The Addiction Podcast-Point of No Return

Youtube Influencer "CG Kid" Tells His Story of Addiction and Recovery

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Philip Markoff is an online influencer and thought leader on addiction education; he is known as his alias "CG Kid" and obtained a large audience prim...

Melissa A. Bond - The Dangers of Prescription Benzos

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa's story is different than pretty much any other we've told on this podcast.  She was prescribed Ativan when she had her second child and coul...

Darren Prince, Major A-List Hollywood Agent's Fall and Recovery

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From selling his first business at age 19 to building a multimillion-dollar A- list talent agency, Darren Prince has experienced what life is like in ...

Michael DeLeon - Drugs Almost Killed Me - I Won't Let That Happen to Others

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is an ex-offender and former addict and gang member. After 12 years in prison he finally had his "point of no return", he became determined to...

NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk on Drug Education

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marshall Faulk was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons, both for the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams. In 201...

Dr. Cali Estes- I Married a Junkie- Here's Our Story Today

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Cali Estes has her own history with addiction involving food.  But dealing with that and studying the whole area of addiction made her much more ...

Marianne Perez - A Mother Who Never Gave Up

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

IIn 2002, Marianne Skolek Perez's daughter Jill died at the age of 29 after being prescribed OxyContin for back pain. As a nurse employed at a large m...

Kathleen Pooler - Author, Wife and Mother of Alcoholics- Her Story

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen left her husband due to his heavy drinking, thinking this would protect her children.  However, the cycle of alcohol abuse was repeated in h...

Narcoland TV Star - Started Smoking Pot at 7 - Thirty Plus Rehabs -Recovered

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Goyer began his addiction journey with pot at age 7.  He, like so many others, worked his way up to pretty much all drugs - heroin, coke, me...

Recovered Meth Addict Awarded FBI Community Leadership Award

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Kressy was bullied had many childhood issues. As a teen he became a meth addict for 11 years. Stealing, after being arrested, he was shown compassi...

Branislav's Letter to His Addicted Mother

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Branislav Jankic's story is not so much about his addiction as it is about him dealing with his mother's addiction to drugs and alcohol.  When his mo...

Incredible Recovery After 15 Years Addicted to Nearly Every Drug

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Drew's addiction began before the 7th grade with prescription drugs for "ADHD".  Add an abusive father, anger issues and add pot, meth, coke, ecstasy...

Jam Alker - RockStar Uses Music to Help in his Recovery

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jam Alker is a songwriter who spins his experiences into stories. These stories, told through music, often touch on life's dark, gritty underbelly, wi...

Austin's Story - A Wyoming Recovery And Healthy Baby

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Austin is a husband and father living in rural Wyoming. He was raised in a family struggling with addiction and while he swore he wouldn't go down tha...

Tony Denison - Award Winning TV Star's Road to Recovery

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is an interview with award winning actor Tony Denison - co-star of TNT's #1 drama series "The Closer" and "Major Crimes".  He describes ...

Maureen's Story - Memoir of Delinquent Girlhood

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A prize winning nonfiction writer's account of a troubled adolescence spent immersed in alcohol, drugs, and crime. She is author of "Body Leaping Bac...

Jade Eilers - Miss Teen Ohio is a Strong Advocate for Being Drug Free

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jade Eilers is title holder of Miss Teen Ohio International 2019, placing top 5 in the world. These titles have given her an International audience fo...

Alexis Johnson's Story - Arrested While in a Hospital Bed. But made it.

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

TV co-star in "60 Days in Narcoland", Alexis Johnson is 4 years clean and sober. She has suffered everything imaginable, from 7 overdoses, 2 flatline...

Big Pharma Paying Up and More on Vaping

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jason and Joanie talk about pharmaceutical companies recently being sued and having to fork over millions, if not billions for their part in this whol...

Former NFL Player Grant Feasel's Tragic Story as told by his wife Cyndy

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Grant Feasel was a starting center and long snapper for the Seattle Seahawks from 1987 to 1992. During that time he suffered multiple traumas and use...

Paul Fletcher - Former Major League Pitcher and Now Recovered Alcoholic

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Paul Fletcher was a major league baseball player for the the Phillies and Oakland Athletics, many of his teammates drank. Alcohol was readily ava...

Lee's Emotional Story - Drugs, Dealing, Stripper, Sober. Incredible story.

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Burns says himself that with his upbringing there was no real reason to start drugs except that at a young age he started down a road of self doub...

Kim's Mathis' Story - From Dope Baby to NFL Wife, Entrepreneur and Author

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There have been several news articles printed about how addicted mothers give birth to addicted babies.  This podcast interview is from the viewpoint...

