Giving Voice to Addiction
Giving Voice to Addiction shares the powerful and often unheard stories of real people navigating addiction, hosted by Terry McGuire and expert co-host Caroline Beidler. Listen each week for raw accounts of struggle, resilience, and hope in recovery, offering connection, understanding, and inspiration for anyone seeking to learn or feel less alone.
Episodes
14 episodes
From Alcohol Addiction & Anxiety to Spiritual Awakening in AA Recovery | An Addiction Recovery Story
Michael shares his raw and powerful addiction recovery story, from numbing emotions with alcohol to rediscovering self-worth through sobriety and spiritual growth. He opens up about battling anxiety, using substances to escape shame, and findin...
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Episode 13
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22:37
From OxyContin, Alcohol & Depression to Therapy & Recovery Coaching | An Addiction Recovery Story
Hector shares his powerful addiction recovery story of battling OxyContin, codeine, alcohol, and marijuana. From incarceration and homelessness to finding peace in sobriety, therapy, and recovery coaching, Hector’s journey shows that healing is...
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Episode 12
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27:00
From Cocaine Addiction & Psychosis to Peer Support & Recovery Coaching | An Addiction Recovery Story
In this raw addiction recovery story, Eli shares how a 13-year cocaine addiction led to hallucinations, job loss, and emotional devastation. Hear how a moment of surrender and support from a peer coach turned his life around. His path from psyc...
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Episode 11
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23:39
A Guide to Interventions & How To Help Someone With a Drug or Alcohol Addiction
This addiction recovery story features interventionist Sam Davis, who shares deep insights from his personal recovery and decades of guiding over a thousand families through the intervention process. Learn how fear, enabling, and lack of educat...
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Episode 10
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28:43
From Cocaine, Methadone & Childhood Trauma to 12-Step Healing | An Addiction Recovery Story
In this powerful addiction recovery story, Sam Davis shares his path from childhood sexual abuse, stuttering, and deep-rooted shame to decades of addiction involving cocaine, pills, and methadone. Hear how trauma shaped his addiction—and how lo...
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Episode 9
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29:18
From Alcoholism & Anxiety to Detox & Faith-Based Recovery | An Addiction Recovery Story
Kyle’s addiction recovery story spans decades of alcohol use, mental obsession, and shame. After multiple failed attempts—including aversion therapy and inpatient rehab—he finally found lasting sobriety through a 7-day detox, spiritual surrende...
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Episode 8
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25:08
From Alcohol & Pill Addiction to Sobriety Through Trauma Recovery | An Addiction Recovery Story
This is a deeply honest addiction recovery story of John, who struggled with alcohol and prescription drug misuse for nearly two decades. He shares how unprocessed childhood trauma, shame, and denial led to cycles of relapse—and how rigorous ho...
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Episode 7
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22:52
From Alcohol Addiction & Depression to Rehab, AA, & Fatherhood | An Addiction Recovery Story
Aaron’s addiction recovery story reveals the deep connection between alcohol abuse and untreated depression. After losing his cousin to a heroin overdose, Aaron entered rehab and began the journey toward sobriety, mental health, and family heal...
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Episode 6
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24:04
From Heroin, Cocaine & Alcohol Addiction to 36 Years of Sobriety | An Addiction Recovery Story
This is Roger’s powerful addiction recovery story—beginning with trauma, heroin use at 12, and 13 years of severe substance abuse. Despite never attending rehab, he found his way to 36 years clean from drugs and 14 years sober from alcohol. Thi...
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Episode 5
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26:17
From Childhood Trauma & Cocaine Addiction to Trauma Therapy & Recovery | An Addiction Recovery Story
Tanya Lopez shares her powerful addiction recovery story, shaped by grief, abandonment, and trauma. From IV cocaine use and multiple OWIs to 11 years of sobriety, Tanya opens up about relapse, motherhood, and how trauma therapy and community su...
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Episode 4
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25:47
From Alcoholism & Depression to Spiritual Awakening & Sobriety | An Addiction Recovery Story
This addiction recovery story follows Bryon, a U.S. military veteran, as he opens up about his battle with alcohol abuse and depression. From high-functioning day drinking to a blood alcohol level of 0.38 during a welfare check, Bryon shares th...
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Episode 3
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19:10
Alcoholism, Depression & Divorce to SMART Recovery & Sober Parenting | An Addiction Recovery Story
In this powerful addiction recovery story, Wes shares his battle with severe alcohol use disorder and co-occurring mental health challenges. After years of binge drinking, secretive alcohol use, and devastating consequences—including divorce an...
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Episode 2
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22:54
From High-Functioning Alcoholism & Anxiety to 12-Step Recovery | An Addiction Recovery Story
In this powerful addiction recovery story, Robert shares how anxiety and hidden alcohol use unraveled his life—even as he held a career and raised a family. From a seizure and hospitalization to transformative treatment at the Mayo Clinic and f...
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Episode 2
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23:47