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What happens when your only friend is your dealer?
Welcome back to Creating Consciousness. This week's guest is Anthony, host of the Recovering Outloud podcast, and this is easily the most vulnerable conversation I've had on the show.
This week's guest is Anthony, host of the Recovering Outloud podcast, and this is easily the most vulnerable conversation I've had on the show. Anthony walks me through the whole arc — what an addict's brain actually feels like, why the same wiring that made him spiral gets channeled into podcasting today, the difference between physical sobriety and emotional sobriety, why steroids and body dysmorphia were the gateway back into his relapse after almost a decade of recovery, why harm reduction saved his life even though he's ultimately an abstinence guy, and what actually happened in that Royal York lobby that got him to call his wife and say "I'm ready."
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 The Podcast Origin — Counselor Vince And Pink Cloud Sobriety
00:06:15 6 Garbage Cans And 5 Lids — The Addict Brain
00:07:51 Cross-Addictions — Golf, Jordans, Shopping, Gambling
00:12:56 The Lengths I Would Go To Get Cocaine
00:16:22 Harm Reduction Vs Abstinence — When Each One Works
00:21:12 Food Addiction, Body Dysmorphia, And Male Vanity
00:24:01 The Steroids That Led Me Back Into Relapse
00:28:15 What Rock Bottom Actually Means
00:29:53 The Royal York Hotel Story — January 2025
00:34:35 Cocaine Psychosis And The Only Friend I Had
00:37:52 The Security Guard Who Let Me Clean My Room
00:44:35 I Called My Wife And Said I'm Ready
00:45:16 What To Do When Someone You Love Is Using
00:49:14 The Photos My Wife Kept Sending Me
00:53:27 Spirituality, Higher Power, And A Shift In Perception
01:00:05 Multiple Choice Game Segment
If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction or substance use, please know that help is available and recovery is possible. Anthony's podcast Recovering Outloud is one place to start. Additional resources:
ConnexOntario — 1-866-531-2600 — free 24/7 mental health, addictions, and problem gambling information and referrals in Ontario
Al-Anon — meeting information at al-anon.org — for loved ones of people struggling with addiction
Talk Suicide Canada — 1-833-456-4566 — 24/7 support if you or someone you know is in crisis
Kids Help Phone — 1-800-668-6868 — for young people needing support
If you or a loved one is in immediate danger, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
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