More on Vaping - Fasten Your Seat Belts

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We recently published an episode with Dan Zsido (former Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy) about vaping and we have gotten some very passionate feedbac...

Eric Burgiss - The 108 Challenge

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Burgess excelled at baseball.  Then, due to a bad car accident, his world and his family fell apart.  Starting with marijuana at a young age, h...

Barbie Rivera - Pay Me $5K to Drug My Students?

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

About 29 years ago, a public school teacher told Barbie Rivera that her 6 year old son had a mental disorder and she needed to put him on a mind alter...

Dan Zsido - Vaping - Not As Safe as You Think

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Zsido has had 15 years of narcotics investigative experience with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. He established and supervised the the Stra...

Erin's Story That No Mother Should Endure

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Erin's story is horrific for any mom to deal with.  Not only did she lose her beloved son to a heroin overdose but when she started a foundation to s...

Justin's Struggle -Ten Rehabs and Finally a Happy Life

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justin's struggle with addiction is not so different from other former addicts' stories and yet, it's different. He started on drugs, alcohol and Adde...

Jennifer Gimenez - From Super Model Movie Star to Addict and Back

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Gimenez had it all. She was a beautiful Argentinian young lady who became a model and graced the cover of all the top fashion magazines. She ...

Tim Ryan - From Tragedy to Redemption and Hope

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Ryan has been a huge success in business. He's made millions. But drugs and alcohol took everything away from him - his money, his companies, his ...

From Addict to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist - Michael Dash

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are many kinds of addiction. Our guest on this episode was addicted not only to cocaine and Adderall but also gambling. He has always been a suc...

Pastor Michael Carter and His Message of Hope

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pastor Michael Carter began his journey into addiction at the tender age of 6 where he saw that those who used drugs had money, power and influence. ...

Kids Smoking BedBugs We Don't Think So.

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Recently there was some fake news about kids smoking bed bugs.  It appeared that the television station reporting same, said that it was a joke and t...

Pastor Jordan - The Hope Doctor

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Basha Jordan has been a pastor for decades. But more importantly, he is known as The Hope Doctor.  Why? He himself has been challenged and is a f...

Landon Korabek's Tragic Story as told by his Mother

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Susan Korabek, mother of Landon Korabek. Landon Korabek was a talented athlete, a bright student, and an extraordinary guitarist. He...

Chris' Story

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris' story at the outset doesn't sound that different than many of the stories we've told on the podcast. What does it take for someone to reach the...

Jay Shifman's story

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jay's story is one that we haven't heard before.  Prescribed psychiatric medications at a very young age, he ended up addicted to several of those as...

Addiction and Denial

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joanie and Jason back in the studio and talking addiction.  What is denial really?  So often Jason encounters parents and loved ones of addicts who ...

Josie and Her Parents - Their Story

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the past, we have interviewed Narconon graduates and related their story of addiction, treatment and sobriety.  We have also interviewed members o...

Dave Chase - the Opioid Crisis Wake-up Call

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is an interview with author Dave Chase.  His latest book focuses on the Opioid Crisis.  The opioid crisis is not an anomaly. Inste...

Diane Stein - Dangers of Psychotropic Drugs

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Diane Stein is the President of Citizens Commission on Human Rights in Florida.  She adds a unique perspective on the role that psychiatric mind-alte...

Kelly Beazley - Behind the Scenes in the West Virginia Drug Epidemic

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of one unbelievably unethical doctor in West Virginia - Dr. Raj Masih - who was not only responsible for at least one death, but for...

Bobby Newman's New Intervention Approach

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bobby Newman is an interventionist with a 90% success rate of getting people into treatment. He is a former addict, so knows all the whys and wherefor...

Ted McGrath's Path from Addiction to Successful Entrepreneur

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is an interview with Ted McGrath.  Ted is a highly paid consultant, coach, motivational speaker, actor and entrepreneur.  Following ...

Benjamin's Story - From DJ Addict to Recovery

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin is from Denmark and started on drugs when he was DJing in Denmark.  He is now clean and sober and wants to help spread the word to others. ...

Giles' Story

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Giles has an amazing story of how he finally got out of his drug addiction and makes a point that anyone can beat it. Something can be done. This is a...

Randy's Story - NFL Player from Addicted to Helping Others

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When we think of athletes and drugs, it's general performance enhancing drugs like steroids.  However, when you are a professional athlete and your j...

Drug Prevention Summit Part 3 - Dan Zsido and More

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 100 and Jason and I talk about how it's been and what we are looking forward to with the next 100 episodes.  This is also part 3 of t...

Drug Prevention Summit Part 2 - "Tall Cop"

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our Drug Prevention Summit interviews.  In this episode we interviewed an independent consultant who is an expert on the effects or...

