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Podcast Season 3/E9 – Alex

In today's episode, Blake has the honour of speaking with Alex, a celebrated Hip Hop artist, mural artist, storyteller and educator. Alex touches upon his family's generational trauma and battles with addiction. Alex's story is one of healing, discovering his culture ...
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Podcast Season 3/E8 – Leeroy

In today’s episode, Blake sits down with Leeroy, a renowned singer-songwriter who shares his challenges with addiction and navigating those waters while trying to make his way in the music industry. Leeroy talks about the challenges that he had to work through once sober...
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Podcast Season 3/E7 – Nic

In today's episode, Blake sits down with Nic, who shares how he and his brother fell from a life of adolescent partying into a life of addiction. Nic shares how a brief period of homelessness gave him the desire to make a change once and for all. Nic also speaks to hi...
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Podcast Season 3/E5 – Barb

In today's episode, Blake sits down with Barb who shares her unique recovery experience. Barb is an example of how addiction can take hold of anyone at any stage of life and how individual one's road to recovery can be. Have a listen to Barb’s story here.  
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Podcast Season 3/E4 – Jeff

In today’s episode, Blake sits down with Jeff who shares his story of overcoming his battle with addiction and mental health, and how near death experiences drove him towards a life of recovery and gratitude. Have a listen to Jeff's story here.
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Podcast Season 3/E3 – Derek

In today's podcast, Blake sits down with Derek, a participant in this year's Recovery Campaign and a team member of the Umbrella Society. Derek talks about how he overcame his will to use and the challenges he faced when changing his way of thinking surrounding his su...
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Podcast Season 3/E2 – Kevin

In today’s episode, Blake sits down with Kevin, who shares a story of overcoming adversity and a family history of addiction to find a rewarding life in recovery. Kevin’s story is an incredibly inspiring example of forgiveness, acceptance and how someone can find unique...
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Podcast Season 3/E1 – Darryl

In the season 3 opener, Blake sits down with Darryl, a member of this year's Recovery Campaign. Darryl shares his story of how addiction took hold of himself and his wife and threatened the survival of their family. In his courageous recovery journey, Darryl speaks to th...
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Recovery Campaign Y3

September is recovery month and every year Umbrella highlights and celebrates our local recovery heroes. Sue and her daughters Emily and Nicola are prominent members in the recovery community whether it is through their personal recovery or through the great work they d...
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Podcast Season 2/E 13 – Steven

In today's episode, and our season finale, we speak with Steven as he tells his story of his alcohol and drug addiction growing up in the streets of Glasgow. He shares about his recovery journey which found him in Victoria, working in the field of addiction as a drug and...