Positive Sobriety Podcast

Episode 165 • Adventures in Spirituality, and the Opioid Crisis in Rural America, with Hanna Seariac

Nate and David open the show discussing the neurology of character change, then interview journalist Hanna Seariac, who has spent 2024 investigating the fentanyl crisis in rural Utah. Drug overdose deaths in Utah involving opioids have doubled in the last five years.   In the first article of her series, “The rural Utah community at the crossroads of the fentanyl epidemic (https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/08/10/fentanyl-crisis-in-rural-utah/),” Hanna explores small towns that have seen the devastation of opioid addiction and fentanyl first hand. How did we get here? What can be done to stop this horrifying epidemic from destroying more lives and families?   Hanna searched through years of data and interviewed more than 20 people connected to the crisis, including those in recovery, former fentanyl distributers, law enforcement officials and recovery specialists.   With the second article in the series, Hanna speaks with five Utahns who have nearly lost everything to fentanyl (https://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/08/10/drug-addiction-recovery-in-utah/) and how they have managed to rebuild their lives and find the strength to not only overcome addiction, but to help others.

Books referenced by Nate in this episode are Renovated, by Jim Wilder and Dallas Willard, The Master and His Emissary, by Iain McGilchrist, Banana, The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World, by Dan Koeppel

Episode 164 • Earlier Intervention Saves Lives (and Money), with Dr. Joshua Lee

Why should addiction treatment be restricted to late-stage addicts and expensive specialists?  Dr. Joshua D. Lee provides an alternate vision.  An associate professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and director of the NYU Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, Dr. Lee is a clinician-researcher focused on investigating addiction pharmacotherapies in primary care and criminal justice system-involved populations. He has conducted multiple NIH clinical trials examining the use of naltrexone and buprenorphine opioid and alcohol treatments in criminal justice system-involved adults, at community re-entry, and within primary care settings.

Episode 162 • Reaching Your True Potential with Jenny Teeters

Dually certified business and life coach, published author, trainer, and speaker Jenny Teeters models vulnerability in this remarkable conversation with David and Nate.  Her new memoir, Every Day is a New Day, is available on Amazon and in fine bookstores everywhere.

Episode 163 • Building Resilience with Amy Guerrero

Need help regulating your nervous system, facing your anxiety and practicing healthy self-care?  Take a few minutes to listen to our inspiring conversation with life coach Amy Guerrero.  (You can reach her at https://www.regulatewithamy.com/)

Episode 161 • Spiritual Transformation in Sobriety, with Amy W. Vogel

An inspiring conversation with story coach and literary consultant Amy W. Vogel, author of the personal devotional Come to Me and the fantasy novel Teleosis.

Episode 160 • Embracing an Alcohol-Free Lifestyle with James Swanwick

An upbeat conversation with a remarkable motivator, James Swanwick, author of The 30-Day No-Alcohol Challenge and host of the Alcohol-Free Lifestyle Podcast.  James is the creator of Alcohol-Free Lifestyle, a coaching community for high achievers committed to sober living.

Episode 159 • Radical Recovery with Dr. Robb Kelly

An entertaining and stimulating conversation with Dr. Robb Kelly, whose treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction via telehealth comes with a money-back guarantee.  More information at robbkelly.com

Episode 158 • Facing Life's Challenges Head-On with Jonathan Niziol

David and Nate have an inspiring and surprisingly candid conversation with model and athlete Jonathan Niziol. 
Discover more about Jonathan Niziol and his compelling story on his website: jonathanniziolofficial.com/

Episode 157 • The Healing Power of Curiosity with Blake Roberts

What if, rather than trying harder to suppress unwanted behavior, we would approach it with open curiosity? What is it trying to tell us?  What need are we really trying to meet?  An intriguing conversation with therapist Blake Roberts.

Episode 156 • Food -- Medicine or Medication? -- with Ali Shapiro

An insightful conversation with Ali Shapiro, MS, CHHC, nutritionist, and host of the top 1% ranked podcast Insatiable.