Alyson Stoner & Correy O'Neal | Sibling Trauma, Estrangement, & Recovery Reconnection

Dance Gavin Dance founding drummer Matt Mingus spent 17 years drinking and using cocaine until he was pulled off his own stage in Detroit in 2021. Today he tours sober with a band that has left drinking behind. Find mental health and addiction treatment near you: https://recovery.com/ Matt joins host Brittani Baynard on Recoverycast to discuss how drums and alcohol entered his life the same year: at nine, he heard his school band play the James Bond theme and started drinking and smoking po...

Actor and content creator Horace Gold opens up about eight years of alcohol dependency, the trap of California sober, and the friend who stayed by his side when he hit bottom at 26. Find mental health and addiction treatment near you: https://recovery.com/ Horace Gold joins Sam Roberts on Recoverycast to talk about growing up as the youngest of six homeschooled kids in a conservative Christian home in South Central Los Angeles, where an early fear of abandonment took root. He got drunk for th...

Johnny Persón shares how OxyContin, Xanax, and alcohol dependency led to homelessness and a possible six-year prison sentence at 20, and how the 12 steps and therapy helped him build a seven-figure headwear brand. Find mental health and addiction treatment near you: https://recovery.com/ Johnny joins Brittani on Recoverycast to talk about growing up in Costa Mesa, California, with young punk rock parents and a life built around skateboarding. A week after telling his stepbrother drugs were fo...

Are you struggling with alcohol misuse, intrusive thoughts, or the pressure to moderate your drinking? Author and host Suzanne Wareye shares her vulnerable journey with alcohol addiction, blackouts, and postpartum OCD. Suzanne opens up about navigating maternal mental health, breaking free from mommy wine culture, and choosing sobriety without ever having to hit a traditional rock bottom. Find mental health and addiction treatment near you: https://recovery.com/ In this inspiring...

Lauren Gaffney shares her 12-year journey overcoming opiate, heroin, and crack dependency, surviving state prison, and finding freedom in recovery. Find mental health and addiction treatment near you: https://recovery.com/ Lauren joins Brittani and Sam on Recoverycast to discuss her transition from a typical suburban childhood to a harrowing battle with substance use. She opens up about the traumatic driveway incident with a former partner that accelerated her use of OxyContin and event...