#138 | Overcoming Hopelessness | Heidi's Story

This week's episode is a deep one. We get into what's happened over the last year with the guys and why the topic of "Overcoming Hopelessness" makes perfect sense.

Willy gets into how he relapsed with 10 years of sobriety and what it was like to come clean with his loved ones and recovery peeps. Cameron talks about finally getting his ass kicked enough to join a food program so he can stop "chewing his alcohol."

As usual, we have a great warstory from Heidi who inspired this topic! We sat on this one for some time and it's fair to say, it's worth the wait. Hear her share on how things got started and how being comfortable in her own skin, required a lot of external substances. Finally, she had the spark of hope ignited by a friend who had been through it, and it was enough for her to believe she too, could change her life.

Thank you, Heidi, for sharing your story!

Follow Heidi on IG at @heidi_bachtelfit

RESOURCES

Excellent Drugs and Suicide resource from The Recovery Village www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/drugs-and-suicide/

If you have questions about how your condition can lead to suicidal thoughts check this out from The Recovery Village www.therecoveryvillage.com/co-occurring-disorders/suicide-hotline/

Alcoholics Anonymous online meetings https://aa-intergroup.org/ Narcotics Anonymous online meetings https://virtual-na.org/

Find an Overeaters Anonymous meeting https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/

Refuge Recovery website https://refugerecovery.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health services 1-800-662-HELP https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Suicide prevention hotline 1-800-273-8255https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Domestic Violence hotline 1-800-799-SAFE https://www.thehotline.org/

National Human Trafficking hotline 1-888-373-7888 https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

More information about Human Trafficking within the trucking community can be found here: https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/trucking-and-human-trafficking/

Al-Anon information (support for families) https://al-anon.org/

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