Episodes

  • Dylan’s Story: Rebuilding a Life in Recovery — Part 2

    Dylan’s Story: Rebuilding a Life in Recovery — Part 2
    Apr 21 2026
    Part 2 of Dylan’s story is about what comes after stabilization: rebuilding relationships, finding work, and discovering community through peer-recovery meetings. We talk about what long-term recovery actually looks like two years in — the slumps, the wins, and the...
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    32 mins
  • Dylan’s Story: High School to Heroin to Fentanyl — Part 1

    Dylan’s Story: High School to Heroin to Fentanyl — Part 1
    Apr 21 2026
    Dylan shares how casual weekend use in high school turned into daily heroin dependence, then into fentanyl exposure through contaminated supply. Part 1 covers the school years, the first overdose, and the family intervention that pulled him out of Oregon...
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    19 mins
  • Sam’s Story: Treatment, Relapse, and Recovery — Part 2

    Sam’s Story: Treatment, Relapse, and Recovery — Part 2
    Apr 21 2026
    Part 2 of Sam’s story follows the road from detox through three treatment attempts, the relapse that almost killed him, and the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) plan that finally held. We talk about buprenorphine, naloxone access, and what made the difference...
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    40 mins
  • Sam’s Story: From First Pill to Fentanyl — Part 1

    Sam’s Story: From First Pill to Fentanyl — Part 1
    Apr 21 2026
    Sam walks us through the slow slide from a prescribed opioid after a sports injury to buying pills on social media. In Part 1, we hear about the early warning signs his family missed, how counterfeit M30s entered the picture,...
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    16 mins
  • Breath of Life: Living with Fentanyl Loss — Part 1

    Breath of Life: Living with Fentanyl Loss — Part 1
    Apr 21 2026
    In this opening segment of the Breath of Life conversation, a family member shares the early hours after losing a loved one to fentanyl poisoning — what the phone call felt like, what the coroner said, and how the silence...
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    10 mins
  • Dylan’s Story: Rebuilding a Life in Recovery — Part 2

    Dylan’s Story: Rebuilding a Life in Recovery — Part 2
    Apr 21 2026
    Part 2 of Dylan’s story is about what comes after stabilization: rebuilding relationships, finding work, and discovering community through peer-recovery meetings. We talk about what long-term recovery actually looks like two years in — the slumps, the wins, and the...
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    32 mins
  • Dylan’s Story: High School to Heroin to Fentanyl — Part 1

    Dylan’s Story: High School to Heroin to Fentanyl — Part 1
    Apr 21 2026
    Dylan shares how casual weekend use in high school turned into daily heroin dependence, then into fentanyl exposure through contaminated supply. Part 1 covers the school years, the first overdose, and the family intervention that pulled him out of Oregon...
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    19 mins
  • Sam’s Story: Treatment, Relapse, and Recovery — Part 2

    Sam’s Story: Treatment, Relapse, and Recovery — Part 2
    Apr 21 2026
    Part 2 of Sam’s story follows the road from detox through three treatment attempts, the relapse that almost killed him, and the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) plan that finally held. We talk about buprenorphine, naloxone access, and what made the difference...
    Show More Show Less
    40 mins