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The Next Fix
by Ryan Penley
Sobriety is just the beginning⛓️💥—The Next Fix shares comeback stories that spark reinvention🚀. Host Ryan Penley, founder of the My Rock Bottom Recovery community, sits down with addicts, alcoholics, addiction specialists, healing practitioners and people dedicated to rebuilding after hitting rock bottom 📈. Each episode delivers real strategies for goal achievement, resilience and self‑discovery beyond addiction, helping you turn recovery into a purposeful new chapter🏆. If you’re ready to redefine yourself and pursue a life filled with meaning, this show guides you through what comes next. Backed by a recovery community of over 240,000 followers, The Next Fix is more than inspiration—it’s a movement. Join us weekly and connect with the community at https://www.facebook.com/myrockbottomrecovery
Episodes
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He Finally Felt Normal. Then He Had to Stay High. | Paul Patrick Ep44
He had one job: never let the drugs run out. Because when they did, he had to feel again. Paul Patrick thought heroin had solved the pain of being himself. Then he started stealing from people he loved and using more to escape the guilt. In this episode of The Next Fix, Paul joins Ryan Penley to...
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Disbarred, Sober, and Starting Over | Les Delaney Hawkins Ep43
A successful Boston attorney. Three forged documents. Six felony convictions. Les Delaney Hawkins knew the law. As her drinking spiraled, she made choices that cost her career, her reputation, and nearly her freedom. But she’s clear about one thing: alcoholism doesn’t erase her responsibility. In...
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He Walked Away From One IPA and Never Stopped Building | Rhett Sullivan Ep42
He woke up in a hospital with two days missing. Then he went home and drank again. A few weeks later, Rhett Sullivan ordered his favorite IPA. When it arrived, he left it untouched and walked out. That was July 17, 2020. He hasn’t had a drink since. Today, Rhett is married, looking forward to...
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8 Years Sober. A Recovery Pastor. Then He Relapsed. Ep41
George Lynch was helping other people get sober while his own life was falling apart. After eight years of sobriety, the recovery pastor picked up a drink. In this episode of The Next Fix, I sit down with George for an honest conversation about addiction, faith, relapse, and finding your way back...
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After Losing Both Children, He Chose to Help Others Recover | Dave Mahler Ep40
Dave Mahler lost both of his children. He still chose to show up for families fighting addiction. This is what a comeback through grief looks like. Dave survived 9/11, lost his daughter Dana to fentanyl poisoning, and later endured the death of his son. He could have allowed that grief to close…
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She Was 6 and Had Never Slept in a Bed | Luke Mickelson Ep39
Six-year-old Haley was sleeping on a pile of school clothes. When Luke Mickelson delivered her first bed, she hugged and kissed it. Her mother stood nearby with tears running down her face. Luke had come to deliver furniture. He left understanding that this was about far more than a place to…
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Why Sobriety Was Only the Beginning for Greg Wallan Ep38
Greg Wallan survived an overdose, watched addiction tear through his family, and still discovered that getting sober was only the beginning. His real enemy was drift: the slow surrender of your attention, identity and future to anything that keeps you from becoming who you were created to be. In...
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35 Years of Drinking Ended With One Promise | Ali Burke Ep37
Ali Burke’s longest relationship was with alcohol. After more than 35 years, everything changed following one final wedding and one brutal drive home. She started drinking at 14, admitted at 19 that she might be an alcoholic, lost her license three times for DUI, and still could not break the...
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The Last $20 That Changed Josh Contreras’ Life Ep36
Josh Contreras had four weeks to get clean and reclaim a $47-an-hour union ironworker job. One hour before the meeting that could give him his career back, he was still smoking meth and crying as he lit the pipe. That was when “powerless” stopped being a word on the wall and became his reality.…
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What Survival Doesn’t Fix: Human Trafficking, Addiction & Healing | Misti Spencer Ep35
Misti Spencer escaped human trafficking—but getting out did not instantly free her from addiction, trauma, destructive relationships, or the desperate need to belong. In this episode of The Next Fix, Misti joins Ryan Penley to share the story behind her memoir, Drinking Beauty and the Seven...
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From Communist Romania to a Globally Known Author | Mia Godfrey Ep34
At seven years old, Mia Godfrey first tasted alcohol while growing up under communist rule in Romania. By thirteen, drinking had become her escape from trauma. Mia survived violence, abuse, addiction, devastating grief, and the sudden loss of her first husband. She later mixed alcohol with pills...
