Saving Lives Through Music: The Untold Story of Recovery Unplugged
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How does music play a role in addiction recovery?
So before we get into it, for the audience that isn't familiar with Recovery Unplugged, can you guys give a little brief description of what it is that you guys are doing and how it was founded?
Sure. So the back story was over 13 years ago, I had several family members and friends in and out of treatment centers, and I was just lost in how to help them correctly. The revolving door culminated in one of my family members being arrested, another one ODing on the teacher's lounge and living, and a friend of mine, I was at a Tony Robbins event, and I said it would be cheaper for me to open up my own treatment center than keep paying for other ones. And he said, well, I know some people that are interested in doing that with music. And I said, I'm not a musician. I'm not a therapist. I know nothing about it. And Marshall Geiser introduced me to Paul Pellinger and Paul introduced me to Richie. And Richie had this concept already called Recovery Unplugged. And the second I met Richie, I knew that's what we were.
18,000.
Yeah. In 12 years. Yes. Yeah.
And it started with, you know, 20 to 30 people a month at the beginning. And now we have almost a little under 500 a month that we're treating.
Wow, that's amazing. Richie, what's been your journey in this with Andrew? Because, I mean, I know you play a big part in it and you're taking your own personal experience and bringing it into this venture. I mean, it's very interesting.
What inspired Richie Supa to join Recovery Unplugged?
Well, after I wrote The Big Aerosmith Hit Amazing, the response I got from people who had addiction problems was, captured my heart. And I started to write songs about, this is prior to getting together with Andrew. I started writing songs about this disease and I wrote a song called, there was a website, which is the largest website for recovery called In The Rooms. And I wrote, they asked me to write their theme song. I wrote the theme song. We went to, and they submitted the song to the Prism Awards in Los Angeles. And I was up against, you know, Eric Clapton and a bunch of people, great songwriters, and I won Song of the Year in 2009. And the response was just unbelievable. And then in 2011, I wrote a song called, What the hell?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Recovery Unplugged and how did it start?
2:19
2
How does music play a role in addiction recovery?
2:08–3:55
3
What inspired Richie Supa to join Recovery Unplugged?
3:55–8:09
4
How does connectivity through music impact recovery?
8:09–12:31
5
What is the significance of personal stories in healing?
12:31–18:44
6
How does authenticity contribute to success?
18:44–53:01
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