This podcast addresses hope and recovery successes for individuals, friends, family, parents and associates who have been or may be addicted to opioids, heroin, cocaine, prescription drugs, fentanyl, alcohol, etc. These are stories and interviews with former addicts, parents and loved ones that describe the horrors and ultimately methods they have sought and found to save lives and help. We talk also with law enforcement, doctors, authors, sports figures, academia and advocates. Issues inclu ...
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A Top 100 Apple Podcast and the #1 show on Chartable worldwide. Launched in 2015 as Revenue Chat Radio, and eventually as The Tony DUrso Show, Tony interviews Elite Entrepreneurs including Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kevin Harrington and Wesley Snipes. With over 45 million total listens and over 150,000 listens per episode, The Tony DUrso Show provides a massive impact for Entrepreneurs who want to share with the world. In addition to weekly interviews, and being a bestselling author, ...
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Journey to Mastery! Elzie D. Flenard III & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #smallbusiness #support #supportsmallbusiness #success
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Elzie D. Flenard, III, also known as "The Mayor," is a multifaceted entrepreneur, creative thinker, and dedicated family man with a fervor for igniting the spark of enterprise in others. As the founder of Podcast Town, and author of Flame Starter, he has carved out a distinctive niche in the business world. His entrepreneurial journey, which has se…
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Lauren Sisler From Grief to Greatness Shatterproof
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Lauren Sisler is an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster, ESPN sideline reporter, author, and keynote speaker known for her sideline shimmy. After landing her dream career with ESPN, reporting on college football and gymnastics, she began to open up about a story she once kept hidden: losing her parents to opioid addiction. Through sharing her sto…
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Workplace Collaboration! David Dye & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #smallbusiness #support #supportsmallbusiness #success
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David Dye helps human-centered leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results. He’s President of Let’s Grow Leaders, a global leadership development firm known for practical tools and techniques for human-centered leaders. A former executive, David is known for helping leaders and teams achieve transformatio…
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Marcel Gemme Drug Education Child Approved
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Marcel Gemme is a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist (DATS) and a member of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals who concentrates on helping families find help for their loved ones. He is the founder and CEO of DRS, which includes Addicted.org and Drugrehab.ca, two websites that have helped thousands of people find treatment for s…
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Building Conscious Community! Melissa Bauknight & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #community #socialmedia #success #motivation
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Melissa Bauknight is a dynamic adventurer, mother, wife, Business Alignment Coach, and founder of The Nova Global — a transformative community dedicated to uniting conscious professional women on their personal, professional, and spiritual journeys. With a passion for making a difference, Melissa guides her clients to unlock their full soul potenti…
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Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland - Drugs at the Southern Border
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Thaddeus’ service to this country began its course while proudly serving in the United States Air Force. He served on the Terrell County Independent School District School Board for eight years and as the Board President four of those years. His viewpoint: “Students and our school's educators are at the forefront of our nations foundation. Texas mu…
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Dr. Tracy Strawberry - Healing Others with Courage
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Dr. Tracy Strawberry is an international speaker, published author, CEO, and wife of baseball legend Darryl Strawberry. After many years of battling addiction, alcoholism and other life controlling issues, Tracy surrendered her life to Jesus Christ and experienced a radical life transformation through the power of God and the process of change. By …
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Resisting Recession! Eduardo Sigal & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #realestate #books #success #motivation
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Eduardo “Boots” Sigal was adopted from the jungle of Costa Rica. From the early age of 11, he was included by his father, a successful real estate professional, in meetings with his longtime partners as well as tours of commercial properties. These people remain some of the most successful professionals in real estate, making those experiences inva…
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Emmy Winning Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern Writer Speaker Former Addict On Overcoming Addiction
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Andrew Zimmern knew from a young age he wanted a career in food. After attending The Dalton School and Vassar College, he cooked in New York City restaurants for Anne Rosenzweig, Joachim Splichal and Thomas Keller, amongst others. Andrew helped open and run a dozen restaurants, and at the same time was also an addict spiraling out of control. After…
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Defeat The Strategy Trap! Ryan Hays & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #books #success #motivation
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Ryan Hays, PhD is the author of the new book "Strategists First: How to Defeat the Strategy Trap." The legendary venture investor Jim Goetz had this to say about this soon-to-be-released work: "Strategists First is a burn-the-boats movement, and this book is the manifesto for innovators and entrepreneurs." He has been doing strategy work for more t…
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Win Monday! Paul Epstein & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #sports #books #success #motivation