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He Lost His Daughter, Went to Prison, and Still Came Back | Mike Curry Ep33
Is it ever too late to come back? Mike Curry lost his parental rights, went to prison, became homeless, battled meth and heroin addiction, and reached a point where almost nothing remained. But his story did not end there. In this episode of The Next Fix, Mike shares how faith, sobriety, personal...
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He Left a Cult at 38. Then His Life Fell Apart | Fernando Alessandri Ep32
How does a psychologist become powerless over his own worst decisions? Fernando Alessandri spent years helping people through trauma, PTSD, psychosis, and crisis. Yet in his own life, he kept making one costly mistake: forcing solutions before he had clarity. At 38, Fernando left a religious...
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The Lie Behind “I’ve Got This” | Mike Acker Ep31
Mike Acker helped people speak with confidence, but alcohol forced him to admit the truth he kept avoiding: “I don’t got this.” In this episode of The Next Fix, Mike Acker opens up about sobriety, pride, pressure, faith, family, public speaking, and the quiet alcohol cycle so many people...
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The Doctor Who Says Recovery Must Go Higher | Dr Nasir Ep30
Survival was not the finish line. What if real recovery is not just getting clean, but becoming whole enough to live with purpose again? Dr. Sarah Nasir joins The Next Fix for a powerful conversation on addiction, stigma, medicine, purpose, and what it means to transcend the old version of...
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The Addiction Parents Are Afraid To Say Out Loud | Ep29
Pornography, the "P" Word, addiction is quietly shaping a generation while most parents and leaders are still too uncomfortable to even say the word out loud. If we don’t start having honest conversations now, we risk losing our kids to a battle they’re fighting in silence. In this episode of The...
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How to Crawl Out of the Life That Almost Destroyed You | Ep28
What does it feel like to be trapped in the bucket of life? After years of addiction, chaos, homelessness, and trying to outrun the pain of his past, Bryan Blackmon found himself in Huntington Beach, California with almost nothing left. But through a series of what he calls God moments, including…
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Recovery Is Not One-Size-Fits-All Ep27
What if recovery was never meant to be one-size-fits-all? Andrew Zamacona, founder of The CCRI Project, joins The Next Fix to talk about addiction, connection, identity, and building a life you no longer need to escape from. Andrew’s story started with a search for belonging. What began as...
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More People Walked on the Moon Than Did This | Dan Schlund Ep26
🚀 More people have walked on the moon than professionally flew a Rocketbelt. Dan Schlund is known as The Last Rocketman, one of the few people on earth to professionally fly a real Rocketbelt. He spent years flying jetpacks across 26 countries and six continents, but behind the incredible...
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The Cannabis Life Took Everything Back | Jeremy Norrie Ep25
He lived like a rockstar in the cannabis world until the same life that made him feel untouchable started taking everything back. Jeremy Norrie went from selling weed out of his condo, surviving robberies and home invasions, winning cannabis competitions, and throwing major events around the…
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Buried By Your Past? Start Here | George Stoimenov Ep24
Growing up in Bulgaria during a season of chaos and transition, George carried deep insecurities that shaped how he saw himself, masculinity, and what it meant to become a man. What followed was a long road through pain, identity struggles, self-destruction, and eventually transformation. Today,...
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He Stole Millions… and Couldn’t Stop | Jonathan Schwartz Ep23
He managed millions for celebrities… then stole it to feed an addiction. He had trust. He had status. And he still couldn’t stop. In this episode of The Next Fix, Jonathan Schwartz shares his full story—from managing money for high-profile clients to losing everything to gambling addiction…
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Why Privilege Doesn’t Save You From Addiction | Matt Grace Ep22
Some people lose everything… and still don’t change. Others have everything… and still can’t stop. This episode with Matt Grace flips everything you think you know about addiction, recovery, and what it actually takes to change. From being expelled as a kid, to a full-blown meth addiction by 18…
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No Options: How He Survived 3 Organ Transplants | Ty Gipson Ep21
There are moments in life where it feels like the odds are stacked so high… there’s no way through. This is what it looks like to move anyway. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Ty Gipson — a Type 1 diabetic who has undergone three organ transplants, faced dialysis, and built a thriving…
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The Questions That Saved His Life (And Might Save Yours) | Ep20
“Do I want to die?” That’s not a question most people ask lightly. But for Devin Fish… it became unavoidable. In this episode, Devin shares a powerful comeback story shaped by trauma, loss, and years of internal struggle. Growing up in poverty. Family addiction. Losing his mother. Isolation,...
