Not the Normies

One just came back from vacation and two about to go on vacation, no guests, just freestyle recovery chat. Piret Chris makes an appearance! We had fun with this one.

Recovery from the perspective of a younger person.

We revisit with a guest 1 years after his release from Rehab and his first visit at Not the Normies. Lots of things have changed in 1 year! Check out his first show one year ago hear. https://NotTheNormies.podbean.com/e/ntn-talks-to-someone-in-early-recovery/

Our Friend Amy has a very powerful story of surviving sex trafficking as a child, self-medicating, her addiction that followed, and her decision to go into recovery.  The new life she leads today is a powerful inspiration to everyone looking for hope.  

Family drug use, military experiences, loss of friends and an addiction that spiraled life out of control.  He is back with a fresh new start spreading the positivity. Get to know our friend Bert.

Carrie does a great job explaining what a Recovery Community Center does for those in recovery.

Ken has a great story of how his addictions began through prescriptions by his doctor for pain relief.  Collage athlete with a job in a winery.  Check it out!

Willie has one awesome story of Recovery.  Growing up in cotton fields, abuse, prison and then recovery. Willie is a story of hope and is today, an extremely well-respected asset to the Recovery Community.

Pepper is a legend in Holland Mi. Though he has returned home to Illinois we catch up with him with our first show using a call in method. Pepper has a way to make the complicated simple to understand and is packed full of wise information.

This is a great story of recovery through perseverance. 

Dereks story of recovery and hope. He shares how he has overcome hardships in recovery and how his experiences even in hardships helps others.

Another chat with our friend John who works for a local treatment center. We talk about fear of going into treatment, sigma's associated with it and general good conversation about our recovery.  

Does stigma exist in the recovery community amongst groups in recovery? How can we reduce the stigma to the ones not in recovery.  Recovery Out Loud! rather than the old "Dry Drunk" or abstinence without recovery. This turned into a fun conversation. 

Comorbidity is the topic today, multiple issues along with addiction. the barriers he faced finding recovery. Denial about the issues and coming to term with all the comorbidities.

Guess what, we felt its time our great host Clay shares his story! Please enjoy a wild tale of addiction and recovery.

Giving back by providing re-entry programs and sharing her experience, strength and hope. Kelly has a powerful story of addiction and redemption.  

This episode we talk over how to access resources, barriers we face in the beginning of our recovery and general recovery talk.

Our friend Jeff gives his testimony about his challenges with his addition. The drive to continue even facing death and the angel who stepped in to help him along his path of recovery. 

Our friend Dans story through the troubles of addiction and what he is doing today in recovery.

In this episode we had the pleasure of going live at the Holland Michigan Lakeshore Recovery Festival. Join us as we interview many of the attendees from local providers sharing what they do for addiction services and people in attendance sharing their recovery stories. This event had a great turn out, enjoy.

Our Friend Katelyn shares her story of being a single mother and recovery. Her story really lets the explicates fly so keep this in mind if your sensitive to adult language. We sure had fun with this guest, and her story is very powerful.

Freedom in recovery! Talking over this evolution in recovery.

On this episode of Not the Normies we look at the drug Xylazine or Tranq as its called on some streets. Talked through putting your recovery first!

Oh how our minds wander...

Meet our friend John and his recovery journey 

A talk about EDMR therapy and some other random discussions.

We had a great talk, even with Emily sick.  Talked about some new fun facts, overthinking and lots of laughs

We talk about being burned out, in a rut. Stress in life and fun!

Talk of acceptance, sharing our stories and not the normal talk of all kinds

Our Friend Karl, A long term house manager talks about his growth.

A pop in guest helps us talk about stress

This episode is a very honest conversation about being a mother with addictions, and all the challenges that she went through and her recovery story with the positive changes.

How are subconscious can influence our stability in recovery and thoughts on keeping that in check. Along with a lot of random thoughts.

Talk about a last-minute choice of a guest, Clays daughter stopped in and we threw her behind the microphone and just hit record. Pretty cool stuff happened, unscripted, raw and very real. 

Who are you in recovery. Early on we struggle with the new us.  This wonderful guest today CJ help us talk about this subject.  Not an easy one to talk about... 

Join us as we talk to someone in early recovery. Hear about the challenges he is facing and the victory over them

Positive self-talk and what a positive outlook may look like even when you feel low.

We talk about different levels of selfishness, service work and honesty.

We just talk over what our Holidays look like in recovery. Discussed our favorite holiday tunes.

People, Places and Things. We talk about of acquittance and how they influence us both good and bad. 

Questions from Normies gathered by interns from the local university.

We talk about having fun in recovery, and we have way too much fun with this show.

Talk about Sigma and how we both gave it and received it. What can we do about it.

Motivation, Complacency, Goals and all the other ramblings of our minds 

We like to blow up little issues into big ones, we share this in an organic conversation. No scrips, no plans, just push record... Enjoy. 

Not easy, but worth it

The ups and downs of recovery

Exploring the topic of co-dependency in a Not the Normal way.

Small victories, goals and fun

Yes, the choice to quit is hard. We talk about how our choice is there deep down in our hearts but all the many ways our brains trick us. We discuss how education can help us make good choices and also how our brains can continue to tell us to use one more time...