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Paul Epstein has spent nearly 15 years as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office, where he has broken every premium revenue metric in Super Bowl history, opened a billion-dollar stadium, and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy, where he became known as the “Why Co…
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Brace yourself for a fascinating episode of **The Addiction Podcast - Point of No Return**, featuring the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, **Barry Meier**, as we peel back the layers of the opioid crisis, examining its roots, aftermath, and the unsettling role played by the Sackler family and their empire, Purdue Pharma. Meier also …
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Leann Blaskowsky - Marijuana and the Unborn Child
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Leeann Blaskowsky is a board-certified neonatal nurse practitioner. In her words: since 2009 I have been living and working in Colorado, and I am faced, almost daily, with counseling families about marijuana use during pregnancy and breastfeeding. My nursing education began with an Associates degree waaay back in 1984, continuing to a Bachelors and…
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Releasing Anxiety! Michael Benner & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #mindfulness #happiness #success #motivation
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Michael Benner is best known for his popular Human Potential radio programs in Los Angeles on KABC-AM, KLOS-FM, KLSX-FM, KCBS-FM, KRLA- AM, and KPFK-FM. As a result of writing a breakthrough self-awareness training for the Orange County Sheriff's Academy, Michael published "Fearless Intelligence" featuring practical tools for developing awareness, …
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Saving you 25 Years! Shawn Nelson & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #business #motivation #success
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Shawn Nelson, founder and CEO of Lovesac, launched his business out of his parents’ house when he was still a student. He spent decades overcoming obstacles and adversity before finding success, guiding his company through an IPO and recently celebrating its 25th anniversary. Shawn launched his podcast series and new book, Let Me Save You 25 Years …
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Lunden Roberts My Life Inside Hunter Biden's Addiction
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Lunden Roberts is a mother, author, and financial officer from Batesville, AR. Her all-star basketball career culminated at Arkansas State University, where she was a McDonalds All-American Nominee shooting guard and studied criminal justice and psychology. Roberts went on to Washington, D.C. for the most prestigious CSI training in the country, wh…
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Award Winning PR! Steve Seidel & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #smallbusiness #socialmedia #influencer
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Stephen Seidel is the founder of The Seidel Agency, an award-winning media & PR company specializing in media, PR, influencer marketing and awards management. As the AOR for early-stage start-ups, emerging franchises, and premium brands, he spearheaded multiple eight-figure acquisitions. Steve is also a best- selling author, and creator of the Top …
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Jim Willfred is a man with extensive life experiences that have fueled his insatiable passion to help those afflicted with substance use disorders and to support other parents in avoiding the pain of losing a child as he has. Jim struggled with substance use disorder for 20 years until he broke free in 2004. He was honored with the Individual Achie…
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John Bitinas A Narconon Success Now Clean and Sober
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John Bitinas is a native of New England, an entrepreneur, public speaker and young guy who has just been wildly successful after getting his life back from addiction. John has been clean and sober now for over 18 years, in that time he has built a successful business, found and married the love of his life and personally spoke to over 250,000 peopl…
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PR For Dummies! Eric Yaverbaum & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #smallbusiness #socialmedia #influencer
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Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications, is a communications, media, and public relations expert with over 43 years in the industry, having co-founded Jericho Communications and served as President from 1985 until its successful sale in 2006. He has worked with a wide-range of top-of-their-industry clients, including Sony, IKEA, Progressive In…
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Into Light Project Using Art to Heal the Loss Theresa Clower and Debbie Simon
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he tragic loss of her son, Devin, in Feb 2018 to an accidental drug overdose was the catalyst for INTO LIGHT Project. Through the simple act of drawing, Theresa discovered the power of art and storytelling to change minds and hearts. The INTO LIGHT Project, while born out of tragedy, has provided Theresa with an opportunity to shed light on those l…
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The Perfect Weapon! Jeff Speakman & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #fitness #motivation #sports #artist
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Grandmaster Jeff Speakman started his athletic career very early in life in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. Training and competing as a gymnast during the school year and as a springboard diver in the summer. He earned his black belt in Japanese Goju-Ryu Karate from legendary master Lou Angel in 1980 and then studied with legendary master Ed P…
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Anne Fundners Tragic Story The Deadly Cost of Open Borders
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Anne Elizabeth Fundner lost her son Weston to fentanyl poisoning in 2022. She blames the current administration for the opening of the borders for the death of her son. Anne Fundner shared that Weston was a really good kid, and she and her family did everything right. They involved him in sports, and Anne was an active room mom. Their relationship …