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“Nothing Worked Like This” (How Breathwork Creates Real Change) | Jon Paul Crimi (Ep19)
Most people try to think their way through their problems. What if the real breakthrough comes from your breath? In this episode, Jon Paul Crimi shares how discovering Breathwork unlocked a level of clarity, emotional release, and transformation he had never experienced before. What started as a...
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How Your Language Shapes Your Life | Brandon Yager (Ep18)
Some people hit rock bottom. Others slowly drift into a life that no longer feels aligned. In this episode of The Next Fix, I sit down with Brandon Yager for a conversation about healing, identity, subconscious patterns, language, and what it really takes to change your life from the inside out....
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She Had to Stop Trying to Save Everyone | Rachel Harrison (Ep17)
What if alcohol was never the full story? Rachel Harrison joins me for a powerful conversation about the deeper layers beneath addiction, including codependency, people pleasing, control, and the family patterns that can quietly keep people stuck for years. Rachel shares her journey from despair...
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Fired at 63… Millionaire by 69 | David Nassief (Ep16)
At 63 years old, David Nassief lost everything he thought was secure. After 18 years with the same company, he was fired… and faced a brutal reality. By his own math, he would be completely broke by 65. What followed wasn’t just a financial comeback… it was a complete identity shift. For 40…
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Why No Substance or Ceremony Can Fix Your Life | Scottie Schneider (Ep15)
Losing everything that once defined your life can either break you or send you searching for something deeper. Scottie Schneider knows that moment well. A graduate of West Point and former Army officer, Scottie had a clear path forward until a devastating frostbite injury during a military…
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Post-Betrayal Syndrome: The Hidden Impact of Broken Trust (Ep14)
What if betrayal doesn’t just hurt emotionally… but actually creates a measurable condition? In this episode of The Next Fix, Dr. Debi Silber explains Post-Betrayal Syndrome, a term she discovered through research involving over 100,000 people who experienced betrayal. Her findings reveal that...
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From 367 Pounds to Discipline: The System That Changed His Life (Ep13)
What does it really take to create permanent change? In this episode of The Next Fix, Ryan Penley sits down with Stanley F. Bronstein — attorney, CPA, life coach, and author — who lost over 220 pounds naturally and has kept it off for nearly 17 years. No surgery. No weight loss drugs. No…
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Drugs & Alcohol Work… That’s the Problem (Ep12)
What if drugs and alcohol aren’t the problem… because they actually work? In this episode of The Next Fix, Ryan Penley sits down with author and recovery advocate Jeff Hayward of Simple Theory for a raw conversation about the complexity of addiction. Jeff shares his journey from a lifestyle built...
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What’s Worse Than Suicide? Not Caring If It Happens (Ep11)
What do you do when your own mind tries to convince you that your life doesn’t matter? Ryan Penley sits down with Joseph M. Lenard, a suicide attempt survivor who overcame addiction to Xanax and battled leukemia — and came back with a message about the value of life. Joseph opens up about mental...
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“I Was Done Dying”: How Jail Became the Start of Laura Straniak’s Recovery (Ep10)
What happens when the addicted brain finally runs out of excuses—and the will to live kicks in? In this powerful conversation on The Next Fix, Ryan Penley sits down with Laura Straniak, who shares her raw journey from early exposure to addiction, through heroin and fentanyl, to the moment jail...
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“I Was a F*ing Nightmare” | Kevin Moran (Ep9)
Kevin Moran doesn’t soften his story. He names the chaos, the damage, and the near-death moment that forced him to confront who he’d become—and the long, imperfect road back. Addiction started early, escalated fast, and became tangled with identity, money, and survival. No glamor. No shortcuts....
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Audacity Isn’t Loud — It’s Choosing Not to Stay Stuck (Ep8)
Who would you become if comfort wasn’t the goal? That question sits at the heart of this powerful conversation with Audley Stephenson — host of The Audacious Living Podcast and author of the upcoming book Living Your Best Audacious Life: How Unleashing Your Inner Greatness Can Change the World...
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This Is Not an Interview: A Father, a Son, and the Reckoning That Changed Everything (EP7)
This is not an interview—it’s a reckoning. Ryan Penley sits down with his father, Wade Penley, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about addiction, responsibility, forgiveness, and the long road back to each other. Wade shares his journey through decades of substance abuse, false starts in…
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Why Smart People Fall Into Addiction | D.E. Foster
Addiction doesn’t always look reckless. Sometimes it looks rational. Fast relief. Low cost. Immediate results. What rarely gets talked about is what happens over time — the dependence, the identity loss, and the long road back to clarity. In this republished conversation, I sit down with D.E....
