Breaking Down Addiction
Breaking Down Addiction is a podcast from National Addiction Specialists featuring real stories of recovery, resilience, and hope. Each episode dives deep into the lived experiences of people overcoming addiction—raw, unfiltered, and rooted in healing.
Podcasting since 2025 • 10 episodes
Breaking Down Addiction
Latest Episodes
#10 Todd Mulligan: From Intervention to Purpose—How Recovery Rebuilt a Life
Todd Mulligan’s story is a blunt look at how fast opioid addiction can take over—and what it actually takes to come back. In this episode of Breaking Down Addiction, hosts Jonny Phillip and Chad Elkin sit down with Todd to trace the arc from pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:42
#9 Brandon Fendor: From Combat to Community—How Recovery Rebuilt a Life of Purpose
Brandon Fendor’s story is a raw journey through war, trauma, addiction, and ultimately, redemption.A Marine Corps veteran with four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Brandon returned home carrying survivor’s guilt, untreated P...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:26
#8 Will Drury: From Dope Sick to Dad Again—Finding Hope in the Cold Cell and a New Calling
Will Drury’s story is a raw, winding path through grief, addiction, jail, and the kind of recovery that rebuilds a life from the ground up. He started using at 13, lost close friends to DUI tragedies, and by 18 he was a “kid having a kid”—while...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:18:05
#7 Misty Pearson: From Prescription to Prison to Purpose—Finding Hope After Addiction
Misty Pearson’s story begins where many never expect addiction to start: a legitimate injury, a doctor’s prescription, and a life that looked “put together.” One torn ACL set off a chain reaction—opioids, shame, escalation, arrests,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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49:49
#6 Patrick Custer: From Rock Bottom to Radical Resilience—How Sobriety, Identity, and a Brain Tumor Shaped a Life of Hope
Patrick Custer’s story is a masterclass in courage. Raised in a conservative religious home, Patrick spent his early life feeling “different” and carrying shame he couldn’t name. Addiction took hold in college, spiraling him from functioning st...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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