S2 Ep8: Story of Substance Use, Recovery, & Helping Others on Thier Journey

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4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Trigger warning: Addiction & suicide are discussed in today’s episode. Please bee kind & mindful that this episode is for when YOU are ready for it.
A face & voice of recovery - Andy Thomas, a friend of Syd’s + Jordan’s co-host of Member Guest Podcast, comes on the podcast to share his story and experiences with addiction & Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Andy shares intimate stories and details on where his journey began, what caused his want to change, forgiveness, conscious choices, and why he continues to share his story with others.

The goal of today’s episode is to inform & give hope to those out there who may be struggling or know someone struggling with SUD. My goal with well said is to give people access to stories and information related to health, wellness, & life - this story is extremely important. Andy encourages others with a story to do the same.
Andy’s journey has turned to be one for helping others - once he dug deep to support himself. Addiction is a lifelong battle, but Andy has found purpose in sharing his story in hopes it will touch another person struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
CALL SYD write in’s are to support amazing listeners and their journey or family’s journey with SUD. Please know you are loved & supported & I am so thankful for everyone who wrote in for advice.

SUPPORT LINKS FOR ADDICTION, SUD, & SUICIDE:
SAMHSA’s National Helpline | SAMHSA: 1-800-622-HELP

Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

SAVE: Suicide Prevention, Information, and Awareness

Shatterproof | Reversing the Addiction Crisis in the U.S.

Home - Faces & Voices of Recovery (facesandvoicesofrecovery.org )

Connect with Andy: Andy Thomas (@andymcnails) • Instagram photos and videos
Get Connected: MY LINKS
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0:37.0	Trigger warning for this episode. Everyone, I want to make sure that you are prepared and know that there will be conversations around addiction, suicide, loss of family members, et cetera. If this is not
0:42.8	something that you can listen to right now, I completely understand when the time is right
0:47.2	and ready or maybe it's not the time for you. This podcast will be sitting waiting for you.
0:51.8	But please be mindful of your mental health and the care for
0:54.9	yourself as you go into listening to this episode. Okay, team, it's about time. We got rolling right
1:00.2	into it. I have someone special here for you today. He's so special. Andy's here from Jordan,
1:06.1	my fiance's podcast, member guest podcast, and he's here to talk about something that I don't think I've
1:11.1	ever talked about in full on an episode. I'm sure we've mentioned in the past in my previous
1:16.4	podcast and especially here today. But I feel like it's so important. Whenever I think about talking
1:21.2	about this thing, I'm like, I need the right person and I need someone who can speak to it, but also
1:26.5	like has a story and can doesn't have a
1:29.1	problem like kind of diving into the past a little bit and talking about their past but can
1:33.8	help people move forward that's more about what this is is moving forward and Andy's here
1:38.3	Andy hi hey how are you good how's the new gig going? It's going good.
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