Helping Up // Stories of Addiction, Recovery, and Grace
The Helping Up Podcast is all about addiction, recovery, and grace. We tell stories and share conversations from around the campus of Helping Up Mission, a Christian addiction recovery program for men in Baltimore, Maryland.
Episodes
Alison is the mother of Adam Fishman, who graduated from Helping Up Mission years ago and passed away more recently. Jake is Adam's brother. They share Adam's story, but also the story of their grief journeys.
Mother's Day, like any holiday, is joyous for some and bitter or bittersweet for others. This episode goes out to all the mothers and all the family members who don't know where their loved one is today, or who've lost their ...
Listen as Renee shares her story of healing and recovery from childhood abuse, codependency, and recovery from addiction to alcohol.
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Transcript: https://helpingupmission.org/2021/12/when-the-whole-worlds-falling-apart-what-do-you-do-renees-story
Produced by Vic King (https://vicking.co). Music by Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions...
Listen as Jeremy shares his story of healing from childhood trauma and abuse, and recovery from addiction to alcohol, heroin, and fentanyl.
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Transcript: https://helpingupmission.org/2021/09/my-scars-make-me-beautiful-jeremys-story
Produced by Vic King (https://vicking.ninja). Music by Blue Dot Sessions (https://sessions.blue).
Listen as Carlton and Tyrell share their father-and-son story of addiction and recovery, from Tyrell's adoption at a young age to their reunion decades later.
Produced by Vic King. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript: helpingupmission.org/2021/06/father-and-son-in-recovery-carlton-tyrells-story
Listen as Jon shares his story of addiction and recovery, including his growth in mental health, spiritual renewal, and plans to through-hike the Appalachian Trail.
Produced by Vic King. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Transcript: helpingupmission.org/2021/06/its-the-village-jons-story
"Everything you wanted - it's starting right now."
Listen as Ramon shares his story of addiction, recovery, and spiritual renewal.
We featured Ramon's story in our video Road to Hope: https://vimeo.com/helpingup/roadtohope
Music by Blue Dot Sessions.
We're relaunching our podcast with a new name! A Shot of Hope: Recovery Stories.
Listen and subscribe at: https://anchor.fm/helpingup
Music is Fifteen Street by Blue Dot Sessions.
We invited our men to share: What does recovery look like for you in this moment of COVID-19? What's changed? What’s stayed the same? What encouragement would you have to offer others?
View the video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5QPPu3ZVY
Thank you for your prayers and your support, and may God bless you this Easter.
Music is "Keep Up the Momentum, Friend" by Chris Zabriskie
“When I was in the midst of everything, there were no options. You wake up every day, and your intent has to be get money or be prepared to die. I have choices nowadays.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/ericw
Featuring Eric’s segment from the new podcast Drug Stories – check them out at drugstories.org. (Audio by Miriam Zimmerman and photo by Michelle Frankfurter)
This episode was produced by E...
“I am a firm believer that the small things in life make the difference. The big [things] are going to happen to everyone. The little ones are gifts. When someone talks to you and they actually care, it’s something you remember. It can make a huge difference in the rest of your day. It might make a difference in the rest of your life. Care might be the difference between life and death.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stor...
“I was using drugs for so long that I didn’t know how to live without them.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/dustini
“You can’t do this alone; it’s just impossible.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/johnb
This spring, we had the privilege of welcoming Diane Langberg to our campus for a visit. Dr. Langberg is a practicing psychologist whose clinical expertise includes 45 years of working with trauma survivors and clergy.
Dr. Langberg shared with our clients some of what she’s learned about healing from shame, sexual abuse, and other kinds of trauma.
00:01 The many faces of shame (below is the Shame Compass ...
“When I saw my daddy in the hospital, I made a promise I would stop. I made a promise to him, and I stopped for a while. But it took a toll when he died… and I couldn’t help it.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/jackier
“Before, I had no desire to really dig. I was too afraid of what I would find. Now I know that there is no hope of hope if I don’t do what is uncomfortable.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/jakeh
“…That is when things started to go downhill for me, once I deleted God out of my life and pushed him to the side, that is when I started to do some really, really sad things.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/davidh
“Part of me thinks that it was because I was doing so well – maybe I could get away with one… I shot up while driving and I just had an immediate overdose…the last thing I remember was a loud crash. My next conscious memory is three weeks later in Johns Hopkins ICU surrounded by doctors with machines and tubes everywhere. My parents are there and crying, so I started crying.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/gre...
“I had nothing to sell; I had nothing to give; I was just really taking everything… trying to fill the void inside with drugs.”
Read more at helpingupmission.org/stories/wesr
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