Note from Jeannine: Hey, y'all! I decided to switch it up today! We had two back to back incredible episodes that were heavy on the recovery, mental health struggled and treatment, so this week we're going with a bit more light hearted subject - motel stories! (If you have any motel stories, btw, I'd love to hear them! Send an email or voice message to chasingheroine@gmail.com) Jed is now sober with a wife and baby girl and is well on his way to becoming an addiction counselor and therapist. We can be at the point where we're self inflicting third degree burns for pain pills - and make it back ..read more

This is going to be everyone's new favorite, I already know! Kelly shares a harrowing story of surviving 9-11, mental health disorders, disordered eating, a rare infectious disease, delusory parasitosis, homelessness, spinal cord injury, and more. Kelly is a fighter. Finally getting sober at 44, Kelly shares some of the most profound wisdom and insight for healing and resilience that I have ever heard. I can't wait to hear what you guys think! DM me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Message me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen AD FREE & workout with me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Co ..read more

Do y'all remember Amanda's episode? She and her sisters were all three strung out on heroin and living in their parents home. Amanda wrote to the Dr. Phil show and it worked! The producers of Dr. Phil reached out and flew the whole family out to LA and sent the sisters to treatment. The free rehab came with an incredibly high price the family couldn't have anticipated. Millions of people watched video of our guest today, Valeen Holloway meet men at motel rooms for money and shoot heroin in their house together. The backlash was intense. After treatment, Valeen was sent to Texas where she still ..read more

Ooooh, y'all will love Justin! I was laughing for, like, 75% of this episode at least. Justin Darnell is a sober entrepreneur, comedian and social media content creator. Growing up, Justin went doctor shopping with his mom and started smoking weed and dabbling in percocets in high school. Though employed as an EMT, Justin's alcoholism managed to progress until getting sober four years ago. Now a successful entrepreneur and content creator, I know y'all will be as inspired by Justin as I am! Connect with Justin on instagram DM me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Message me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook ..read more

Part Two! My husband's story continues...Part One ended with Sky landing in San Diego and beginning the recovery years of his life. Making sober friends, finding a career, and actually working a Twelve Step program for the first time, Sky began his sober journey. We got married, opened our business, his father passed away...basically life happened and Sky's program waned over the years as he got busier and more stressed. Today's episode catches us up today, we celebrated his one year sober last week and the journey continues. Thank you all so much for being a part of my life and for caring abo ..read more

(If listening through headphones, the first 16 minutes are difficult to hear Scuyler, but then it evens out - stay with me!!) Part One of my husband's incredible story. Sky grew up in an affluent area of Northern California, spending summers at the family home in Nantucket, surrounded by wealthy families and privilege. A gifted athlete, a knee injury at sixteen threw his entire world off course. Strung out on oxycontin and kicked out of high school his senior year, Sky's world completely crumbled. By the time he was 18 he was doing his first jail term and had a felony strike in California. Not ..read more

That's a wrap on Narcan Nate... Today is our last episode with Nate before he moves back home to Tennessee to spend time with his family. It has truly been an honor to have Nate as a regular guest co-host for the past four years, and I will dearly miss him and his hill billy shit talking. For our last episode we have one last NDPE for the road, another random ass celebrity encounter of mine in LA, we discuss Nate's recent experiences with the therapy modality, Brain Spotting, his plans for Tennessee and take a few questions from listeners. If you haven't left a review, yet, waht are you waitin ..read more

I can't wait to hear what y'all think of Brandon D'Ambra! Brandon is one of the creators of the lifestyle brand,Pink7 Brandon graduated from the USC Marshal School of Business and was working in tech in Silicon Valley even as his addiction to opiates was steadily progressing. Eventually strung out on fentanyl, Brandon found himself in and out of detoxes and rehabs until finally finding success in sobriety in 2022. Check outPink7 Connect withBrandon DM me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Message me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen ADFREE& workout with me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  La ..read more

TW: Graphic description of wound care and necrotic skin from 1:09:00 to 1:10:00 Welcome back to another episode of Chasing Heroine! So happy to have y'all here :) Today's episode is going to be your new favorite - Tracey's story is incredibly powerful and inspiring. After narrowly surviving a serious car crash in her twenties, Tracey's use continued to escalate, eventually landing her homeless in Kensington in her late 30s. Tracy hit Kensington right as the tranq dope epidemic began and when mysterious black wounds began appearing on her arms, no one was sure what was happening or how to treat ..read more

TW: Graphic description of wound care and necrotic skin from 1:09:00 to 1:10:00 Welcome back to another episode of Chasing Heroine! So happy to have y'all here :) Today's episode is going to be your new favorite - Tracy's story is incredibly powerful and inspiring. After narrowly surviving a serious car crash in her twenties, Tracy's use continued to escalate, eventually landing her homeless in Kensington in her late 30s. Tracy hit Kensington right as the tranq dope epidemic began and when mysterious black wounds began appearing on her arms, no one was sure what was happening or how to treat h ..read more