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 • 11 episodes
The First Responder Wellness Podcast
Latest Episodes
A Narcotics Detective Addicted to Drugs: A Cop’s Story of Collapse and Recovery
In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Mike shares his story with honesty and accountability, from working as a vice narcotics detective, to addiction, to crossing lines he never imagined he would cross.This is not a s...
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The Emotional Weight First Responders Carry (And Why Most People Never See It)
In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Chris Logan sits down with Ryan Tillman to discuss the emotional, cultural, and psychological weight carried by first responders.Ryan shares his journey into law enforcement, the ...
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When the Job Becomes Your Identity | A Firefighter’s Turning Point
In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Chris Logan talks with Tom Crewse, Retired Battalion Chief, program alumnus, and now an employee at First Responder Wellness.Tom shares what it looked like to grow up believing you...
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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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