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 • 12 episodes
Breaking Down Addiction
Latest Episodes
#12 Jay Booker: “Don’t Give Up” — From Addiction, Incarceration, and Trauma to Recovery, Fatherhood, and Helping Men Heal
Jay Booker’s story is a powerful journey through childhood trauma, family addiction, incarceration, relapse, and the long road to lasting recovery—ultimately leading him to a life of purpose, service, and helping other men heal.Growing ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:00:15
#11 Tyler Bowman: “You’re Never Too Broken to Be Fixed” - From Addiction to Building Brooks Healing Center
Tyler Bowman’s story is a candid journey through family disruption, early addiction patterns, relapse cycles, and the long road to lasting recovery—ultimately leading to purpose, faith, and building a treatment culture centered on doing “the ne...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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#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 Fender: From Combat to Community—How Recovery Rebuilt a Life of Purpose
Brandon Fender’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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