55 minOther drugs
A Wall Street manager who ended up in crack houses
Dan Ryan/Thirty-eight years sober
9 conversations
Other drugs
Cocaine, meth, pills and the years they take before anyone notices.
Cocaine and pills can run for a long time before they cost anyone their job. That is the danger in them. The bill arrives late and all at once.
These conversations cover the functional years, the point the arithmetic stopped working, and the specific thing that made each person stop. Several of them were using alongside a family member, which changes the whole shape of getting clean.
The conversations
Every episode about other drugs
55 min
43 minAlcohol
He checked into rehab hours before his wife found out what he did
Tyler Ramsey/Former Bear Stearns
40 minHeroin and opioids
25 rehabs failed. A kidnapping is what finally saved her
Ashley Moore/In recovery
44 minGambling addiction
He answered 18 of 20 gambling questions yes at age 18
Sal/Gamblers Anonymous, since 1986
39 minAlcohol
A belt was around his neck when the bathroom pole broke
Cormac/Love Island USA, fitness coach
1 hr 8 minOther drugs
Lamar Odom on the coma and the night that almost killed him
Lamar Odom/Two-time NBA champion
42 minGambling addiction
He got high while shopping for his own rehab clothes
Jordan Freeman/In recovery
53 minAlcohol
She drank Listerine when her parents wouldn't let her have alcohol
Caitlin/In recovery
51 minOther drugs
Surviving the mafia, addiction and domestic abuse
Renee Graziano/Mob Wives
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- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.18
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.17
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.14
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.14
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.10
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.10
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