Drug Prevention Summit Part 1 - Former WH Drug Czar - Robert DuPont

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We interview onsite direct from the 7th Annual Drug Prevention Summit, put on by Drug Free America. Part I are interviews with key event speakers incl...

Overdosed: The Film Premiere

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A few months ago we interviewed the producer and director of the feature documentary "Overdosed" which exposes how McKesson pharmaceutical distributor...

Brandon Jordan's Story - A Rock Star's Road to Recovery

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Brandon Jordan was one of the founders of Kill Radio - a punk rock band.  His family had a history of drug abuse, but Brandon didn't start abusing al...

Devin's ADHD Drug Addiction to a New Life

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Devin's story starts similarly to others in that he was prescribed drugs to address ADHD.  Since those drugs are actually stimulants, they caused him...

Author Nate Wilson's Recover - "Zero to Hero"

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nate's story is typical but then not so typical.  Addicted to drugs at an early age, he attempted suicide several times after the death of friends cl...

Angela's Story - Revisited

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Angela is a graduate of Narconon and she was on the podcast last year telling her story.  Her story is unlike any other and addresses those addicts w...

Rock Icon Wes Geer of Korn Now Rocks Others to Recovery

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wes Geer is a successful rock star - literally.  He founded the rock band HedPE and toured with the band Korn.  In 2003, Wes was addicted to methamp...

Nurses are Not Immune to Addiction - Kris Waite's Story

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a replay of the interview with Kris Waite. Kris is a registered nurse and became addicted to Fentanyl while working as a surgical nurse in a h...

Tyler's Story - Addicted at Age 6

03 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler began his addiction story at age 6 when he was put on psych drugs to combat ADD. From there he moved onto Marijuana and then hardcore drugs. Now...

Happy New Year 2019

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Now is the time to get yourself or your loved one into treatment. There is always the New Year's resolution to get clean and sober and no matter how v...

FL AG Pam Bondi on Illegal Drugs Coming into the Country

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Approximately one year ago, we interviewed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on the podcast and she spoke about action she was taking from her "hat" ...

Florida Attorney General Takes Action

14 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Beating the drum once again for getting help BEFORE the holidays - addiction does NOT take a holiday. Also the Florida Attorney General - Pam Bondi - ...

Michael DeLeon's Steered Straight is Saving Lives

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A few weeks ago we interviewed Michael DeLeon.  Michael is a former addict, former felon and since leaving prison for the last time he has dedicated ...

Actor Lillo Brancato's Real "Bronx Tale"

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

July 5th, 1992 and Lillo Brancato is a young man on Jones Beach.  He is seen by a casting agent and ends up being cast in "A Bronx Tale" as Robert De...

Derek's Story Reload

22 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Since Jason is traveling, we are posting today a previous interview of Derek.  We interviewed Derek very near the beginning of the podcast and this i...

A Mom and Daughter's Harrowing Story of Recovery

16 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is Emily's story and that of her mom - Linda.  Emily is a recent Narconon graduate.  She started on drugs at 12 or 13 - drinking and smoking ma...

Overdosed - The Film

09 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is an interview with two of the producers of a new feature-length documentary by Award-winning Editor Mary Sue Connolly.  The film is an...

Nurses are Not Immune to Addiction - Kris Waite's Story

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Even those in the medical field are susceptible to addiction.  You might think that because they are more educated in the effects of drugs on the bod...

Another Indictment of Marijuana with Amy Ronshausen from Drug Free America

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Recently Canada legalized recreational marijuana countrywide.  This is really such a bad idea.  States in the US have legalized marijuana because th...

After Rehab - an Interview with Author Kathy Dion

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kathy Dion has worked inside the addiction arena for more than 20 years.  She's worked with addicts and rehab facilities.  She is a certified specia...

Michael DeLeon - The #1 Booked School Presenter on Drugs and Vaping

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Make sure you are sitting down and are prepared for an emotional roller coaster ride with Micheal DeLeon's story.  The story of addiction and crime a...

A Dad's Story

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jason is traveling to visit his folks but recently we had a father reach out on our Facebook page with the story of his son's addiction and treatment....

Experts say...

28 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A white paper was published in May wherein over 100 people who had done the New Life Detoxification Program (one of the components of the Narconon pro...

The Worldwide View of Addiction

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jason just came back from LA where he met with people in rehab from Narconons across the world.  He also got to see parts of LA that are rife with d...

Author Dave Chase - Our Healthcare System Crisis and Opioids

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Chase is - among other things - the author of a new book - The Opioid Crisis Wake-up Call.  This book is available as a free download at healthr...

The Only Regret is Doing Nothing

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're heading into the holidays.  This is the time of year when some the friends and families of addicts don't want to "rock the boat" because they t...

