28 Years on Adderall: Ricki Friedman’s Story of Addiction, Recovery, and Rebuilding Her Life
Ricki Friedman was prescribed Adderall at just 7 years old. After losing her mom to cancer at 13, she battled decades of emotional pain, a secret marijuana addiction, and an identity built around medi...
27 Jul 20251h 17min
Doctor Turned Drug Addict | Inside A Doctor's Brutal Addiction To Opioids
Sheila spent years as a top critical‑care nurse, running ICU floors and even traveling coast to coast as a contract RN. But after a brutal ankle injury and two surgeries, legitimate pain management mo...
25 Jul 202552min
Inside an Alcoholic’s Brutal Fall: From National Champion to Homelessness Drinking Hand Sanitizer
At just 9 years old, Eric watched a man strangle his mother with a phone cord—the same man who later became a convicted serial killer. That moment shaped his entire life. From martial arts champion to...
23 Jul 20251h 14min
The Dark Side of IV Heroin Use: Jail Time, Overdose, and the Road to Sobriety
At just 19 years old, Andrew’s life imploded after selling weed to an undercover cop and spending 30 days in jail. What followed was a six-year spiral into OxyContin, heroin, and IV drug use that near...
21 Jul 202552min
My Brutal Addiction to Perc 30s, Locked Up, and Left for Dead
Maddee was prescribed 300 oxycodone 30s a month after a minor injury. What followed was years of addiction, jail time for marijuana DUIs, a suicide attempt, and being told she had 8 years of prison ha...
19 Jul 202546min
Inside an Alcoholic's Battle with Severe Depression | How I Got Sober & Found Mental Clarity
At 25, Michael Barschi was crippled by anxiety, drowning in addiction, and secretly planning to end it all. Today, he's 22 years sober, a father of three, and one of the most respected therapists in t...
15 Jul 20251h 22min
I Was Living a Double Life | Addicted to Coke & Alcohol, Cheating & Wanting to Die
Kat Sorensen (@socalkattt) drank for the first time at age 7, blacked out by 13, and was married and cheating by her early 20s — all while hiding her addiction behind a successful career. But when her...
12 Jul 20251h 37min
The Dark Side of Alcoholism: I Lost Everything to Alcohol | Relapse in Sobriety
Robert was born into chaos—raised by a controlling mother, traumatized by his father’s suicide at 8, and conditioned to seek validation in everything but himself. After achieving 10 years sober, he re...
10 Jul 20251h 30min
