The Addiction Podcast-Point of No Return
Episodes
More on Marijuana - Interview with Lynn Posyton and Bonni Snider
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we spoke more about marijuana. Lynn Posyton works for a company and her main job description is to educate children and other groups on the tr...
Garth's Story - Pot at Age 12 - All Downhill from There
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's podcast is an interview with Garth. Garth is 26 years old and began his addiction history when he was 12 years old and smoked his first join...
Drug Trends and Dismantling in Florida - Steve Collins, Dir of HIDTA
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joanie was at the 6th Annual Southeastern US Regional Drug Prevention Summit and interviewed several of the attendees. This podcast is an interview ...
Kratom - Part 2 - And What About Suboxone
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Obviously we struck a nerve with our outright condemnation of Kratom in our last episode. We want to let you know that we don't think Kratom is righ...
Kratom - the new Wonder Drug - but still a drug
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
People are touting the new drug Kratom as the solution to Suboxone addiction, but did you know that Suboxone was touted as the solution to Methadone; ...
Heroin, Benzos and Meth - Oh My!
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's really nothing new in the field of substance abuse and nothing that Narconon hasn't seen. Having said that some addicts are now cooking up m...
Rony's Story - From MIami Gangs to the Military to Helping Others
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rony grew up among the gangs in Miami. Introduced to drugs by his cousin, he rapidly moved from marijuana to heavier drugs. After a stint in the U...
Who is the Real Victim in Addiction?
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When people think of drug or alcohol addiction, often the addict is thought of as the victim. However, the real victim, we feel, are those close to ...
Pinellas County Sheriff Robert Gualtieri Speaks - "A Finger in the Dike."
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is an interview with Pinellas County Sheriff Robert Gualtieri. Sheriff Gualtieri has been dealing with drugs for decades in this area a...
Zach's Story - From Pot to Psych Drugs to Recovery
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is Zach's story. Zach started with marijuana at age 15 and eventually moved onto heavier street drugs. He also ended up on various ps...
Merry Christmas - Our Wish for You
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays can be a very stressful time for addicts and their loved ones. We hope, if you are a loved one, that you get your addicted loved one in...
An Interview with Admiral James Winnefeld
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In September of this year, the 19 year old son of Admiral James Winnefeld (ret) died from an overdose of heroin mixed with Fentanyl. He had just com...
An Interview with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Pam Bondi was elected as Florida's attorney general in 2010, Florida was #1 in the country for pill mills - places where you could literally walk...
No One is Immune to Addiction
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We have lost some amazing artists due to drug and alcohol addiction. We hope that any of our listeners who either are artists and addicted or who kn...
Forgiven but Not Forgotten
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Once again we send the message that to wait until after the hoidays to get help for your addicted friend or family member is a really bad idea. Fami...
Rehab for the Holidays - it's a Good Choice
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Often friends and families of addicts say that they want to wait until after the holidays to get treatment for their addicted friend or family member....
Kent Runyon - Another Solution to Heavy Addiction from Novus Detox
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things we do on this podcast is offer solutions and resources to the problem of drug and alcohol abuse. Today's podcast is an interview w...
Give the Gift of Life without Drugs
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Often families want to wait until after the New Year to get their loved one into treatment but NOW is the time to get help to your family member or fr...
State Attorney Aronberg's War on Drugs
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's podcast is an interview with Dave Aronberg, State Attorney for Palm Beach County in Florida. Dave has worked diligently throughout his caree...
Drug Free America - an Interview with Amy Ronshausen
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drug Free America Foundation is fighting the good fight against drug abuse in this country. DFAF and it's sister organization - Save Our Society fro...
Free Drug Education for All Ages
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There is an organization - Drug Free World - and they provide hard hitting, true information about drugs and why to avoid them. The booklets, DVDs, ...
A Pharmacist's Take on Addiction and Some Alternatives
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast is an interview with Pamela Seefeld. Pamela is a practicing pharmacist and pharmacognosy consultant. She offers natural soluti...
