In season 3, episode four Roman and Cecily interview Diana, aka Birdy. An ex gang member turned registered nurse. Who describes herself as “disaster, lucky and miracle”. She was able to get clean and get away from gang life so she could save lives and fight on the front lines of the COVID pandemic. “A lot of times I say lucky because I do love a charmed life. The life I’m able to live now I’m very lucky to have. Because the life that I lived before.. I should be dead or in jail.” -Birdy “This life that I have been living has been so abnormal but it has felt normal for so long” -Birdy “So yo ..read more

In season 3 episode 3 Roman and Cecily sit down with Suzanne, a marriage and family therapist and sober alcoholic. She discusses how she has handled heartbreak in sobriety and the struggle of processing sexual assault. “I didn’t know that you could navigate life just pretending like it never happened. Well this rocked my world, completely rocked my world… and life has been really hard, right now. It’s been a really big struggle for me. Hard because as a mental health professional, I logically know these things, but I don’t think I should be feeling these things. Fifty percent of me says what ..read more

In season 3 episode 2 of the Transformations Recovery Podcast Roman and Cecily talk with Liz, aka Alex, about the West Virginia pill boom of the mid 2000’s, aliens, and being a young heroin addict and sex worker who made it out alive.  "It went from like- everyone’s doing Oxys and Opanas to like, the market is just stripped. And there’s no Oxys and Opanas anymore and it’s like—what the fuck do you do?” - Liz/Alex “Shoot heroin." -Roman and Cecily “You shoot heroin, obviously. Ha ha. What else would you do? Nothing else fuckin’ mattered. So like, you know fast forward, a few years I’m a se ..read more

Roman meets up with Gordon to discuss life and transformation in episode 10. This episode is part one of two. Gordon grew up in Oklahoma and began drinking as a very young kid. He survived art school and slowly moved west while drinking, using, working in record stores and playing music. Episode 10 gives a glimpse of Gordon’s first shot at sobriety. Tune in next time for the second half of his story! “I just… had gotten to this point where it was starting to stop being fun. For the first time-- ever. And I had been drinking for YEARS by the time I was 20 years old. I was tremendously lonely. A ..read more

On today’s episode Roman and Cecily talk with Daniel Werder, owner of Boartooth Tattoo and RAD Living sober house in Sherman Oaks CA. He is a tattoo artist who has toured the world tattooing, and an OG b-boy break dancer, all thanks to getting sober at 19. Check out Daniel's tattoo shop at boartooth.com Visit the RAD Living sober house website here radlivingrr.com “I’m fucking powerless over it. I made the connection when I was fighting with a girlfriend my first year of sobriety. I had been seeing this retaining wall I wanted to tag. And out of nowhere I’m like, I’m gonna go paint that. And ..read more

In episode 3 Roman interviews Aliza, a sober addict, author, and survivor. Aliza reflects on the difficulties she has encountered both in her addiction and in sobriety, and the solutions she has found to overcome them. "The drugs are the smallest piece. And if we're not gonna figure out why we're doing it, we'll fill it with something else. Like bad guys. I mean, was I sober off of drugs and alcohol? Yeah. But I was finding other ways..." www.transformationscare.com ..read more

In episode 12, the season finale, Roman and Sammy interview Trip. Trip tells us his epic tale of transformation which began in India. During his teenage years in Calcutta, he experienced revolutionary unrest. He went on to volunteer at Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying. He was given shock treatment as an attempt to cure his addiction, and on his way to one of the first Indian rehabilitation centers shot heroin in the Bengal Tiger Reserve. Trip's recovery crosses continents, his story of transformation asserts that all addicts can relate to the same feelings of desperation regardless of where ..read more

In episode 4 Roman interviews Tommy, an illegal arms dealer, convict, and recovering addict. Tommy used to be a hardened emotionless inmate but has transformed himself into a sober, emotionally intelligent man with a great job and a strong appreciation for his family. All because he reached out for help.  "Before, I didn't give a fuck about anybody else. Literally- I didn't care about my mom or my dad or anybody else... Today I am an emotional human being, I can participate in someone's life emotionally. And that's amazing for me ..read more

On today’s episode Roman and Cecily zoom within Stephen Donnelly: Catholic Priest, clean and sober cocaine and alcohol addict, and coauthor of “A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic Priest,” published in 2020.  “A Saint and a Sinner” is available on Kindle, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and in audio book format. Visit asaintandasinner.com to learn more about Stephen Donnelly’s fascinating story Please email Transformations Recovery Podcast with questions or comments at podcast@transformationscare.com Visit our website www.transformationscare.com Become our Patreon o ..read more

Welcome back! In the season 2 premiere our host Roman Cooper is at it again talking homelessness, punk rock, and substance abuse counseling with Sean Romin. Born to a hippy mother who was friends with members of the Manson Family in Southern California, Sean Romin has gone from young drug addict to homeless outreach advocate all while passionately pursuing punk rock as a member of Decry, Schleprock and The Generators.    “I remember I’d snort a line of meth and I’d literally feel the sense of humanity just leave my body. It just is gone. It just pours out of you and then you’re like ..read more