AJ discusses her experience with how legal trouble, her relationship with her wife, internalized homophobia, bullying, microaggressions, and living a double in life small college town impacted her use. She touches on what clicked at an LGBTQ+ specific treatment and how that changed her perspective about being apart of the LGBTQ+ recovery community.  AJ has been sober since 9/17/2017.  ..read more

This episode features the “rebel priest” Father Harry Hartigan of St Theresa’s Catholic Apostolic Church. Harry talks about his involvement spiritually counseling members of the LGBTQ+ community, the difference between his church and the Roman Catholic Church, his experience as a gay man and the lack of visibility for older people in the community ..read more

Kenn found himself in and out of several treatment programs and talks about his experience using while working as a Registered Nurse. He goes into great detail about the first time he discovered meth at 57 years old and how he has been able to maintain his sobriety since.  Kenn became sober on August 5th, 2012 ..read more

Our guest Rik talks about his early life experiences growing up in an orphanage, not fitting into various religious settings, his coming out experience during the 1980's, and the day he found out he was HIV+. Rik became sober on November 7, 2017 ..read more

This episode features Pride Institute's Outpatient counselor, Graham Waitt, who discusses Pride's specialized sexual health program, the process of untangling sexual problematic behaviors, and the nuances of co-occurring addiction disorders.  ..read more

Kaylee and Luke are joined by one of Pride Institute's mental health therapists, Jo Ellen Diers, MA, LPCC. Jo Ellen was the first therapist in the state of Minnesota to practice Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT), which aims to help individuals permanently overcome trauma. She talks about the specifics of RRT, how it is used in Pride's Kindred Family Program and the escalation of mental health issues among humans in the modern world. Jo Ellen has been with Pride since March of 2019.  ..read more

Our guest Jon talks about his time using while working a fast-paced media job in New York City. What started out as social use evolved into daily use, and later drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, and meth. We talk about the interconnectedness between sex and meth use, spirituality blocks, and resistance to working the program. Jon became sober on September 3, 2006.  ..read more

This week's guest, Allyn's energy is infectious as she chats about how to keep a positive attitude while being uncomfortable in early recovery. She takes a deep dive into some existential questions such as: How do we measure success? How do we work through our personal struggles in sobriety? How do we stay honest with ourselves and others? Allyn has been sober since 1/4/2022 ..read more

This week's guest Joey heard about Pride Institute through a support meeting at the age of 16. He first started using at 10 years old. One thing that is immediately apparent when hearing Joey's story is the optimism he's gained from his sobriety. Joey has been sober since June 2, 2021.  ..read more

This week's guest, Jacob, had gone to AA meetings for years prior to attending treatment for the first time. He came to Pride after his family did an intervention with him on what he thought was his uncle's funeral. Jacob got sober on January 18, 2022.  ..read more