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The O-Zone Ep.1 "Doing It Sober" Clothing with Daniella Park Mar 11, 2016

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On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast is the my very first episode of the O Zone, 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 were going to be interviewing Daniella Park. Daniella is the founder of Doing It Sober clothing company. Join us now as she takes us through her battle with Drug Addiction and her Journey into recovery.Clean Date: September 11th, 2006Omar: So tell us, Daniella, about this beautiful clothing line you have here. I'm looking at your website. I see a lot of beautiful women wearing beautiful clothing. Tell us about your clothing line, I'm so curious and I'm sure our listeners are too.Daniella: When I got sober back in 06 ... I've always been very creative. I'm a painter, just creator. I like to make all sorts of things, lots of folk art, different unique things, but I also have enjoyed coming up with ways that I can motivate people and carry a message of just hope. Even when I didn't know what hope was, I still had the ... I always had it in me. I always wanted to see the good in people. I wanted people to be happy. I wanted them to smile, basically. Having the two combination and then getting sober, I thought, "Wow, what a cool thing. Maybe I should do my own clothing line." I wanted to do all sorts of things when I got sober, a little bit of everything. I was just very excited to actually be able to start living again. I had an idea, and I started making clothes. This was about maybe 2008.It wasn't good timing. I was renting a room, and I had a job at a corporate company, and there was a lot of pressure. It was a sales job, and I really hated it, because I had to knock on doors and drive my car all over Los Angeles. It was just hard, and so it just kind of went away. I lost my passion, and then God kind of revealed more to me, and I made a goal list. I said, "Oh my goodness, I need to make a goal list." Every six months I make my goals. I write them in affirmation form, and I look at them almost every day if possible. They're right where I sit at my desk. One of the goals was, I'm going to prove create two designs for a T-shirt and have them printed and ready to ship by this date.

TSP 56: "Why You Drink and How to Stop" with Veronica Valli: The Sober Girl Telling the World Recovery Rocks. Mar 08, 2016

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On today’s Episode of The SHAIR Podcast we have Veronica Valli joining us. The Sober Girl Telling the World Recovery Rocks, and the author of Why You Drink and How to Stop: Journey to Freedom.Veronica has worked as a therapist specializing in addiction for over 10 years; her experience includes working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment, outreach services and in private practice. Veronica has also worked in local government (in the UK) delivering the local drug and alcohol strategy.

As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict she has personal experience of what it takes to recover from an addiction. Veronica struggled with alcoholism through most of her twenties, as a binge drinker she was aware for some time that something was wrong but was unable to define what it was, a chance meeting led to her finally getting help and turning her life around. In the height of addiction Veronica was unable to go to work without the aid of a drink, although never a daily drinker her life and confidence were in tatters. She now uses this experience to help and inspire others, she fully believes that all alcoholics and addicts can recover if they have access to the right kind of help they can then go on to live 100% lives free from addiction. Veronica is committed to educating and informing the public on problem drinking and addiction.

TSP 55: "The Addiction PTSD Cocktail" with Steve C: Iraq, Alcoholism, PTSD, Veterans Court and Recovery. Mar 01, 2016

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On Today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast we have Steve C. joining us. Steve recently celebrates 4 years clean and sober. His alcoholism took flight primarily during his time in Iraq where he self-medicated with alcohol to manage his PTSD. When he came back from active duty his drinking was coping mechanism in life until his Son falls prey to this deadly disease and Steve seeks help for his Son in the Rooms of alcoholics anonymous where he can no longer deny that he himself is an alcoholic.Today Steve works a rigorous 12 step recovery program as well as spear heading a community outreach program that the local judicial system has adopted as a way to rehabilitate alcoholics that are currently facing prison time. Follow along as Steve takes us through what is now referred to as the Veterans Court.Here is what Steve has to say about his involvement with Veterans Court.One of the mentorship things I do now is I work with a veteran’s court. What the veterans court is it's just like the drug court in that the judges feel that these guys coming back trying to reconnect with society and they're getting in trouble, they want to give them a second chance because they served their country. What they do is they set up this court system. It's a lot like our recovery programs where these guys meet once a week with the judge, and the judge talks to them and wants them to talk about what's going on in their lives, what they're feeling, and kind of puts together a rehabilitation program for these guys to work, ways to give back to society and to make amends. If they do all the things they're supposed to do, they drop the charges at the end of the year.I've been working with these guys coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan as a mentor, and it's kind of a new program in the county that I'm in, so I volunteered. I said, "Let me take all the guys with drugs and alcohol problems," because I said, "I'm the only mentor they have that’s in the program, so that’s what I specialize in." I get these guys, they're coming in and I'm making sure that they're going to meetings. I not only work the veterans program, but I also work their step work with them, too, and make sure they're getting sponsors and they're going to the meetings. That’s the way I've been able to give back.

