All Episodes - Not In Vein
Honour Script, drag weirdo and recovered ex-addict, chats about addiction, mental health, and recovery in all its forms with a wide range of guests.
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Episode Eight - Embrace the Chaos
Between guests, Honour Script takes a break from the interviewer role to reflect and dig deeper on recent topics. A mix of education, insight, and unfiltered opinion. On this episode, I pick up on the themes of queer identity in addiction and recovery from episodes 5-7, and share my journey of coming to understand and embrace my trans identity - a journey that ran parallel to my addiction, recovery, and exit from the twelve step community.
Episode Seven - With the Flow - with Stevie Teale
Stevie Teale is a gender non-conforming person in recovery, and she joins me on this episode to share her journey - the fluid nature of identity, addiction, recovery, and spirituality.
Episode Six - We Become the Healers - with Katie Marshall
On this episode, I sit down with Katie Marshall, the chair of Be: Trans Support and Community. We chat about her life experience as a transgender woman, overcoming addiction and a suicide attempt to become a visible and inspiring figure in her community, and the importance of the work of the healers in our community - the people who listen, who understand, and who raise the voices of those who most need to be heard. The journey of accepting our own gender identity can be a powerful transition - not just from assigned gender to our true selves, but from pain and isolation into the power of community and self acceptance.
Episode Five - Chemical Connections - with Mikael Devereux
My guest on this episode is Mikael Devereux, sharing his experience of - and recovery from - chemsex, and his connection to the kink community. We also chat about the importance of harm reduction, the many roads to recovery, and our understanding of addiction.
Episode Four - Chosen Family, Choosing Family
Between guests, Honour Script takes a break from the interviewer role to reflect and dig deeper on recent topics. A mix of education, insight, and unfiltered opinion. On this episode, I look closer at queer community and chosen family, and the role of recovery capital in the journey from addiction to a full and joyful life. I discuss what sponsorship really means in 12 step recovery - the good, the bad, and the codependent. And finally, I share my personal faith journey, from my Christian upbringing, through atheism, to developing a personal relationship with a new - or, very old - god that I never expected to meet, and discuss forgiveness and healing from trauma.
Episode Three - In the Madness, in the World - with Susan Thorne
Susan Thorne is a Christian, an ex-Jehovah's Witness, and published author. In her book, 'Held by the Watchtower - Set Free by Christ,' she shared her story with the world more than two decades ago, and now she's here to share it with me - her youngest child, and not quite the baby from the story anymore! On this episode we chat about her experience of indoctrination, doubt, and the freedom she found by developing a personal relationship with God - unchained from dogma and control. I reflect on the parallels in my own life, and the ways that our sometimes conflicting faiths have helped us understand each other better.
Episode Two - Recovery, Recovered, Evolution - with AKA Mandilee
AKA Mandilee is a musician and recovery advocate, and a former sponsee of mine from our twelve step days. She joins me for a conversation about her music, our creative projects, and changing experiences of recovery and personal growth.
Episode One - The Healing Power of Queer Community - with Cat Hurst
Cat Hurst, the chair and founding member of LGBT+ Northern Social Group, joins me for a chat about how safety, inclusion, and accessibility are vital to queer wellbeing and community.