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Podcast Season 3/E3 – Derek

In today's podcast, Blake sits down with Derek, a participant in this year's Recovery Campaign and a team member of the Umbrella Society. Derek talks about how he overcame his will to use and the challenges he faced when changing his way of thinking surrounding his su...
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Podcast Season 3/E2 – Kevin

In today’s episode, Blake sits down with Kevin, who shares a story of overcoming adversity and a family history of addiction to find a rewarding life in recovery. Kevin’s story is an incredibly inspiring example of forgiveness, acceptance and how someone can find unique...
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Podcast Season 3/E1 – Darryl

In the season 3 opener, Blake sits down with Darryl, a member of this year's Recovery Campaign. Darryl shares his story of how addiction took hold of himself and his wife and threatened the survival of their family. In his courageous recovery journey, Darryl speaks to th...
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Recovery Campaign Y3

September is recovery month and every year Umbrella highlights and celebrates our local recovery heroes. Sue and her daughters Emily and Nicola are prominent members in the recovery community whether it is through their personal recovery or through the great work they d...
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Podcast Season 2/E 13 – Steven

In today's episode, and our season finale, we speak with Steven as he tells his story of his alcohol and drug addiction growing up in the streets of Glasgow. He shares about his recovery journey which found him in Victoria, working in the field of addiction as a drug and...
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Podcast Season 2/E12 – Amy

In today's episode, we site down with Amy, another strong woman and mother in recovery. Amy shares a challenging and heart wrenching story of recovery and the work put in to stop the family cycle of addiction. Check out our podcast page to have a listen.
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Podcast Season 2/E11 – Stefanie

In today’s episode, we sit down with Stefanie who has a personal recovery journey full of resiliency and self actualization. Stefanie shares insights on the current state of our community as her desire to give back and help those in addiction has seen her support a wide s...
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Podcast Season 2/E10 – Alysha

In this episode, Blake sits down with Alysha as she shares her struggles with alcohol and her conviction to enter recovery for the well being of her son. Alysha touches upon the hereditary aspect of addiction and her effort to break the cycle. Have a listen on Umbrella's...
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Podcast Season 2/E9 – Scott

Today, Blake talks to Scott, a Foundation House alumni who experienced a unique and challenging recovery journey. Scott dives into the interventions and supports which helped him achieve his goals in recovery. Have a listen on our podcast page! 
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Podcast Season 2/E8 – Bill

In this episode, Blake sits down with Bill, the enigmatic facilitator of the Intensive Journaling program offered at Umbrella. Bill shares the profound impact that the Intensive Journaling process had on him and how he has adapted the program to meet the needs of individu...