TSP 54: "Let's Talk About Sex" – Sex Addiction with Jace Downey of Suddenly Celibate Feb 23, 2016

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Today we have Jace Downey joining us on The SHAIR Podcast. Jace is a sex addict. She spent the last 15 years living a double life. She destroyed her life so many times, and finally decided to end it. She hated myself. She read the self-help books, tried trial and error experiments to get better and was seeing multiple therapists. Nothing helped or made any sense. She was destructive, a bad friend, selfish and a complete mess. The idea for suicide didn’t come from a place of dramatic depression. It really just seemed like the next best step.“I was miserable; I made those around me miserable, and the only people who liked me didn’t know me at all. I just couldn’t go on doing it anymore. I wanted to turn to the escape I had used so many times in the past, but I couldn’t do it. The urge to evade the pain I was feeling was so overpowering that I began to wonder. If sex releases chemicals in the brain similar to that of drugs, could it be just as damaging?This question prompted me to do a little research before making the big final decision.Like a flash of light in a dark room, my world was illuminated. I read deeper and discovered I was definitely not alone and that there was a solution.I joined a recovery program that week, and for the first time in my whole life I felt like I belonged somewhere. I was home.”Join us now as Jace takes us through her battle with Sex Addiction and her inspirational Journey into Recovery.

053: "Addiction, Recovery, and God" with Buddy C - turning self-will over to a power greater than yourself. Feb 16, 2016

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On today’s episode of The SHAIR Podcast we have Buddy C. joining us. Buddy battled with alcoholism for 6 years. During those 6 years his wife was ready to leave him, he developed pancreatitis and spends 6 weeks in the hospital undergoing 2 surgeries. He managed to survive these two surgeries and as soon as he got out of the hospital starts drinking again.Buddy would then chronically relapse multiple times until he finally surrenders to recovery and ultimately finds God. Today Buddy is a pillar in his AA community living his life entirely in service to God. He has found his purpose in life and that is to help others on a daily basis. Buddies story is nothing short of a miracle. Join us now!Do you have a favorite book that you would recommend to a new comer that you read in early recovery?Practicing the Presence of God - Brother LawrenceIf you could give our newcomers only 1 suggestion, what would it be?Jump all in, don’t hold back because as long as you hold back, this will not work. That’s been my experience. As long as I thought I had any part of the solution at all, even a little bit of the solution, it didn’t work for me no matter how much I wanted it, how much I needed it, it didn’t matter until I was able to say, “God, I am powerless. I cannot do this. If it happens, it’s going to be you.”

Until I was able to say that and along with the, I remember when I prayed the prayer, ‘God work your will in my life regardless of what it takes.’ When I prayed that, it started happening, it started happening, when I could sincerely say that and that took 6 years of getting beat up, and I hope it doesn’t take you 6 years … some people it takes longer and there’s, some people come and get 1 white chip and they’re done. Man, it took 6 years for me to say, “No, I can’t do it. I’m letting go.” I held on for that long and so I would say, just jump all in.

051: Hope and Addiction with JR Hamel – Celebrates 1 Year Clean and Sober and shares his horrific 23 Year battle with Alcoholism! Feb 02, 2016

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Today we have JR Hamel joining us on The SHAIR Podcast, the founder of Hope and Addiction, a blog where JR shares his experience, strength and hope. JR is married with three wonderful children. He has been struggling with Addiction and Mental Health problems for 23 years. He has undergone intense In-Patient treatment, Out Patient treatment and one on one therapy. JR himself has worked in the Mental Health field for 14 years before resigning to focus on his own recovery. He is now a stay at home father who has a new purpose in life, to share his story with anyone who will take the time to read them on his Wordpress Blog Hope and Addiction and maybe give others Hope with their own struggles in life.

BLAB 01: Focus on Meditation - Sobriety, Recovery and Beyond Jan 28, 2016

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On today's Episode of The SHAIR Podcast our focus will be on meditation. Our featured guest will be my wife Marcela Diaz and she will be answering questions from our listeners that would like tips on how to get the most out of their own meditation practice.

Michael Hilton, Stephanie Schilling and I host a BLAB online meeting every other Sunday called Sobriety, Recovery and Beyond and I have downloaded the audio from that online meeting for our listeners to enjoy on The SHAIR Podcast. We hope you enjoy the meeting.

050: Stop Drowning & Reach Out for Help with Stephanie Schilling – From raging alcoholic to Radiant Perspective! Jan 26, 2016

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Stephanie Schilling is a blogger, and an aspiring writer. She has written about her battle with alcohol and drug addiction along with her inspiring journey of recovery in articles featured in the Real Edition, Sober Nation and the Elephant Journal. She’s passionate about life and helping others, and she is not silent about her recovery. She’s been clean and sober since December 31, 2011, and is grateful to give back what was so freely given to her. Join us now as she shares her story with us today!

SHAIR 49: 7 Habits for Peaceful Sobriety with BD Nino – From full blown alcoholic to Marathon Runner, Vegan and Recovery! Jan 19, 2016

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Today we have Bryon 'BD' Nino, joining us on the SHAIR Podcast. The author of 7 Habits for Peaceful Sobriety: Kick your addictions, reclaim your health and thrive! Bryon is a vegan and marathon runner who was inspired to completely change his lifestyle once he got sober. Overcoming addiction can be one of the most difficult things we do. It doesn't have to be though. These 7 habits bring peaceful lasting sobriety along with a wellness of body, mind and spirit that's nothing short of remarkable. These same habits have worked for me and many others.

Rule 62 - Episode 6 - Sober Podcasts Unite to discuss New Years Resolutions Being of Service and Relapse! Jan 14, 2016

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On today’s Episode our Sober Podcast panel discussion featuring Paul Churchill from the Recovery Elevator and Shane Ramer from That Sober Guy and O from The SHAIR Podcast answering questions from our listeners and discussing New Years Resolutions Being of Service and Relapse.

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