The First Responder Wellness Podcast
First Responder Wellness is a residential and intensive outpatient treatment center that exclusively treats public safety professionals for alcohol, post-traumatic stress, addiction, anxiety, and depression. Since 2018, we have had more than 1,800 public safety professionals attend our long-term program. On The First Responder Wellness Podcast, we sit down with members of our clinical team, organizational leadership, subject matter experts, and alumni who have experienced the program firsthand. Each episode is designed to bring insight, hope, and practical tools to first responders and their families, while shedding light on the unique challenges and resiliency within the public safety community.
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
The First Responder Wellness Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Opposite of Addiction Isn’t Sobriety, It’s Connection | A First Responder's Recovery Story
If you are a first responder, or you love someone who is, this story will hit home. In today's episode we talk about:The culture of "suck it up, keep moving, give me the keys and I'll do it rightWhy alcohol + PTSD is such a...
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Why Connection Heals What Trauma Breaks
In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, host Chris Logan (Director of Clinical Operations at First Responder Wellness) sits down with Whitney and Adam from Open Water, an organization that uses paddleboards, outriggers, and tim...
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"I Couldn’t Stop Drinking” | A Sheriff’s Deputy’s Story of Recovery
In this raw and honest interview, our guest opens up about his hidden battle with alcoholism, from secret drinking and denial to detoxing alone, hospitalization, and finally entering treatment at First Responder Wellness.He shares the m...
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From SWAT to Wellness: Changing First Responder Culture
Today our host Chris Logan talks with retired Westminster PD officer Cord about the real toll of the job, the suicide of his first FTO, and how the tragedy pushed Cord into mental health advocacy. They cover identity beyond the badge, why "hero...
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Choosing Healing Over Shame: A Police Officer's Turning Point | Rozzy's Story
Rozzy's story is raw and real. From losing his dad to suicide at 11, to becoming a cop at 20, to taking in his 15-year-old nephew, he carried the weight for years without ever processing it. Through hard work Rozzy found healing an...
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