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Successful Leadership! Dr. Sam Adeyemi & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur #business #mindset #success
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Dr. Sam Adeyemi (Ah day yeh me) is CEO of Sam Adeyemi, GLC, Inc., founder and executive director of Daystar Leadership Academy (DLA). More than 45,000 alumni have graduated from DLA programs, and more than 3 million CEOs and high performing individuals follow him on top social media sites. Dr. Sam's new book is "Dear Leader: Your Flagship Guide to …
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Charlotte Bismuth Advocating for the Victims of the Opioid Pandemic
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Charlotte Bismuth was an attorney who started her career as a litigation associate. After joining the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in 2010, she began investigating a doctor who was illegally overprescribing pain medications. After months of investigation, Dr. Li was finally convicted of 2 counts of murder and over 90 other counts. Whi…
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Darryl Strawberry Sharing My Spiritual Healing and Recovery
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Darryl Strawberry is described as a baseball legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game. His many accomplishments in the major leagues include four World Series titles, eight All-Star Game appearances, and a nomination to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. He has earned the legendary nicknames and phrases of one of th…
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Ryan Leaf Former NFL Giving Back in a Big Way
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Ryan David Leaf champions those battling mental and behavioral health issues, urging us to rethink mental health and addiction. He aims to crush the stigma, declaring, "asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness." As a former quarterback, Leaf's career at Washington State was stellar: Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year (1997), First Team …
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Let’s Do Launch! Harry Abrams & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Meeting mega Hollywood agent Harry Abrams should be on the bucket list of anyone interested in show business as well as the business of show business. In Hollywood, you don’t get to be called legendary for nothing. It’s rumored, when agent Harry Abrams speaks, everyone stops texting, including A-list Hollywood and Broadway stars, directors and prod…
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Steven May reflected on his legal journey, noting that despite losing the case on a technical motion to dismiss, the experience during discovery was profoundly enlightening. His case had traversed through various stages, including a Supreme Court review before ultimately being dismissed due to what he deemed an unfortunate technicality. According t…
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Rick Mountcastle and Ed Bisch Forcing the Sacklers to Admit Guilt
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Ed Bisch's son died of an overdose of Oxycontin. Ed didn't sit by. He started researching Oxycontin and its manufacturer - Purdue Pharma; AND the family behind it - The Sacklers. He has been fighting this battle for years and doesn't see giving up until both the company and the family are made to take responsibility for the countless deaths due to …
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David Sanchez Creating Healthier Safer and Drug Free Communities
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Born in Redondo Beach, California, David Sanchez began learning about drugs at age 9 when a neighbor offered him marijuana. By age 15, he was using harder drugs that first led to juvenile jail and eventually to multiple penitentiaries. The turning points came in 2012 when he finally conquered his addiction, and then in 2014 when he began building o…
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View From Home! Leslie Means & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Leslie Means is a storyteller, children’s book author, columnist, former TV anchor/host, wife and mother. She's the founder of the popular online community and motherhood website, Her View From Home (2.5+ million monthly readers), which encourages women to share their heartfelt stories of faith and family and to connect with one another. Her View F…
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Laura Stack Johnny's Ambassadors Educating about the New Marijuana
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Johnny Stack was born on February 7, 2000 and died by suicide on November 20, 2019 at the age of 19. He was an incredibly intelligent, funny, charming, handsome young man, which you can see in his tribute video. We are a normal suburban family and did normal family things. He had a happy life, a 4.0 GPA with a scholarship to college, and a family w…
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Happy Leader! | Tia Graham & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Tia Graham is an international keynote and TEDx speaker, best-selling author and leadership trainer on positive psychology, positive work cultures, and business growth. She has worked with dozens of global companies such as Marriott Hotels, Hewlett Packard, and The American Heart Association to elevate employee engagement and drive bottom line resu…
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Dr Ken Finn An Evidenced Based Approach to Marijuana
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We've talked about marijuana many times on the podcast and noted that quite a few of the former addicts started their drug path with marijuana. In this episode, Dr. Kenneth Finn from Colorado gives us the facts about the use of marijuana as pain medication as well as it's adverse effects on young adults. Dr. Finn used slides during his interview so…
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Philip Eil is an award-winning freelance journalist based in his hometown, Providence, Rhode Island. He is the former news editor of the alt-weekly newspaper, The Providence Phoenix. Since the paper’s close in 2014, he has contributed to The Atlantic, Men’s Health, the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other o…
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Leveraging Relationships! | James Ziegler & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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For 48 years, Jim Ziegler’s been a recognized industry, writer, magazine columnist, professional speaker, and super performer...following a record setting sales career, F&I manager/director and General Sales Manager with some of the top automobile dealerships in the country. Some of his notable professions are: Associate Professor teaching Automoti…