Kurt's Story - Not for the Faint Hearted

31 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kurt was an addict for 26 years starting at age 15 in high school, to a 'functioning addict' to homeless. Happily married, two kids, nice house. Start...

Dr. Rohit Adi - An ER Doctors Perspective on Treating Addiction

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Rohit Adi has been an emergency room doctor for 26 years and has come face to face for 15 years with treating addiction. A highly certified "Addic...

Spice is Nice and Pot is Legal

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode Joanie and Jason talk about the K2 (spice) overdoses in Connecticut - 76 at one park all at virtually the same time.  One of the d...

Celebrities are People Too

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have spoken many times about the tragedy of the death of some of our most beloved musicians, actors, sports figures and other artists due to drug a...

State of the Addiction Union

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

More and more we are hearing of celebrities and artists who are overdosing with the most recent being Demi Lovato.  More attention needs to be put on...

Addict and Family Intervention Stories - with Bobby Newman

28 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Professional drug interventionist Bobby Newman tells stories of his experiences in helping families and addicts make the ultimate decision-get treatme...

Hear Angela's Journey from Addicted Housewife to a Drug-Free Life

20 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Angela's journey included Percocet, Oxycodone to handle a sports injury, then alcohol and heavier doses of painkillers. Her downward spiral as a mothe...

Jillian's Story Will Sound Familiar But Has a Happy Ending

12 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pot and alcohol in high school. Cocaine and heroin in college. School dropout, recluse. Four rehabs and still craving. Sound familiar? Today we interv...

When Rehabs Fail Then What?

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Jason recounts the story of a family whose daughter had been through several 12-step programs and once again had disappeared into the ...

Kickin' Butt and Takin' Names of Fraudulant Practices in rogue rehabs - Interview with State Attorney Dave Aronberg

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the first decade of the 21st century, West Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg along with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in shutting down t...

Lest we Forget Psych Meds - Interview with Diane Stein

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week's podcast is an interview with Diane Stein who is the President of Citizens Commission on Human Rights in Florida.  CCHR is a mental health...

What did I Do Wrong?

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When friends and family members find out that a loved one is addicted, often - especially with parents - the first reaction is:  What did I do wrong?...

No One is Immune to Addiction - Including doctors -an Interview with Dr. Faye Jamali

07 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Faye Jamali was a very successful anesthesiologist until she broke her wrist and was prescribed a large bottle of Vicodin to handle the pain. Unfo...

Professor Nick Heather - An Expert Weighs in on "Addiction as a Disease"

31 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After much research, some experts now disagree that addiction should be labeled as an actual "disease", but rather is a false assertion prompted and p...

Suboxone, Methodone as "Medically Assisted Treatment" Controversy-An Interview with David Aden

24 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Morphine was supposed to handle opium. Heroin was supposed to handle morphine. Meth was supposed to handle heroin. Each 'cure' turned into their own a...

She Was Fooled and Abused and is Now Helping Solve the Drug Problem

17 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Donofrio heard our podcast and wanted to tell her story.She  grew up with an alcoholic father and then later in a relationship with an alcohol...

Meth Loses a Victim- This is Austin's Story

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Austin's story starts in Georgia at the age of 12, smoking pot. Soon graduated to a life on meth. Burglaries and prison and eventually losing his wife...

Alcohol vs. Marijuana

04 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We have talked about how marijuana is a gateway drug.  This podcast discusses a study in Florida about how alcohol may be a worse gateway drug but in...

Father and Son - addict and dealer - an interview with filmmaker and celebrity actor Jim Meskimen

26 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Meskimen is an incredibly talented - Hollywood film maker, actor, artist, impressionist and comedian.  Jim recently wrote and starred in a short ...

Intervention Explained-Interview with Bobby Newman

19 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the hardest things the loved ones of an addict must face is how to get their addicted family member or friend to agree to treatment.  The addi...

More from Amy Ronshausen - Drug Free America

13 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second time we've had Amy on the podcast.  She is the Deputy Director of Drug Free America and Save our Society from Drugs.  She is one ...

Our Wish for You - a Drug Free Life

05 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We've been getting some heat lately from people who love methadone and suboxone.  What can we say?  We want you to live a drug free life, not depend...

A Legislator in Michigan - Then Alcohol - Now Helping Others - Interview with Craig DeRoche

28 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Craig DeRoche was the youngest Speaker of the House in the state of Michigan.  When his alcohol addiction became public and out of control, his life ...

Be Careful what you Use - You Will Be Shocked at what is Used to Cut Drugs

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On-site at the 6th Annual Drug Prevention Summit. Thom Browne about what is added to drugs to make them more potent and lethal. He has a master's degr...