F#CK THE STIGMA
By Laisha Martinez
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F The Stigma is a podcast dedicated to breaking the stigma around mental health, addiction, trauma, and the struggles we face in society. Hosted by Laisha Martinez, we have real, unfiltered conversations with guests from all walks of life—advocates, experts, and individuals with lived experiences who share their personal stories, challenges, and triumphs.
Our goal is to normalize these tough conversations, challenge societal shame, and make mental health and addiction resources accessible to all. No one should feel ashamed in their journey
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I Got 3 DUIs Before 20… and It Still Didn’t Stop My Addiction
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Corey Warren EXPOSES the Truth About Addiction Nobody Talks About
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Men Struggling With Addiction — This Story Could Change You
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Over 300 People Die Every Day From Overdoses… Here’s Why
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Meth Addiction & Crime Took Everything From Him… Then This Happened | Garet McLendon
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Surviving Narcissistic Abuse and Addiction at 14
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Doctor & Felon Reveal Why Addicts Relapse
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Decades Lost to Addiction After My Father Took His Life
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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How Our Parents Shaped Our Trauma & Addiction
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Career Criminal Addicted to Crack Went From Bank Robbery to Redemption
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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How Gambling Addiction & Crack Addiction Ruined My Life
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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How Survivor’s Guilt Fueled 10 Years of Addiction
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Kidnapped as a Teen Because of Addiction
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Losing My Friends to Overdoses Nearly Killed Me Too
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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My Drunk Driving Accident Took A Life
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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How Grief and a Toxic Relationship Fueled My Alcohol Addiction
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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I Served A Life Sentence In Prison For Attempted Murder
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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It Took Me 13 Rehabs to Finally Stop Using Heroin
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ex Marine’s Fight Against Physical Abuse and Cocaine Addiction
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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How Sexual Abuse Shaped My Addiction and My Relationship With Men
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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I Lived Under a Bridge For Years Because of My Drug Addiction
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse & Heroin Addiction
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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I Spent Over a Decade Battling Alcoholism Until God Saved My Life
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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I Thought My Dad Dying Made Me an Addict, I Was Wrong
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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My Dad Died From The Same Addiction I Escaped
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Crack Addiction Was My Rock Bottom
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Losing A Multi-Million Dollar Company to Drugs & Addiction
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Struggling with Self Harm Through 7 Years of Addiction
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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6 Years of Heroin Addiction to Now 4 Years of Sobriety
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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How Xanax Addiction and 3 DUIs Changed My Life
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Heroin Addict Hits Rock Bottom and Finds God
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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How Porn Fuels Sex Trafficking & Addiction
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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24 Years Addicted to Heroin & Selling Drugs in Baltimore — I Should Be Dead
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Surviving Cancer & Addiction After Suicide Attempt at 22 Years Old
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Treating Killers Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ex-Nightclub Owner Ian Bick: FBI Arrest to Solitary Confinement
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Trauma Triggered Mental Illness— Family Mental Health Crisis | Mädchen Amick & Mina Tobias
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Bank Robbery To FBI Raid & Reality Of Drugs In Prison
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Surviving Suicide Attempt & Manic Episode
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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10 Years in Baltimore Prison, Violence, Drug Dealing & Addiction
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Addicted to Sleeping Pills & How She Hid It From Everyone
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May 19, 2025 |
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Doctor Chooses Drugs Over Wife & Career
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May 12, 2025 |
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Neglect & Abuse Led Her to Broken Foster Care System
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May 05, 2025 |
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How Crystal Meth Addiction Led Me to Homelessness & Jail
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Struggles of living with Autism & OCD with Sun Hat Kid
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Escaping Demonic LA Street Life & Addiction to Finding Jesus
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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How to Stop Letting ANXIETY & TOXICITY Control Your Life
