Searching for Solutions
As the former mayor of a mid-size Canadian city, I witnessed firsthand the growing social challenges facing communities across North America. Searching for Solutions explores urgent issues like the housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, addiction, and food insecurity and, more importantly, the disruptive ideas that are making a real difference.
Each episode features a guest who helps unpack a problem and points toward practical, proven solutions.
This podcast is for anyone who cares about their community and wants to move from frustration to action at a time when too many people feel powerless to create change.
Searching for Solutions
Transforming a Heritage Home into a Recovery Centre in Niagara
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Addiction touches families and communities across Niagara, but behind the statistics are real people and real stories of recovery.
On this episode of Searching for Solutions, I sit down with Chris Howe, founder of 12 Mile Recovery, partner with 12 Mile Recovery at Rodman Hall, Niagara Falls firefighter, counsellor, and a person in long-term recovery himself.
Chris shares his personal journey through addiction and recovery, what he has learned from helping others rebuild their lives, and why understanding trauma, connection and the underlying causes of addiction is so important. They also explore the impact addiction has on families and first responders, the stigma that can prevent people from seeking help, and what effective recovery and treatment can look like.
It’s an honest conversation about addiction and how 12 Mile Recovery at Rodman is a place that offers hope, resilience and the possibility of a different life.