Uncover the hidden complexities of addiction within the prison system as this caller sheds light on the challenges, vulnerabilities, and systemic issues that fuel the battle of addiction behind bars.
37 | Breaking the Chains
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36 | Transcending Shadows
This caller’s plight, a desperate fight, where addiction entwines, as their identity shines, seeking to reclaim what was lost in the fray, on this tumultuous journey, they find their own way.
35 | High Stakes Habit
This caller’s innocent pastime turned into a compulsive behaviour that had significant negative impacts on his life. His story highlights how society’s normalization and glamorization of certain behaviours can exacerbate an addiction.
34 | Medication Misconduct
The story of a nurse, whose addiction became his curse. A crime of opportunity, an easy start, until it consumed him and tore his life apart.
33 | Steeped in Spirituality
Understanding the underlying motivations behind substance use is more important than simply weighing the pros and cons. This caller emphasizes that when these motivations are not understood, substance use can easily turn into substance abuse.
Episode 32 | Attention Tension
Chasing status and social ties, substances can become a guide. For this caller, addiction soon arrived.
Episode 31 | Altercation Salvation
This caller was haunted by his past, so he drowned his pain in booze. Then he became someone he didn’t choose. His journey is one of struggle and pain. But also of hope, and the will to reclaim.
Episode 30 | Steering Sober
For this caller, riding in the fast lane was his addiction. Risk and recklessness became his affliction.
Episode 29 | Transformation Trip
It is common to go from the depths of addiction to the heights of enlightenment. However, this caller found clarity in a most uncommon way, in order to transcend temptation day by day.