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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American Idol Winner Noah Thompson Loses Best Friend To Mental Health Struggles
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The Harsh Reality of Schizophrenic Hallucinations & Paranoia
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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A Bronx Tale's Lillo Brancato Addicted to Cr*ck & Years in Prison Leading to Sobriety
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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A Deep Dive into Loss & Longing | The Journey Podcast
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Former Sex Worker Izzy’s Comeback to God & Sobriety
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Losing Her Husband to Addiction Led Her to Become an Interventionist
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Former D1 Athlete overcoming Panic Attacks & Toxic Masculinity
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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How Getting Addicted to Alcohol SAVED MY LIFE
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Corrupt Addiction Treatment Industry, Every Day Drug User to Long Term Sobriety | EP 73
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Chronic Relapser, DUI's to Long Term Sobriety | EP 72
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Losing a Brother to an Overdose, Becoming an Addiction Recovery Advocate | EP 71
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Trans Man Journey, FTM, Gender Norms, Coming out, Political Climate, Kids exposed to LGBTQ+ | EP 70
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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OVERCOMING OCD, BINGE EATING DISORDER, EFFECTS of COVID-19 on MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICATION | EP 69
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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BROTHER PASSING AWAY FROM OVERDOSE, COPING WITH GREIF, DRUGS IN SCHOOL, MENTAL ILLNESS | EP 68
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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BIPOLAR DISORDER Diagnosis, GENDER IDENTITY CONTROVERSY, Positive Psychology, Addiction | EP 67
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Methadone Maintenance, Recovery Debate, DCFS, MAT stigma, Eliza with Pretaa | EP 66
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Todd Schlosser 'The Horror Virgin' Podcast, Therapy, Derogatory Slurs, Toxic Southern Culture | 65
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Coping with Death & Grief in Recovery, Mental Health Struggles, Family Dynamics | EP 64
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Medical Marijuana Stigma, Big Pharma, PTSD Recovery, Marine Corps Veteran, Alcoholism | EP 63
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Decades of Addiction & Alcoholism, Soberlivin.org, Baltimore Opioid Crisis, Forgiveness | EP 62
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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A Real Conversation about Biracial Identity & Addiction | EP 61
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Racist War on Drugs, Harm Reduction, Anti-S*x Worker Policies, Debates, BHRC | EP 60
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Pride Month, LGTBQ + Community, Lesbian Struggles, Invalidation, Religion, Stigma, Identity | EP 59
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Tim Lodgen Surviving 27 Years of Active Addiction in Baltimore, Mens Mental Health, Veteran | EP 58
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May 31, 2024 |
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Gen Z Mental Health Crisis, Drug Accessibility, Drunk Driving, Peer Pressure, Regrets, Rehab | EP 57
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May 20, 2024 |
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Hypnosis, Introverts & Extroverts, Trauma Recovery, Healing, Misconceptions | EP 56
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May 03, 2024 |
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Somatic Healing Through S*x & Love Addiction | EP 55
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Marijuana Controversy, Mental Health Advocacy, Psychosis, Life Coach & Author | EP 54
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Max Bird-Ridnell, Actor to Licensed Therapist, Overmedicated & Over Diagnosed America | EP 53
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Scars of Addiction, Homeless for 2 years, Postpartum Depression, Shame & Stigma | EP 52
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Suboxone Maintenance Controversy, 'JUNKIE', Body Image, Stigmatizing Language, Relapse, Mental Health | EP 51
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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A Real Conversation About Homosexuality, Laisha & Myles' Experiences | EP 50
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA, BLM, IMMIGRANT PARENTS, LATINO MENTAL HEALTH, STUDENT DEBT, EDUCATION ACCESS | EP 49
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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DISEASE OF ADDICTION, UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOLISM, LIFE COACH, 20+ YEARS SOBER, TRAUMA RECOVERY, MISCONCEPTIONS | EP 48
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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T.A.C.O. INC, OVERDOSE AWARENESS, FENTANYL TEST STRIPS, ADDICTION IN COLLEGE, NEURO SCIENCE | EP 47
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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EX-PROSTITUTE, BRANDING COVER UPS, S*X WORK BEING TRENDY, BODY STORING TRAUMA, NEW LIFE! | EP 46
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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4 DUI'S, HEROIN ADDICTED FATHER + BANK ROBBER, TOXIC MASCULINITY, LABELS, ADDICTION | EP 45
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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HIV/AIDS STIGMA, A.C.A.B, TRAFFICKING, ACTIVISM, ADDICTION, GENDER, ARREST, DRAG TIME STORY HR | EP 44
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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F*CK FENTANYL, CONSPIRACY, OVERDOSE DEATHS, PRISON, NARCAN, MOVEMENT | EP 43
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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SHATTERPROOF, ADDICTION, LEGISLATION, RELAPSE, LOVING AN ADDICT, ALCOHLISM, MAT, RECOVERY | EP 42
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, PTSD, TRAUMA & ABUSE, COURT CASES, JOURNEY TO RECOVERY | EP 41
