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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!

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Robert White : Heroin Addiction | Incarceration | Spirituality | Redemption

June 28, 2021 • Jeff Simone • Season 1 • Episode 3

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 families find lifelong recovery through community support and the application of the 12 Steps.

Robert can empathize with the hopelessness one feels in active addiction. He took his first drink at age 12, and his alcohol abuse eventually led him to illicit drugs, such as heroin. After many failed attempts at recovery in various treatment centers, he pleaded guilty to a drug-related criminal charge and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. By the grace of God, Robert found his Higher Power while incarcerated, giving him a renewed sense of freedom through the 12 Steps.

His purpose in life, he realized, was to help other men emerge from the darkness and insanity of their own addictions. Robert’s personal values of community, family, compassion, and love are the founding principles of Any Length Retreat, and these qualities are clearly visible in the treatment practices at the facility:

“My goal was to establish a family-like environment, where guests are free to be themselves, to heal and recover in the comfort of a loving home. This is not shame-based recovery; this is love and hope. There are no ‘patients’ at The Retreat. We are a family.”

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