This episode on RecoveryPeople, Brion Oaks Vice President of Health Equity at American Heart Association and Marcy Wilson, the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Stroke Community Outreach Coordinator for Seton Family of Hospitals join Co-Hosts Kirk Zajac an

On this episode of RecoveryPeople, Rob Ruiz shares his journey from troubled Teen and pending Felony to recovery and wellness mentor. He discusses his cathartic moment in jail and his support for the decriminalization of addiction in order to save lives a

Recovery in itself is not a static process.  To be fulfilling, it must be moving, living, breathing and envelop new areas of one’s life, opening up different channels to wellness.  Grant Shipman of Yogabatics, today’s guest, is helpi

If “recovery is a journey from head to heart”, today’s guest maps out the science and philosophy of addiction recovery and of cardiovascular health and wellness. And, he is especially qualified to do so. Dr. Kerby Stewart is a former ER

A Heart Attack at 26 y.o. -- the consequence of addiction led to the gift of recovery. In the absence of hope, not even a near death experience curbed the thought: “If I am going out, I am going out high”. Thankfully today’s guest is now

Click here. We need your feedback.   Sobering fact: people in recovery have higher rates of heart attacks and strokes compared to the general population. More than the damage we did to our organs in active addiction, its the chain smoking, artery clo

The new season of RecoveryPeople begins with diving deep into the diverse culture of recovery.  Katie Barr is a recovered alcoholic and drug addict.  She is also a member of the LGBT community.  We examine her journey through recovery, as s

633,782 homeless in the United States.  Whether it’s by choice or by circumstance, we see them every day.  Have they given up on a better way of life, or is it just part of the social fabric of our era?  In this episode, we get a uniq

There are new forces at work in the recovery industry, and change, although sometimes painful, is undoubtedly necessary.  RecoveryPeople sits down with Ben Levenson, CEO of Origins Recovery Center, and we talk about how the world of addiction treatme

Dude, let’s go rally.  Ben Bass, Executive Director of The Recovery Alliance of El Paso, and Chairman of the Board of Texas Recovers flies in from El Paso, and we talk about the Big Texas Rally for Recovery this Saturday here in Austin, on the