Christian's Story - Psych Drugs at Age 11 to a Happy Life Now
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Started on psychiatric drugs at age 11, Christian moved to marijuana, opiates and heroin and by age 17 was shooting heroin. Christian just finishe...
Do We Now have a Syndemic vs. an Epidemic and What does That Mean?
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The opioid epidemic has spun off so many other "epidemics" that it is now being referred to as a syndemic. We have a syndemic in this country. Dru...
Legalization vs. Education - which will work?
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There is a thought out there that legalizing or decriminalizing the use of dangerous drugs might be a solution to addiction. But is this the answer?...
Are Insurance Companies Feeding our Addiction?
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's sad when insurance companies will pay for addictive drugs but not for drugs which might work as pain killers or sedatives but which are more expe...
Lest we Forget the "Legal" Drug - Alcohol - Cass' Story
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a true story of alcohol addiction and redemption. This is Cass' story and it's a hard hitting case of alcohol addiction. Cass is clean and...
Get Ready for the Holidays
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays are rapidly approaching - it's September already - and often families of addicts want to wait until after the holidays to get the addict ...
Learn2Cope.org - Helping Families in Need
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When a family member is addicted to drugs or alcohol, it is devastating on the other members of the family. There is shame, regret, fear, anger - a ...
Something Can Be Done About It
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are resources for friends and families of addicts. One resources is a support group - Learn2Cope.org. Often when someone has an addict in th...
A Drug by Any Other Name... - Adderall and Methamphetamine
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Because Adderall is prescribed by a doctor, must be OK, right? Not so. Adderall is the same chemically as methamphetamine. So do you want to giv...
Mom & Dad's Story
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The loved ones of an addict have a very different perspective of what is happening in the life of the addict and living with an addict is a different ...
Opiates - The Pinball Effect
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast covers opiates again. How pervasive they are and how they lead to other problems. This epidemic is symptomatic of a society that want...
The Opioid Epidemic - It's Not Just for the Homeless
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gone are the days were addicts were homeless in cities, dirty and shooting up in alleys. Now they are young and old people in very nice neighborhood...
Is the Country Going to Pot?
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've got no beef with medical marijuana but legalizing it for recreational use? Not a good idea. Just look at Colorado and all the problems they ar...
Aydin's Story
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aydin is a beautiful young man who turned to drugs because of an inability to talk to his parents about his feelings and emotions. Sounds like a sim...
A Mom's Story
08 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This mom's son started with alcohol in high school and moved onto other drugs such that this mom found her son unconscious. She contacted Narconon a...
Addiction by Any Other Name
01 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It is a disservice to call someone an addict. That, in fact, labels the person and also puts a stigma on the person. What do you think of when som...
Crystal Meth - Not So Much the Underachiever
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There is so much attention on opioids now with the deaths occurring on a regular basis, that crystal meth is being ignored. The problem is that the ...
Csira's Story - Addicted at 20 and Her Road to Recovery
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Csira is a beautiful young woman who was an addict at 20. She's not only clean, but she's trained now in how to help others and she works at Narconon ...
Drug Addiction is not Discriminatory
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drug addicts are stereotyped as poor (and how you could be poor and do drugs is a mystery); illiterate and amoral. While morals may be an issue in t...
Saying No to Drugs - Are you Educating your Kids?
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If there's one conversion you have to have with your children it is about drugs. It is about the prevalence of drugs in our society and that it's no...
Enabling or Helping, NOT the same thing.
27 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you're an addict and you need help, sometimes what you get from your friends and family is more enabling than actual help. And if you're the frie...
Derek's Story - A Mother's Persistence
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Derek - a handsome and friendly young man. He started on drugs at age 12 when he was introduced to marijuana. He was an athle...
Synthetics are NOT a Solution
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The current mentality and methodology for treating drug addiction is to substitute a "less dangerous" drug for the one addicted to. It's a "drug for...
When Help Fails
06 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The standard 28 day rehab program often fails. When you consider that someone did not become addicted in 28 days - it took years upon years of scali...
Can Drug Rehab Cure Pain?
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A large percentage of people addicted to drugs started on pain killers for some sort of pain. The thing is that the drugs can exacerbate the pain an...