From the Podcast: Tank Sinatra: Instagram Celebrity & Meme Creator Shares His Road to Sobriety and the Power of Good News
In Episode 18 of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast, Tank Sinatra, author of “Happy is the New Rich” and Instagram Tank’s Good News and host Ashley Loeb Blassingame discussed Tank’s road to sobriety and how he fights today’s growing cultural negativity through good…
From an Idea to 1000 Patients in 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since we founded Lionrock. Nearly a decade since my sister lost her battle with drugs and alcohol. Lionrock is my “revenge” against substance use disorders. Addiction took my sister and almost took one of my daughters. In co-founding Lionrock, I…
From the Podcast: Pat D’Enbeau: A Journey from Substance Abuse to Mountaineering
In Episode three of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast, Pat shared her story with podcast host Ashley Loeb Blassingame. We’ve edited and condensed it here for a fast read. You can listen to the entire interview here. Pat grew up in the suburbs…
From the Podcast: Sarah Scheper: You Can Love Yourself
Favorite Quote: Maya Angelou: “People will forget what you say and what you do, but they’ll never forget the way you make them feel.” You may know Sarah Scheper as one of the stars of VH1’s ‘Love & Listings’ reality TV series showing the behind…
From the Podcast: Flor Edwards: Writing Her Way Out of Trauma
Flor Edwards is Ashley Loeb Blassingame’s guest on Episode 13 of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast. Flor is the author of the acclaimed Apocalypse Child: A Life In End Times, her memoir Publisher’s Weekly calls “a wrenching testimony about a complicated childhood reclaimed.”…
From the Podcast: Christopher Poulos: Setting Legal Policy While Living in Recovery
Christopher Poulos joined host Ashley Loeb Blassingame for Episode 12 of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast to share his incredible story of recovery. Christopher is an attorney and the Executive Director of The Washington Statewide Reentry Council, where he promotes equal access to…
From the Podcast: Kacie Margis: Helping Other Survivors
In Episode 9 of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast, host Ashley Loeb Blassingame talks with Kacie who has survived child molestation, bullying, rape and rape attempts, and the Route 91 mass shooting in Las Vegas. As Ashley says “despite these hardships, Kacie holds…
From the Podcast: Dave P.: Staying Sober No Matter What
In episode six of The Courage to Change: A Recovery Podcast, Dave P. shared his incredible story with host Ashley Loeb Blassingame. We’ve edited and condensed his story for a quick read, but you’ll want to listen to the full episode here. Dave grew up…
From the Podcast: Kara Israel: Waiting For a New Liver
In episode five of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast, Kara shared her story with podcast host Ashley Loeb Blassingame. We’ve edited and condensed it here for a fast read. You can listen to the entire interview here. Kara grew up in Tennessee, in…
When Is The Right Time To Get Help
When is the right time to get help for drug and alcohol problems? I used to ask myself this question a lot. Is my problem bad enough yet? Getting sober felt like a ridiculously big change – way too much. What I learned is, it’s…
30 Is Not A Magic Number
“How long does recovery take?” We hear this question daily. The general answer is that treatment, from detox through step-downs in level of care to outpatient, is generally a 90-120-day process, though this can vary widely, depending on an individual’s needs. “But I thought 30…