Dr. Dean Robb joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast. Dean is a recovery coach and the founder of Next Stage Recovery.
“I believe that we are all called to a path leading toward the “true self” or an authentic, congruent identity. Every person has an essential, God-given individuality – their unique “inner gold” – that is meant to be shared with a larger community. We are meant to be who we really are, and one important purpose of life is for us to discover, express and share our true self with the world. Conversely, I believe that emotional dysfunction and mental illness arise when we are not living authentically; i.e. when our outer lives are not congruent with our true inner self.” – Dr. Dean Robb
Clean Date: December 10, 1984
Erin Bahadur joins us on today's Episode of The SHAIR Podcast. She is the founder of Erin's Inside Job, a recovering addict, NASM certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, and blogger. Her goal is to help everyone realize that true wellness comes from within (and sometimes through desserts).
"I started this blog as an outlet to help me get outside of myself. This statement may sound like a contradiction to the concept of an Inside Job, but it’s not. I wanted to be able to take the improvements that I was making on myself (the inside) and share them with others (the outside). I also believe that true wellness comes from working to improve the inside (emotionally, physically, and spiritually). This will be reflected on the outside." - Erin Bahadur
Clean Date: May 20th, 2010
On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast is the 2nd episode of the O-Zone, where I host a new featured show on InRecovery Radio brought to you by the Star Worldwide Network studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and produced by Bill Gates. Today, we have Mary Lyn joining us, and Mary Lyn has a CD out called Twelve Songs, and I'm going to let Mary Lyn tell us a little bit about everything that she's got going on currently. Mary Lyn, are you with us?
Mary Lyn: I am. Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be a part of the O-Zone. I love it.
Omar: I love it, and feel free to call me O.
Mary Lyn: Okay, O. That's great. Just call me Mary Lyn.
Omar: This is exciting, so Mary Lyn, please tell us about your CD. Tell us where the inspiration came for the CD. I also know that you have a workbook that coincides with this CD and where it comes from, so tell us where it was inspired from and where you're going with it.
Mary Lyn Twelve Songs
Mary Lyn: Well, sobriety has just been such an awesome journey for me, and I think I love recovery more now today than I did when I first got sober. I've been playing guitar since I was 16 years old, and just writing songs and music, and it's very personal for me, my songwriting, and it's kind of how I come to understand things ... Is through songs. Or even communicate. It was always through lyrics or songs or going, "Hey, listen to this," and then someone could tell how I was feeling, because I wasn't really capable of describing how I was feeling, so music was a great tool for me to use to help other people see where I was and vice versa.
When I got sober, I just was trying to understand the 12 steps for myself. I was just trying to figure out ... You sit in those meetings when you first get sober, and it's a whole new language. I mean, I never heard people talk like this before. They have all these funny little sayings; Ninety meetings, ninety days, first things first, easy does it, and all this stuff. I was just like, "Wow. Okay, I'm just trying to absorb it myself."
I started writing songs about being sober, and I had gotten in touch with a producer that I used to work with before drugs and alcohol took me out of the game, and I said, "Can I play some songs, and can we make some demos and stuff?" I kept bringing him these songs, and he goes, "You should make a CD," and I was like, "What? No. No. I'm not going to make a CD." He goes, "Well, you should," and then I went home, and a couple of weeks later ... Really, I woke up in the middle of the night and I said, "Oh, my God. The CD is 12 songs, and each song is going to be inspired by the 12 steps," and then the journey began.
Mary lyn
I just kind of went through this journey of doing steps and then looking for the hook, because I didn't want the CD to be this ... I wanted it to be relate-able to any ... Something that you would hear on the radio. I want people to enjoy the music if they were in recovery or were out of recovery, so I really wanted it to have a national flavor to it, so that's what I did. I went around and tried to find hooks and how would I ... How do you explain step two? Came to believe in a power greater than ourselves to restore us to sanity, right? I mean, how do you write a hook to that? And ninety meetings in ninety days, right? Because that's when that shift happens, in that time period where you kind of either get it or don't.
And so then we just kind of went on from there, and then I just kept doing the next indicated thing with the CD. I'd never made a CD before, so I just kind of asked questions, and it took two years to put that CD together. It took me a year to write the songs, and then it took me a year to get money together to pay for the producing of it and the artwork, and I found out about how you distribute things and all of that.
It was just such an amazing journey, and I never thought that the music was going to go where it went. It was really just something personal. I was amazed that one person bought the CD, because I was really just kind of doing it for myself. I've had to do reorders after reorders of it, and it just blows me away. It's been played all over the world, and I get emails from people saying how ... From Japan and Australia and England. It's like, "Wow, this is so cool." It's completely God inspired, and the whole process of AA has helped me get to the next steps.
Today on The SHAIR Podcast we have Brian Bailys, the founder of Ascent, a drug, alcohol and mental health aftercare solution, share his own addiction and recovery story.
So what is Ascent?
Ascent is dedicated to helping recovering substance-use clients build a foundation for lifelong success. Ascent combines the best that 21st Century technology has to offer with that all-important human touch to help clear the path to recovery.
Ascent is there wherever and whenever the client needs us. They connect clients with coaches that have lived and breathed what the client is going through. They are there at the right time and place, when the client needs it and wants it. They are an active participant and contributor as the client makes progress on their journey upward and onward.
Ascent provides:
One on one coaching using evidence based models
Clinically tested outcomes based e-recovery tool
Extensive coach training
Quality assurance program
Strict brand adherence
Coaches that have “lived it”
To learn more go to ourascent.com.
Today, we have Rose McKinney, the Midwestern Mama and the founder of Our Young Addicts joining us on The SHAIR Podcast.
Too many young people are becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. Our Young Addicts is a growing community of parents and professionals who share experiences, resources and hopes – no matter where your child may be on the spectrum of experimentation, recreational use, abuse, addiction, treatment, relapse, or recovery.
The Midwestern Mama created Our Young Addicts when her 20-something son’s addiction was spiraling out of control; today, he is in recovery and thriving in his sobriety.
The mission of Our Young Addicts is having parents and professionals work together in our local communities. Watch their news clip here.