
Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic
Suriving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic is a show about life beyond opioid addiction. You'll hear from guests who have lived through, researched, experienced, or been working along side folks at the ground level. These lived experiences are raw, honest, and you're going to get incredible perspectives and conversations from a diverse group of people. This show is for anyone interested in opioid addiction and interested to hear that although we have lost hundreds of thousands of people this past decade, we also do recover. Jeff Simone is a Doctor of Pharmacy, Certified Professional Recovery Coach (CPRC), Advanced Dietary Supplements Adviser and person in long-term recovery from opioid addiction. Dr. Simone works one on one as a behavior modification coach with Reaction Recovery and hosts group coaching sessions with the Reframe Thrive community. His focus is on identifying behavioral changes and lifestyle adjustments that integrate safely and appropriately with any current pharmaceutical or nutritional approach to treatment. He believes that recovery happens in the trenches of every day life. Inch by inch, day by day, and with a little accountability and encouragement, we do recover!
Episodes
21 episodes
Treating OUD During Pregnancy
There’s stigma around people with addictions, there’s more stigma around women with addictions, and there’s maybe none more stigmatized than pregnant women with addictions.Today’s episode is all about pregnant women with o...
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Episode 20
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25:13

Words Matter : Reviewing the NIDA's new recommendations on language for SUD's.
Words matter.There’s no question about that – they’re a big driving force of stigma, and it’s always a heated debate when it comes to semantics with these touchy areas. One of the many challenges is that while the healthca...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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24:41

John & Jude Trang: Insights from Parents Who Lost a Child to Overdose
Interview episode #7 is with John and Jude Trang - parents who lost their youngest child, John Leif, to a heroin overdose in 2014 at age 25.Today John is an independent pharmaceutical researcher and consultant and Jude is a full-time ad...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:18:47

Surviving Opioids Podcast: Show Overview
What to expect on Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic Podcast - your one stop shop for everything opioids, addiction, and recovery.If you enjoy the show, share it, leave a review, and keep the conversation going.Connect...
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Season 1
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Episode 0
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1:42

Pay to Play? California Discusses Paying People to Stay Sober
A story came out last week about California trying to become the first state to incentivize people financially to stay sober.
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Episode 17
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18:36

Introduction to Amino Acid Supplementation for Opioid Addiction
Folks in early recovery don’t necessarily lack the discipline to make and stick to changes, but they usually lack the guidance and direction, and it's hard today with so much information available, all of which will at some point contrad...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:27

Jen Wylde : How a Rock Radio Personality Finally Found Sobriety
In this sixth interview episode of Surviving Opioids, I talk to Jen Wylde, host of the Sober Exposure podcast.Jen is a national rock radio personality who struggled with addiction throughout her entire life. She fell into a career fille...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:03:21

Methadone vs Suboxone : Similarities and Differences Between the Two Treatments
The two most common medication-assisted treatment (MAT) strategies for OUD are Methadone and Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone). Nearly everyone has some familiarity with the two, but there remains a lot of misinformation regarding treatment.
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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34:13

Navigating Addictions Within the Home - Part II
Second of a 2-part series discussing some of the common dynamics involving interactions with loved ones who are actively addicted and some considerations to increase the likelihood of being helpful and avoiding accidental harm.A basic s...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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41:47

Navigating Addictions Within the Home - Part I
Addiction is a family condition. It doesn’t happen in a vacuum, we don’t recover from it in a vacuum, so the more we can better educate and assist the people who are the closest to the addiction - i.e. the more people that understand the dynami...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:25

How Endorphin Activity Influences Opioid Addiction and Considerations for Recovery
This episode is about the biology of the endorphin system (the body's natural opioid system) and how early life dysregulation of this system becomes a major risk factor for later life Endorphins – which are the love and attachment chemi...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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46:18

Mike Govoni: Somatic Experiencing | Trauma Healing | Recovery Coaching
Episode 10 is an interview with the Integrative Recovery and trauma-informed Health and Wellness Coach, Mike Govoni. Mike developed an opioid addiction at a young age, was introduced to recovery and has now been fully abstinent fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:05:19

Interpreting The Polyvagal Theory and How Safety Impacts Addiction Recovery - Part III
Part 3 of a 3-part series about how the physiological feeling of safety and hypervigilance impacts the prognosis of addiction recovery.This episode concludes the discussion about Dr. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory and gives an interpr...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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42:49

Interpreting the Polyvagal Theory and How Safety Impacts Addiction Recovery: Part II
Whether we’re recovering ourselves and trying to carry a message, dealing with a family member or friend, working in the treatment industry, the one thing that everyone wants to do is to help.And the only way that we can help evoke an
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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31:58

Interpreting The Polyvagal Theory and How Safety Impacts Addiction Recovery - Part I
In this first of 2-part series, I discuss Dr. Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory and how it relates to addiction recovery:If we are feeling safe, our entire internal phys...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:37

The Role of Vivitrol (IM Naltrexone) in the Treatment of OUD
The three primary Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) options for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone.The first two are considered opioid agonist replacements, while the third (naltrexone) is an opioid...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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19:46

How DLPA Can Help with Opioid Withdrawal
If you're newly recovering from an opioid dependency, your endorphin-regulating system is out of whack 🙁In fact, it was likely out of whack before the addiction. A dysregulated endorphin system will have you feeling very unc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:53

How Does Ego-Fatigue Affect Addictions?
Have you ever heard an old-timer tell a newcomer, "Just don't drink!"Makes plenty of sense on the surface, and it's a tough line to argue. After all if you're trying to stay away from something, "just not doing it" seems like a reasonab...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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21:09

Robert White : Heroin Addiction | Incarceration | Spirituality | Redemption
In episode 03 Jeff interview Robert White, owner of Any Length Retreat in Flugerville, TX.Out of gratitude for his own recovery from addiction, Robert and his family founded Any Length Retreat in 2012 to help addicted men and their fami...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:13:16

Jen Elizabeth: Childhood Trauma | Social Activism | Harm Reduction
Episode 2 of Surviving Opioids is packed full of incredible perspectives from one of the realest, rawest, and honest voices in the addiction recovery community. Jen Elizabeth is a writer, speaker, trauma educator, Harm Reduction Special...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:12:00

Yeshaia Blakeney: Addiction Treatment in the Age of Covid and Beyond
Welcome to Episode 1 of Surviving Opioids - Beyond an Epidemic Podcast. Here we talk about the opioid crisis as it looks at the ground level. We talk with folks who research opioid addiction, work in the therapeutic setting, have personal exper...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:22:33
