human...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 30 - Philip Eil
NYAIVU has been both humbling and rewarding - having guests discuss their deepest and darkest days so candidly while simultaneously choosing this platform to share their hard won victories and triumphs. In Ep. 030 we welcome Philip Eil, a freelance journalist based in Rhode Island, who has been…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 29 - Julie Eichenlaub
Substance Use Disorders have the ability to affect a person's entire existence – mind, body, spirit. While recovery can be a journey of improving and restoring ones mental and physical health, spirituality is a hallmark of numerous recovery pathways like nature, church, or the anonymous...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 28 - Pastor J Troy Gray
Sometimes the universe just seems to bring people together. Through a friend of a friend of a friend - I got hooked up with J Troy Gray. Troy is the Pastor at Zion Baptist Church and the CEO & founder of Another Chance Ministries. One thing he and I have in common is feeling called to be active...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 27 - Jacob Floyd & Bruce Wright (B&F Construction)
Teamwork makes the dream work. Very on-brand with the Comeback City, Jacob and Bruce represent the parallels of what personal recovery does for community recovery. Once burdens to the taxpayer, whose main accomplishment was keeping their families worried sick about them, these guys have been able...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 26 - Anthony Jones
"Ha! Liles! The last place I saw you was…", Anthony started off as he began to tell a story about me slamming a powdery substance into my face in the middle of a crowded field of concert goers. When we ran back into each other, I was working at a treatment center, one I was alumni of, and Ant...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 25 - Terra Fannin
I've known Terra for a long time. She was one of the people that came before me in my areas recovery community and kept the door open for me until I decided to show up. During her time clean, she's gone through some tough stuff - some for better and some fore worse; from going to graduate school...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 24 - Sam Quinones
Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction; 2 of which closely connect to the NYAIVU project - Dreamland and The Least of Us. Dreamland won a National Book Critics Circle award for the Best Nonfiction Book of…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 23 - Paula Shabazz
What reservations am I holding on to? In treatment and recovery, a reservation refers to a set of circumstances where someone has not totally committed to sobriety should that particular situation arise. A chance that "if this happens…" an individual may turn back to drug or alcohol abuse; a...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 22 - Lil Brows & Chin
"OH YEA, THOUGHT WE WAS DONE? NAH." (in my best DJ Drama voice) Fresh off of 2022 Summer Bummer at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, headlining artist Lil Brows sat down with his partner in crime, Chin, to talk about being in Portsmouth, how they connected and bonded through music, and drop…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 21 - Robby Swaro
How many chances does someone deserve at treatment? If we were talking about any other ailment outside of substance use disorders it would be a pretty straight forward answer... As long as a medical professional believes that there is the potential positive outcome, and as long as the individual...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 20 - Natasha Arnett
Addiction is full of contradictory and paradoxical behavior. From numerous guests, we've heard stories of growing up around or being exposed to a drug centered life at an early age. Often times it's recognized by the person as being not something that is desirable - and they make the commitment…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 19 - The LaB: James Potter & Shadow Arthur
How do you spot a successful outcome? Is it… Dozens of trips to treatment… Relapses and continued use after having some time clean… Multiple incarcerations including jails, community based correctional facilities, & prison - all linked back to a drug centered lifestyle? Or is it… Getting the job...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 18 - Ali Liles
"It all kind of circled around the need to be accepted and be liked in whatever environment I was in." Drugs and alcohol can be the magic that helps us feel comfortable in our own skin & offer us connection with people around us. It can also be that divisive force that results in a total loss of...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 17 - Missy Burgess
"There used to be a 1-800 number, you pay someone $50 and they'd give you the number… You could call and in 3 days you would have whatever shipped to your door." Self described as a late bloomer who was really trying to avoid all the bad stuff that she had seen and heard about alcoholism and...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 16 - Josh Williams
A hallmark sign of substance use disorders are the repeated failures of fulfilling major life roles and the continued use despite those consequences. The types of shortcomings that sacrifice jobs, lead to criminal records, and disconnects families. In Ep. 016, Josh talks about watching his life…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 15 - Makenzie Hull-Gruber
Drugs are a lot of fun... Until they're not It's important for people to know that in some instances, individuals start using drugs because it offers a value to their life. Drugs can sometimes show up as a benefit. However, at some point, people with substance use disorders reach a point of...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 14 - Garett Stamper
Garett is just a guy.