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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'SUN HAT KID' on AUTISM, OCD, FASD, ADD, EVERY DAY CHALLENGES, HOMOSEXUALITY, ABUSE, ADOPTED | EP 40
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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SUICIDE AWARENESS WEEK, SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SELF HARM, FAILED FBI RAID, NEED FOR COMMUNITY | FTS
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Jenny's Sober Lifestyle, FENTANYL CRISIS, ADULT ENTERTAINMENT, 15+ OF DRUGS. BIG PHARMA & MORE | EP39
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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FELON, CONVICT, ADDICT, ENABLING, PRISON, STRUGGLE WITH EMPLOYMENT, END OF HUSTLE CULTURE | EP 38
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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MANDELA EFFECT, COPING with DEATH, 7 Stages of Grief MYTH, Grief Recovery Specialist | EP 37
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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TRANS WOMAN on PHYSICAL ABUSE, HATE CRIMES, TRANSITIONING, MALE PRIVILEGE, GOD, ADDICTION | EP36
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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TRANSGENDER MAN STIGMA, TRAUMA, RESTROOMS, POLICE, DRAG QUEENS, RELIGION, FOSTER CARE, MALE PRIVILEGE | EP 35
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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RELIGIOUS STIGMA, HOMOPHOBIA, SEX WORK, TRAFFICKING, TRAUMA, PTSD, RECOVERY, Samantha w/ ATP | EP 34
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, DEPRESSION & WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE, COPING SKILLS with ROLO & JORDANA | EP 33
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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HOW HE RELAPSED, MENTAL ILLNESS, TRAP HOUSES, TATTOO STIGMA, & HELPING OTHERS | EP32
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May 19, 2023 |
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FIGURE SKATING TRAUMA, PTSD, 449 RECOVERY, ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH, ABUSE & MORE | EP31
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May 09, 2023 |
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Amanda's INTERVENTION ON A&E, LAS VEGAS TUNNELS, HOMELESSNESS STIGMA, TRAUMA | EP 30
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Mental Health Advocate Vanessa sharing her Journey, Impact of Shootings, DBT, Be The Place | EP29
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Julia speaking on Breaking Family Apart, Kidnapping, Coping with Neglect & Mental Health | EP28
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Jeremy on Breathworks, Benefits of Meditation, Coping with Grief, Anger & Healing Inner Child | EP27
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Tamara LMFT sharing her MENTAL HEALTH STORY, THERAPY, GRIEF & LOSS, TRAUMA & THE LGBT STIGMA | EP 26
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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THEO CEO of END OVERDOSE, WHY IT STARTED, FENTANYL EPIDEMIC, OVERDOSE RATES & MENTAL HEALTH | EP25
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Justin on Dark NARCISSISM, the BRIG, Male STRIPPING & ESCORTING, FEAR OF FAILURE, "ME TOO" | EP24
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Spiritual Greg on founding the L.O.V.E. FOUNDATION, STIGMAS WITH GOD, ADDICTION, YOUTH IN NEED | EP23
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Bill Jericho on KENSINGTON, FENTANYL EPIDEMIC, INTERVENTION, CONTAINMENT, ADDICTS EQUAL MONEY | EP22
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Therapist Rory speaking on Addiction, Dyslexia, Adult Hood, Stigma & Questioning Beliefs | EP21
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Safe At My House on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FENTANYL EPIDEMIC, NARCAN, GUN VIOLENCE in SCHOOLS | EP20
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Tristan on Stigmas, FENTANYL, OBJECTIFYING WOMEN, VALIDATION & ADDICTS are the LUCKY ones | FTS EP19
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Rachel's story with SEX TRAFFICKING, ADDICTION, THERAPY, DRUGS, & Growing up | FTS EP18
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Adam Schmidt on Figure Skating ABUSE, MILLION $ LAWSUIT, Passing a BILL & Mental Health | EP17
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Royse speaks on Eating Disorders, Body Dysmorphia, Body POSITIVITY & HATE comments | EP16
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Justin speaking on Military Stigma, Alpha Male, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Mental Health | EP14
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Katie on being BIPOLAR, HITCHHIKING, RUNNING AWAY from Rehab & Stigmas of working at a ZOO | EP15
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Blake Varga Real Estate Agent on STIGMAS with RELIGION, ALCOHOL & Growing up in MALIBU | EP 13
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Cj on the NUDIST COMMUNITY, WHITE PRIVILEGE, DUI'S & going to JAIL | EP12
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Audrey on ABORTION, ROE v. WADE, Stages of GRIEF, and Coping with DEATH | EP11
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Breyden speaking on being HOMELESS in Los Angeles, how he SURVIVED & the Stigmas he faced | EP10
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Kyn Eros Publicist & Musician on the Entertainment Industry, Satanism, Abuse, and Religion | EP9
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Byron Black Gay Man sharing his views on Stigmas, Politics, Drug Use, & Growing up Gay | EP8
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Brittney Kade, Adult Actress & Transgender Woman speaking on her Transition & the Stigmas | EP7
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Izzy Speaking on Stigmas associated with Sex Work, Race, Tattoos, & Addiction Recovery | EP6
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Michael Lynch Founder of Felony Fights Speaks on Drug Use & Felonies opens Resource Center | EP5
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Patrick Robbing Two Banks & Getting raided by the FBI | EP 4
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Piper on the Stigmas of Domestic Violence & Relapse | EP2
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Jordana's Experience with Racial Stigmas & Athletics | EP3
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Matisen's Experience with Stigmas in Psych Wards, Sexual Assault & Rehab | EP1
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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F*CK THE STIGMA INTRO!
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Apr 11, 2023 |