About this episode

Natalie France shares her harrowing journey through addiction, motherhood, and recovery in a candid conversation with Aaron Garnes.

In this episode of Get a Grip Podcast , Aaron Garnes sits down with Natalie France for a raw and deeply emotional conversation about addiction, motherhood, abusive relationships, homelessness, heroin, meth, incarceration, pregnancy, and finding recovery after years of chaos. Natalie opens up about her childhood and her first experiences with alcohol before getting introduced to cocaine at just 16 years old. What started with cocaine quickly progressed into crack during high school, sending her down a path that would eventually lead to a full-blown addiction. Hoping to escape her addiction and start over, Natalie moved to California looking for a geographical cure. But changing locations couldn't change what was happening inside. She found herself in abusive relationships before meeting her first husband, and eventually discovering OxyContin. Back in Ohio, Natalie was using OxyContin and meth while raising a newborn. Before long, she found heroin, and her addiction escalated even further. She talks about what it was like trying to work and parent while living as an active addict—and how she managed to keep going despite the chaos surrounding her. Natalie eventually moved to…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Garnes

Guest: Natalie France

Topics covered

• addiction
• motherhood
• abusive relationships
• homelessness
• recovery
• legal issues

Keywords

• addiction
• recovery
• heroin
• meth
• OxyContin
• abusive relationships
• motherhood
• homelessness

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California, Ohio, Georgia

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