Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRecovery Reform 2024 Year in Review
Episode 17
McCauley and Dr. Taylor Nichols review their first year of Recovery Reform, what they have learned and unpacked over this past year, and what they ar…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ketamine Treatment and Recovery
Episode 16
Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton discuss a controversial topic - the use of ketamine in medical treatment including for mental health, such as …
1 year, 10 months ago
Viewing recovery through a harm reduction lens
Episode 15
Our co-hosts McCauley Sexton and Taylor Nichols, MD break down the term "recovery" to better understand the meaning of recovery from substance use di…
1 year, 10 months ago
Stanton Peele on addiction, recovery, and breaking the disease model
Episode 14
Stanton Peele began working on Love and Addiction in 1970, which was then published in 1975. In these fifty years he has predicted a remarkable numbe…
1 year, 11 months ago
Dr. Lance Dodes on understanding substance use and addictive behaviors
Episode 13
Lance Dodes, MD is a psychiatrist and a Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is a retir…
1 year, 11 months ago
Chad Sabora on the state of harm reduction and drug policy
Episode 12
Chad Sabora is a former lawyer with lived experience of drug use and a long-time grassroots harm reduction advocate turned subject matter expert. Sta…
2 years ago
Chad Sabora on Harm Reduction as a movement for social justice
Episode 12
Chad Sabora is a former lawyer, a person with lived experience, and a long-time grassroots harm reductionist turned policy maker. He's gone from star…
2 years ago
Sarah Laurel of Savage Sisters Recovery on finding and fighting for Harm Reduction
Episode 11
Sarah Laurel turned her traumatic experiences from substance use disorder and justice involvement into a powerful movement for harm reduction and the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Brandi Mac, NP on her journey beyond the stigma
Episode 10
Brandi Mac, NP is a person who dropped out of high school and ended up becoming an ICU nurse practitioner.
She joins McCauley Sexton and Taylor Nich…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tara Grace on her path to harm reduction and alternative recovery
Episode 9
Tara Grace (Burn the Stigma Tara) became a harm reductionist out of necessity after seeing how the limitations of a 12 step recovery model was harmin…
2 years, 3 months ago