Welcome to Writing Our Way Out, the Podcast. This is the show about writing your way toward the true core of life. This show is based on the writing workshops that Prof. David Coogan has been teaching at the Richmond City Jail for close to fifteen years now, often with college students from Virginia Commonwealth University. This show is taped in Richmond, Virginia and hosted by David Coogan, Kelvin Belton, Stan Craddock, and Terence Scruggs. The theme music is by Chris Coogan. The show is pr ...
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The Worlds No1 Addiction Recovery Podcast With Stu Jenkins Addicted - Live or Die A clean and sober podcast with discussion, interviews and topics relating to addiction recovery
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Ep16 - HITTING MY HEAD OFF THE WALL & HANDING MYSELF INTO THE POLICE
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Meet Shaun, founder of the Sober AF Poetry Club, recovering alcoholic, father and husband to name but a few! Listen to Shaun describe how alcoholism crippled his life, how seeking affirmations and validation filled him with low self-esteem. Shaun finally broke down with a rock bottom and handed himself into the police station after a episode of sel…
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Ep15 - Addicted To Recovery Podcast Fellas Drop In
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Ep14 - CAN DR ROBB KELLY GET YOU SOBER? HE SAYS HE CAN
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The Addiction Doctor - Dr Robb Kelly 97% SUCCESS RATE At Robb Kelly Recovery Group, we treat clients from all walks of life, and we will work with anyone who wants to succeed. Robb Kelly has always used the phrase: “You cannot just buy our Services you have to earn them” Many people fail our assessment; they are not ready to embrace their own power…
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Ep13 - GAMBLING ADDICT NEARLY PULLED OWN HAIR OUT - DARREN CROCKER TELLS ALL
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Ep12 - BLACKED OUT ON CHILDREN’S WARD AGED 14 Drinking To Die, Needing A Drink In Morning To Shaking Joe Rolle Bares All
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Joe Rolle opens up on the @soberstu podcast about his chronic alcoholism and how he couldn’t stop drinking. From job to job, drinking drumming the day at work, loosing relationships to finally NEEDING to drink in the morning every day to stop shaking! A powerful story from a man who nearly died from his first drinking experience aged 14 with hospit…
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Ep11 - POPSTARS CONTESTANT DIDN’T WASH Celebrity Therapist Taner Hassan Talks Addiction, Rehab, NHS
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Celebrity Therapist & Performance Coach Specialist in Addiction | SêX & Pörn Addiction Psychotherapist & Unconscious Mind Therapist Taner Hassan talks to @soberstu Taner is over 17 years sober. From appearing on Pop Idol as a young lad to managing an addiction treatment Center. We cover it all and everything in between.…
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Ep10 - How Your Brain Works, ADHD & Addiction Link, Psychotherapist Talks Neuro Development Disorder
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Have we been born with ADHD or has it developed or physical propensity to develop addiction then because of anxiety of addition developed the ADHD traits? Wendy Ambrose & @soberstu discuss ADHD symptom can be low self esteem Regulating emotions through breath work. A very interesting conversation, full of powerful facts and information.…
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Ep9 - Nicholas Bunney: Cocaine In The Morning Eating Disorders OCD Alcoholism To Writing A Book
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@soberstu talks to a recovering alcoholic addict who has suffered from eating disorders and OCD for many years. Discussing how it affected his mental health, family life and as a father. Nicholas Bunney opens up honestly and truthfully about sniffing lines of cocaine on a Saturday morning at his child’s football to becoming an author of his own boo…
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Ep8 - Lang Martinez: TRIGGER WARNING Alcoholic, Sexual Abuse, Homeless, Addiction Recovery, NAASCA
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@soberstu interview with Lang Martinez is very powerful. Lang is very open and honest about his past, his torment with alcohol and drug addiction, his experiences of sexual abuse, being homeless and living on the streets for over 5 years. Lang talks about his journey into SoberStu, his journey to become a homeless advocate and being part of NAASCA …
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Ep7 - Orla Little: Recovered Alcoholic Nurse Told I’d Never Have Children Abusive Relationships
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Orla Little talks to @SoberStu so honestly about her life and journey to freedom from addiction. From abusive relationships, sexual assault, blackout drinking and miscarriages to the wonderful feeling of being a mother and sober!