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White-Knuckling vs Walking With God: A Man’s Comeback Story (Ep6)
From white-knuckling life to walking with purpose, from silent struggle to true masculine leadership—this conversation is about calling men forward 🧭🔥 On The Next Fix, I sit down with Mike Van Pelt to unpack a real comeback story—one many men are living quietly. Mike opens up about losing his...
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How One Question Can Rewire Recovery and Growth (Ep 5)
Most people think surrender means losing. Doug Fleener explains why surrender is actually the moment everything starts. Doug Fleener went from addiction and bankrupting his family business… to rebuilding his life and leading at the highest levels of business. The turning point wasn’t willpower.…
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Alcohol, Toxic Foods, and the Body’s Survival Response (Ep 4)
What if everything you’ve been told about health is backwards? ⚠️ What if your symptoms aren’t the problem — but your body’s attempt to save you? On The Next Fix, Ryan Penley sits down with R.L. Malpica, holistic health educator and creator of the E.A.T. Method, for a grounded conversation on...
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Unfair Advantage Built | Randy Gage on Drive, Meaning, and Pay It Forward (Ep 3)
What if the very circumstance that once tried to destroy you…☠️ is the same force that can build an extraordinary life? 🏆 In this episode, I sit down with Randy Gage — Speaker Hall of Famer, bestselling author, and one of the most provocative voices in mindset and prosperity — to unpack a truth...
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Emotional Sobriety: The Missing Piece in Modern Recovery (Ep 2)
Some people enter recovery because life falls apart. For Jeanne Foot, recovery began long before she ever picked up a substance — in the shadows of trauma, family addiction, and emotional wounds no child should have to carry. In this powerful conversation, Jeanne shares how losing her sister at a...
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Emotional Sobriety: The Missing Piece in Modern Recovery (Ep 2)
Some people enter recovery because life falls apart. For Jeanne Foot, recovery began long before she ever picked up a substance — in the shadows of trauma, family addiction, and emotional wounds no child should have to carry. In this powerful conversation, Jeanne shares how losing her sister at a...
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From Unthinkable Beginnings to Unbreakable Belief: Jossette Shows Us How (Ep 1)
Was it rape or prostitution? That’s the question at the center of Jossette Pelatan’s origin story — a brutal beginning no child should inherit. And yet somehow, from circumstances that bleak, she’s manifesting a life that feels larger than anything she was ever “supposed” to become. In this...
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From Numbing to Knowing: How Sobriety Opened Jason’s Calling (Ep 83)
Imagine waking up one day and realizing God’s been calling you higher—and you’ve been drowning it out. 🔥 That’s the moment Jason Heinritz faced in June 2023 when he cut off every substance and stepped into a level of clarity, peace, and purpose he didn’t know was possible. ✨ In this…
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Emotions Are Messengers: Unlocking the Mind with Deron Singh (Ep 82)
You don’t have a problem — you have an emotion that’s begging to be felt. 🔥 In one of the most powerful Next Fix conversations yet, Ryan Penley sits down with Deron Singh, a man who turned years of anxiety, addiction, and self-doubt into a blueprint for transformation. Deron doesn’t sugarcoat...
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The Cure Was Connection: How Jennifer Chase Rewrote Her Story (Ep 81)
She trusted the doctors. They handed her bottles. What she didn’t realize was that she was being slowly prescribed her own destruction. 💊 In this raw and deeply human conversation, Jennifer Chase opens up about her journey through trauma, addiction, and recovery—from growing up in an alcoholic...
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From Politics to Peace: What Happens When You Quit Chasing Perfect with Leah Johnson
After decades chasing titles like City Councilwoman and Political Strategist, Leah Johnson hit a wall — and almost didn’t make it out. In this powerful episode, she opens up about her journey from addiction and burnout to recovery, motherhood, and rediscovering what truly matters. Leah shares how...
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Sobriety is just the beginning⛓️💥—The Next Fix shares comeback stories that spark reinvention🚀. Host Ryan Penley, founder of the My Rock Bottom Recovery community, sits down with addicts, alcoholics, addiction specialists, healing practitioners and people dedicated to rebuilding after hitting rock bottom 📈. Each episode delivers real strategies for goal achievement, resilience and self‑discovery beyond addiction, helping you turn recovery into a purposeful new chapter🏆. If you’re ready to redefine yourself and pursue a life filled with meaning, this show guides you through what comes next. Backed by a recovery community of over 240,000 followers, The Next Fix is more than inspiration—it’s a movement. Join us weekly and connect with the community at https://www.facebook.com/myrockbottomrecovery
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