SHAIR 112: "The Murphy Method" with Cory Murphy, from Heroin Addict to inspirational speaker.
The SHAIR Recovery Podcast
Omar Pinto
4.8 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2017
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Cory Murphy is an award-winning scholar and world traveler. He's also a former heroin addict. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he relocated at the age of 20 to start a new life drug-free. Since then, he has studied abroad on numerous occasions, learned multiple languages, and graduated at the top of his class from the University of Cincinnati's Carl H. Lindner College of Business.
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Cory now works in management at one of the largest corporations in the world. In his free time, he shares his story in hopes of inspiring others who have been affected by addiction, both directly through actual usage and indirectly through dealing with a friend or family member that has struggled with drug abuse.
Since he got clean from Heroine Cory put together on a blog what he calls the Murphy Method. Here are a few suggestions from Cory.
For many years, I've looked back on my life and reflected on what I did differently from most other addicts to not only get clean, but to have a recovery in such stark contract with that of my friends. I'll certainly delve into this method throughout a series of blog posts, and eventually a book, but in the meantime I can offer a brief summary.
Run! Do whatever it takes to get out. Just go. Right now.
My first observation was that successful recovery efforts began when a drastic decision was made. It seems to me like many addicts sit on the fence for too long about what exactly to do or wait to make a decision. Recently, my dear friend Sarah passed away from an overdose and on her Facebook wall another one of her close friends posted about how the two of them had been planning to move to Florida to start over a new life. They didn't make it. They didn't make it because they didn't act fast. There just isn't time- when you're gripped by addiction you need to go away, and go right now. How far away? I would recommend having at least an entire state or two between you and your home state, but the further away you go, the better.
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Join us now as Cory takes us through his battle with Heroin Addiction and his journey of recovery up until today!
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| 0:00.0 | Run. Just get the hell out. Wherever you are right now, you need to look around and you need to realize everyone doing drugs with you right now is an enemy. They are not your friend. They are not your brother. I don't care how much time they say, brother and hug you. They are not. They are your enemy. They are there to destroy you. |
| 0:20.7 | That was Corey Murphy and this is the Share Podcast. and hug you, they are not. They are your enemy. They are there to destroy you. |
| 0:24.7 | That was Corey Murphy, and this is the Share Podcast. |
| 0:31.9 | It's time for the Share Recovery Podcast, where we bring you amazing life-changing success stories from addicts and alcoholics all over the world who share their inspiring journey and recovery. |
| 0:36.9 | And now here's your host, Oh. |
| 0:42.5 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of the Share podcast, and today we have Corey Murphy |
| 0:47.7 | joining us on the show. |
| 0:49.4 | And Corey is an award-winning scholar and world traveler. |
| 0:52.8 | He is also a former heroin addict. |
| 0:56.1 | Corey has been clean for over 12 years from active addiction, but his story of heroin |
| 1:01.4 | addiction and how he battled it is an absolute roller coaster ride. |
| 1:07.4 | Corey is a wicked smart kid. |
| 1:09.3 | He's super funny. |
| 1:10.2 | I truly enjoyed recording this episode. We had a lot of |
| 1:13.8 | laughs. We had a lot of fun. It's an episode you absolutely don't want to miss. So let's dive into |
| 1:19.3 | Corey's story, but first, if you have not yet rated and reviewed the Share Podcast, please, |
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| 1:39.8 | Now, in the past, many of you have asked, hey, oh, how can I help support the show? |
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