Far From Finished Podcast

Far From Finished Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 83: Michelle
March 05, 2018

Drinking alcohol was a way for Michelle to suppress her emotions of grief, abandonment, disappointment and heartache. She noticed that when she was able to go out everything was associated with alcohol whether it was a yoga party or happy hour. Struggling

Episode 82: Ilan
February 26, 2018

Life growing up was difficult for Ilan. He learned a tremendous amount but today it’s easy for him to look back and see how that life led him to addiction. Ilan needed ways to cope because he needed something. Addictions to food and love were how he cop

Episode 81: Dustin
February 20, 2018

When Dustin looks back at his addiction he remembers judging a lot people for a lot of the ways they lived their lives. When he became rebellious, he rebelled against a lot of the things he didn’t like about society. He was angry, hated the world, and h

Episode 80: Dave
February 12, 2018

Dave was sober for 11 years and then he turned 12. It all went downhill for him. For Dave buying drugs was as easy as going through a fast food drive-thru.  He could walk down a block get a bag of dope for $10 which for him was like doing four percocets

Episode 79: Nick
February 05, 2018

When Nick was using drugs he felt like the man. He never wanted to live another day in his life without feeling like that. All of his anxiety was suddenly gone. He could talk to anyone. He could do anything. The thing was that he couldn’t stop. It lead

Episode 78: Matt
January 29, 2018

Matt remembers the first time he took a pill. It felt like pure bliss and happiness. He didn’t care what his friends thought of him as long as he had his pills. At 16 he was convincted of home invasion — specifically breaking into people’s houses an

Episode 77: Michael
January 22, 2018

Michael likes to say that his first addiction was to violence and anger because he was an angry kid. It didn't take much to get him to fight someone or to do something in a violent manner. He found a way to channel that rage into MMA, but an injury led Mi

Episode 76: Thomas
January 16, 2018

Thomas grew up as a very sensitive kid. He was very bookish and a bit of an introvert. He believed that he was an addict from day one because he was always using something to self-medicate and calm myself down — whether it was retreating from the world

Episode 75: Missy
January 08, 2018

Missy’s drug of choice was Adderall. She used it to get ahead. She started using it to study and she just couldn’t stop once she started. In her mind Missy didn't think she was a drug addict she thought she was just doing what everyone else did. She h

Episode 74: Andrea
January 02, 2018

Andrea’s codependence started at a very young age. She used relationships as her higher power. It was similar to her relationship with alcohol in that she was obsessed with it. She was obsessed with fixing a relationship she was in. According to Andrea,