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 13 - Sarah Wilson
Chronic homelessness is defined as a person being homeless for more than one year or experiencing being homeless four or more times in a three year span. On any given night in the U.S. there are around 100,000 people living chronic homelessness. For more than 5 years, Sarah cycled through various...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 12 - Austin Pollard
We don't have any say-so about what sort of situation we're born into. You don't pick your family history and dynamics. You don't decide to be from a small town. You don't choose to grow up in the cradle of the opioid epidemic. But, whatever cards we're dealt are the ones we've got to play. In…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 11 - Josh Lawson
One of the first questions I got asked when forming the idea of Not Your Average IV User: "Who is the audience?" "Everyone.", I thought. Have we not all been, in some way, effected by the opioid epidemic and overdose crisis? In reality, though, I know you can't be everything to everyone. That's...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 10 - Brooke Morgan
Around 90% of people who become addicted had their first drink or drug before they were 18 years old. Recently, a phenomenon in the helping field, professionals are seeing the age of our patients and clients rapidly decrease (people coming into care much younger) and the severity of their…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 9 - Matt Whisman
The opioid epidemic and overdose crisis has put the potential and actual consequences of drug addiction right in our face. These issues cross all demographic, geographic and political lines. Are people in active addiction not aware of the risk? From Matt in Ep. 009: "I actually for some reason, I...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 8 - Michael Valetine
While the opioid epidemic is the most invasive risk to life our nation faces today, it's not the first time we have seen the country pull its resources to navigate a drug problem. In the 1980's crack cocaine ravaged communities in a similar fashion to opiates, and we saw a major response. We...
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Not your Average IV User Episode 7 - Courtney Bartley
Drug seeking - A term used to describe individuals who are physically dependent to narcotics hitting up the medical system trying to get their fix through the ER, Urgent Care, or their primary care provider. Stories of our system being over-run by these scenarios, and about the frustration of...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 6 - Michael Parker
Protective factors; my guy had a few of them. A strong sense of family, involvement in the community, and more than anything - sports. It's hard to believe that a person driven enough to sign, play - never even redshirt, at a Division 1 NCAA school would ever be susceptible to developing a...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 5 - Nate Holley
Nature vs. Nurture. It might be immeasurable to identify the distinct impact of our daily behaviors that are derived directly from our DNA. On the other side of that coin, the same could be said about the parts of our actions and decisions that are just a reflection of the family we were born…
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 4 - Heather Howard
The gateway drug. Alcohol? Nicotine? Marijuana? What if the gateway drug wasn't a substance at all… People use for 1 of two reasons: they're trying to create a feeling or they're trying to get away from a feeling. I think the catalyst to either one of those scenarios is the gateway drug - trauma....
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 3 - John Adkins
How do people get addicted? And what should recovery look like? When you think about a junkie; a drug addict; a person with a substance use disorder - you might have an idea in your head of what they look like and what kind of circumstances and consequences are playing out in their life. You also...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 2 - Mindy James
In the mid-1990's the world met OxyContin. Over the next couple of decades big pharma pushed the drug as a non-addictive pain medication to the masses. Turns out, like other opiates, OxyContin was highly addictive with an immense abuse potential.During that time frame, Southern Ohio saw the...
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Not Your Average IV User Episode 1 - Dave Polumbo
You hear a lot about rates of incarceration in the U.S. & rightfully so. As a nation we have used jails and institutions to try to navigate multiple situations to no avail. On the flip side, and something that you don't hear as much about is what it's like to break out of that system and re-enter...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Max Liles is a person in long term recovery, licensed social worker and independent chemical dependency counselor who invites guests to debunk myths and blow through stereotypes about addiction, treatment and recovery. These conversations disguised as interviews are meant to make you think and empower you to take personal responsibility for the changes you make in your own life.
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