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Michael DeLeon Dangerous Times for Drugging Kids
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Michael R. DeLeon, a successfully acclimated ex-offender who after nearly 8 years of drug addiction and gang involvement, spent 12 years in state prison and half-way houses for a gang-related homicide. Michael plead guilty in a very emotional and complicated case involving the murder of his own Mother by people tasked to kill him. Since Michael’s r…
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Radical Performance! | Wylie McGraw & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Wylie McGraw is a former star athlete, a competitive bull rider, and a 3-tour combat veteran. He’s the founder of Radical Performance Acceleration. He started out helping fellow combat veterans who were struggling with PTSD while trying to transition back into civilian life. His success led to working with various health professionals, high-powered…
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Who’s Telling Your Story? | Randall Kenneth Jones & Tony DUrso
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Randall Kenneth Jones conducted over 100 best practices interviews for a personal-meets-professional-development (a.k.a. shut-up- and-listen) newspaper column. His subjects included Barbara Corcoran, Janet Evanovich, Jerey Gitomer, Jack Hanna, Sonny Jurgensen, Hoda Kotb, General Barry McCarey, Colin Mochrie, Suze Orman, Vanessa Williams, and many m…
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Winning Without Compromise! Gary Waters/Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Gary Waters is the all-time winningest coach in Cleveland State basketball history. He coached college basketball for 43 years. In his career he was Head Basketball Coach at Kent State, Rutgers & Cleveland State. Gary was inducted into three Hall of Fames: Ferris State, Kent State, and Detroit High School. He's the author of 2 books, “Ten Principle…
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Accelerate Your Brand! | Hala Taha & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Hala Taha is the CEO of YAP Media and Top 100 Global Host of Young and Profiting podcast. She has been featured on the cover of Podcast Magazine and 40 under 40. Hala turned her side hustle podcast Young and Profiting into a Media Empire, YAP Media which was voted best podcast agency and fastest growing podcast company of 2022. She has been seen in…
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Design Winning Messages! | Ben Guttmann & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Ben Guttmann is a marketing and communications expert and author of Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win — and How to Design Them. He’s an experienced marketing executive and educator on a mission to get leaders to more effectively connect by simplifying their message. Ben is former co-founder and managing partner at Digital Natives Group, an award-w…
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Navarone Garcia A Difficult Journey to Sobriety
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Navarone Garcia is Priscilla Presley’s son. Navarone Garibaldi Garcia (born March 1, 1987) is an American musician who serves as the lead singer of Them Guns. Them Guns is a Los Angeles-based rock band made up of members Garcia (guitar/lead vocals), Kyle Hamood (lead guitar/vocals/keys), Bobby Vega (drums), and Chuck Holiday (bass). Santa Cruz Wave…
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Being Unstoppable! | Matthew Kenslow & Tony DUrso | Entrepreneur
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Matthew Kenslow has grown up with Autism Spectrum Disorder. As a result, his life has been filled with adventure and struggle. Overcoming the effects of Autism, he became the author of two books and a social media influencer. His first book, Juggling the Issues, was published in 2020. He is also a speaker who shares his message of what it is like l…
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Barbie Rivera Author Educator Mom Freedom Fighter Enough is Enough
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About 29 years ago, a public school teacher told Barbie Rivera that her 6 year old son had a mental disorder and she needed to put him on a mind altering drug - Ritalin. Barbie thought that was nutty as her son was very bright, normal and already bilingual. She started home schooling him now has her own school - called HELP Miami. Her story of how …
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Tim has seen and done it all. He's been an addict. He's run million dollar companies. Drugs stole more than half of his life but now he's dedicated every waking minute since walking out of prison to dealing hope to addicts and their families. Tim says "where there is life, there is hope." Known as The Hope Dealer, Tim is a successful entrepreneur, …
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Duke Rumely Former Addict now Providing Safe and Sober Events
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Duke Rumely is a former alcoholic who has been sober since 1989. Since then he realized that what was needed at concerts and sporting events was an area for those who are sober and trying to remain that way. He founded Sober AF Entertainment and is making great strides in leading the sober movement - making sober the popular to be for young and old…
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Paula Santos Young Losing her Son to Fentanyl Fuels Her Fight
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Paula Santos Young's world shattered when her beloved oldest son's life was stolen in March 2022 - poisoned by fentanyl-laced marijuana from someone he trusted. With his death, Paula's motherly instincts kicked into high gear. Now she's on a crusade, roaring from every platform she can find to wake up officials and communities to the fentanyl crisi…
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Marshall Faulk - Former NFL Hall of Famer and Leader in Drug Education
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This weekend, we are attending a Drug Free Heroes event in Clearwater Florida that will have Marshall Faulk as one of the speakers. We are excited to hear about how he continues to educate kids on drugs and promote the idea of living drug free - even in tough sports like football. We are republishing our interview with Marshall from 2020. Marshall …
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