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Ep6 - Ryan McGowan: Police Officer In Addiction Recovery Being A Better Dad Alcohol Lied To Me
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Ryan McGowan, a family man, dad and police officer who had to admit to the fact he was suffering with alcohol issues. Join me, SoberStu in our conversation on how Ryan turned his life around to sobrietyBy SoberStu
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Ep5 - Chris Nell: Popular Radio DJ Talks Addiction Recovery & Cancer How Alcoholism Affected His Childhood
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Sober Stu talks to popular South African radio DJ Chris Nell about his childhood affected by his fathers alcoholism, how Chris grew up to become an alcoholic and addicted to prescribed medication and his journey into recovery and then to be hit with a cancer diagnosis! powerful inspirational storyBy SoberStu
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Ep4 - Michael Seymour: 12 Steps Saved My Life: God Did For Me What I Couldn’t Do For Myself
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Michael Seymour talks about his addiction, how his belligerent attitude kept him from becoming sober. 8 years in and out of fellowships and despair at continued relapses. Michael is now 22 years sober and this episode is a great listen and watch.By SoberStu
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Ep3 - Janice Johnson Dowd: Social Worker to Rehab Parenting in Addiction Recovery Author
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Becoming an alcoholic in her 40s, to addiction treatment centres and half way house. Making mistakes in early recovery to building fantastic relationships with her estranged family. Now a budding author tyring to help others to not make the same mistakes! InspirationalBy SoberStu
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Staying Safe At Christmas: My Tips For A Sober Festive Period
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This time of year can be tough, triggering & emotional for many in recovery, especially early recovery. Have a listen to a few tips I swore by in early recovery and keep many of them alive today tooBy SoberStu
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Ep2 - William Porter: Author Alcohol Explained From Solicitor to Paratrooper Drunk in the Morning
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William Porter, Author of Alcohol Explained. From morning drinking to over 10 years sober. Serving in IraqBy SoberStu
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Ep1 - Lauren White: Sober at 18 Rehab Twice Amy Winehouse Foundation Ambassador
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Sober at 18, rehab twice: Life as an Amy Winehouse ambassador, motivational speaker, transformation coach and lots more in the first episode of the @SoberStu Podcast! Find us on Instagram’s SoberStu: @soberstu Lauren: @iamlaurenwhiteBy SoberStu
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When Terence got out of prison, he got a job with a powerwash company. It was temporary, but it was a start. The next job was ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. That was seasonal. His best job was in parks and rec with the City of Richmond. It lasted for more than a few years until the City switched contractors and the new corporation cut job…
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E9: Who's Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
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Structural racism is built into America. America could not have been built without slavery. And after slavery, structural racism has haunted American history, leading to the mass incarceration of African-Americans. With these facts before us, who's afraid of critical race theory, the scholarly lens for analyzing structural racism in America?…
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Some people love their guns. Guns mean hunting, protection, freedom, and even identity. Other people fear guns and want more regulation to protect themselves from people with guns. Like so many things in America, we don’t agree about gun policy, but we do know that guns kill. Is there any way that we as a country can put down the gun? Listen on our…
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When Mohammad Taib first faced a man with a gun in his convenience store, he pleaded, “Don’t shoot.” He got shot but survived. Years later, he was shot again and died, leaving his family in pain and his daughter Zain searching for healing. But how? How do the victims of crime move beyond the tragedy that they know into a narrative they can control?…
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After Michael Brown, a Black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, President Barack Obama created a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Its central theme: Police should be guardians not warriors. Five years after that report came out, George Floyd, another Black man, was killed by another white polic…
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After you get caught by the police, you get locked up. Right or wrong, guilty or not, you go to jail. There, you have to figure out how to live with all of these other people and the ones in charge, the ones keeping you locked up. Is that possible? What do you do to keep the peace? What can the ones in charge do?…
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Virginia once led the nation in the death penalty. Recently, that ended. How did a southern state that was once a leader in executions become, a leader to end it? And where do we go from here? What happens to the ethical and political dilemmas for and against the death penalty?By Writing Our Way Out
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When Tony Martin was freed from prison, he was not the same person. He had surrendered to Christ, written courageously about his life, and in these ways figured out the secret to lasting change. You have to trust the truth. He was blessed to see that vision come true in his new life. He died from natural causes at home and at peace in February of 2…
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In this tribute to Black history month, we take a literary journey into the ways race consciousness emerges in our everyday lives. What can these moments teach us about our collective history and future life in America?By Writing Our Way Out
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While Dean and Kelvin were being incarcerated for marijuana in Virginia, it became legal in other states. Now, the Commonwealth is poised to legalize it. Will they get it right? Or will Black people still struggle for freedom and justice as they did before?By Writing Our Way Out
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After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests against police brutality in Richmond targetted the monuments to the Confederacy. Most were spray-painted with anti-racist messages. Some were toppled. And others were officially removed, drawing large and diverse crowds eager to be set free from the prison of white supremacy. What will happe…
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When co-author Kelvin Belton was just a kid discovering his talent for basketball, he wanted to go to the NBA. But no one in his world even knew how to get him into college. They knew how to sell drugs, so Kelvin watched and learned from them instead. And he excelled at that game. Calvin Duncan faced similar personal struggles when he was young and…
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What does it mean to have good character? When Owen learned that his brother, Mikey, had overdosed on heroin and was in the hospital, he blamed himself for being the one who first got Mikey high. And he beat himself up for the time in his life when he was getting high. Then he remembered what he did to stop using and what he needed to do to help Mi…
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How do you plot the kind of change that can really stick? When Robb discovered booze as a 12-year old, all of his problems went away: the abandonment by his mother, the anxiety about his racial identity, the relentless physical and mental abuse from his father and step-mother. Years later, he hit his rock bottom. That’s when everything changed.…
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How do you deal with troubling memories while living in the moment and building for the future? After being sexually abused by older boys, Ronald learned how to use sex to manipulate older boys, and after watching the grown-ups abuse substances, he learned how to get high, too. Eventually, he learned how to see another version of himself.…
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How do you recover from the psychological wounds caused by physical abuse? Dean knew he was going to get a beating that day. But when his mother came at him with a pair of scissors and began stabbing him, the pain went much deeper than the blade.By Writng Our Way Out
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Is it possible to write your way into a better life? G wrote his way out of the feelings of abandonment and anger that led him into the criminal justice system. But when he came home from prison, he struggled to turn the corner.By Writng Our Way Out
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Is it possible to unlearn definitions of manhood that hold a man back in life? Andre took his first hit of heroin with his father when he was only 12. It made him feel like he was becoming a man. The older he got, the more he could see what he had really become.By Writng Our Way Out
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Is there any healing from the trauma of racism? When Naji was just a little boy, his white friend’s mother hurled the N word at him. It landed right in his life story. But that was only the beginning of his struggle to see himself without seeing his color in a negative light.By Writng Our Way Out
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Welcome to Writing Our Way Out, the Podcast. This is the show about writing your way toward the true core of life. This show is based on the writing workshops that Prof. David Coogan has been teaching at the Richmond City Jail for close to fifteen years now, often with college students from Virginia Commonwealth University. On this episode, we prev…
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