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An open and frank show where our Host, Eric McCoy, takes us through the experiences of drugs, substance use disorder, and recovery. High While Clean is a charitable organization dedicated...
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An open and frank show where our Host, Eric McCoy, takes us through the experiences of drugs, substance use disorder, and recovery. High While Clean is a charitable organization dedicated to helping people overcome substance abuse and stay in recovery.
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High While Clean presented by Recovery Ecosystem
High While Clean presented by Recovery Ecosystem
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26 JUL 2021 · Jason Cupp is the author of a new book called “The Naked Guy in the Attic.” It is an autobiographical account of his life as a recovering crystal meth abuser. He is also that someone who did not experiment with drugs until later in life.
It is a memoir describing his life and the significant experiences leading up to his drug addiction. A history of his childhood, adolescence, college years, and adult life as a gay man in a long-term relationship. It continues with a description of the breakup with that partner, the trauma that ensued, his subsequent introduction to crystal meth, and descent into the darkness of addiction.
The second part of the book is an “in-the-moment” journaling of my ninety meetings in ninety days of early recovery. As the writing for this section was done in real time while he was still a newcomer in sobriety, it is a depiction of one who is gradually discarding the clouded effects of crystal meth drug use. Throughout the ninety entries, he describes lessons learned from the messages of various speakers and how he began to apply the suggestions of twelve-step recovery to his everyday life.
He concludes the book with a brief epilogue that summarizes his recovery journey after that initial ninety days. The epilogue is divided into two parts, the first describing how he got to his first-year milestone. The second discusses the unique circumstances of 2020 and how he stayed sober during the pandemic.
The book’s objective is to provide a story of addiction from someone who did not experiment with drugs until later in life to offer the reader an understanding that addiction can happen to anyone. It is also intended as inspiration for the newcomer to recovery, evidence that it is indeed possible to get and stay clean. His message of hope is to convey that sobriety is more than just abstinence from alcohol and drugs; it is a shift in perspective that brings gratitude and an appreciation of life for the once struggling but now recovering addict.
He brings the interesting story of a well-educated man with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from UC-Santa Cruz, a Master of Arts in psychology from Pepperdine University, and a doctorate in Higher Education Leadership from California Lutheran University. He served as Vice President of Financial Aid & International Relations of an entertainment media college in Los Angeles for over thirteen years before he was terminated for reasons directly related to his drug use.
During his four and a half years in active addiction, he lost everything and lived on food stamps, general relief, and disability while trying to survive. It was not until he had nine months of sobriety that he was hired as Director of Financial Aid by another college in Los Angeles, a position he still holds today. Addiction can hit anybody.
Jason Cupp: Author of “The Naked Guy in the Attic.” Well Educated, Successful, and Throws It Away
https://www.fifteenminutepublications.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thenakedguyintheattic/
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28 JUN 2021 · The book is called “About Natalie, A Daughter’s Addiction, a mothers love, finding their way back to each other.” Christine Naman is the author of Faces of Hope: Babies Born on 9/11, Faces of Hope: Ten Years Later, Faces of Hope at Eighteen, Caterpillar Kisses, Christmas Lights, The Novena, and The Believers. She then took her abilities as an author to write a book about her struggles in dealing with a daughter who abused drugs. Her daughter, Natalie, participated in writing poems that are included in the book.
Love is very unique in terms of defining it. Is it a feeling defined as an emotional state or reaction. Maybe an emotion as a state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood. The problem with those are that they come and go and change and aren’t factually based. But love can’t work the same otherwise I could love you today, maybe tomorrow and then lose it later. We know that the part of the brain where our emotional control center is located which is in the limbic system. Which is a piece of the old part of our brain. We tend to identify love most often with euphoria, but that isn’t the only emotion we feel that is tied to love.
We do know that other feelings are created based on love Ecstasy, compassion, surprise, anxiety, anger, jealousy, despair: we can fly all over the place as we swing from high to low all within this love. Love almost has bi-polar qualities as a cyclic mood disorder. What about love being defined as a drive? There have been studies within brain scans that have shown where they believe this motivational drive comes from. Love is a need, and a drive. Like all drives, love is orchestrated in the reward system, in the old brain where the limbic system is, but also further back in the brain stem. This is involuntary reflexes like breathing and heart rate. The part of the brain that has no cognitive function which may be why it’s nearly impossible to control this primitive passion. Maybe this insight can actually help us understand why love gets removed from the equation when we are abusing drugs. It also can cause us to see the real correlation with a dependency on the need for love.
If that part of the brain sounds familiar, its because it should. The Primitive and old part of our brain is where drugs and alcohol and all behavioral addictions have their effect. If drugs hijack that part of the brain, that drug almost seems to become love and since our brain has limits, love for others may get tossed aside. Please check out her website at: https://aboutnatalieaddictioncomfort.com/
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8 MAR 2021 · It is time to get high and one of the greatest ways I get high is by hearing amazing stories of people who have tripped and fell in life but stood back up.
My guest today, Scott Stokely is a professional disc golfer, teacher and author of "Growing Up, Disc Golfer." He also published an instructional book and videos about disc golf throwing techniques in 2001. He earned 17 world and national professional titles in major tournaments before leaving the sport in 2000. He returned in 2014 and continues to tour. In 1987 he set a Juniors’ distance record of 155.83 meters. In 1995 he threw a Discraft X-clone 200.01 meters, beating the previous Guinness World Records distance record set in 1993. Scott broke his own record in 1998 throwing a 211.32 meter backhand with a Discraft XL. In 2001, Scott Stokely also set a record for the longest throw sidearm which was not published.
His story is of a rise to fame in a sport that wasn't even much of a thing when he started. I 2001, he left the sport as he lost in passion that led him down that path we all know too well. Listen to his story of regaining his purpose and passion he had lost.
As that saying says, it isn’t what happens to us that is of importance but what we do about what has happened to us that is of most importance. I made bad choices in my life and had to walk through the consequences I created but I stood up, dusted myself off and with hard work and determination; I believe that I am doing important things.
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15 FEB 2021 · Epiphany Jordan is the author of “Somebody Hold Me: The Single Person’s Guide to Nurturing Human Touch” She has a touch business, Karuna Sessions, in Austin, Texas.
In our communication Epiphany had informed me that "our culture currently considers touch between adults as romantic or sexual, instead of part of health and wellness, and it’s a paradigm that isn’t working for many single and partnered people."
Epiphany brings something that is looked down upon by some, and even viewed as awkward by many. How important is human touch? Is their information that can back up cuddling as a therapeutic tool. We are going to find out from my guest.
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16 JAN 2021 · In 2018, David Johnson, who was the owner of Southern California detox was charged with 30 counts of insurance fraud. He pled guilty but tells of a different story.
Prosecutors claimed that David Johnson had illegally double-billed over 90 Health Net policies and pocketed over $250,000 before he was discovered.
The FBI revealed evidence showing that Southern California Detox’s address as the address for the patients, and allegedly paid the initial premiums for 62% of the policyholders using his personal credit card.
Health Net would not have paid the claims if they had been aware of the treatment center’s cost waiving practices. The insurance provider requires all patients to pay 50% of their deductible before the insurance kicks in towards out of network providers.
An open and frank show where our Host, Eric McCoy, takes us through the experiences of drugs, substance use disorder, and recovery. High While Clean is a charitable organization dedicated...
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An open and frank show where our Host, Eric McCoy, takes us through the experiences of drugs, substance use disorder, and recovery. High While Clean is a charitable organization dedicated to helping people overcome substance abuse and stay in recovery.
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