Hard Knox Talks: Your Addiction Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Kent overdosed, coded, and was brought back with multiple Narcan shots. During it, he describes watching himself from above as nurses worked to save his life. His story goes deeper than that moment—early trauma, addiction starting in childhood, years in the drug trade, violence, loss, and the cycle that kept pulling him back. This conversation is about what it takes to finally break that cycle and rebuild a life from the ground up. SEIU-West – Wellness News – Parenting in th...

Send us Fan Mail Scott shares his story of addiction, toxic relationships, homelessness, relapse, survival, and the moment recovery became about helping other people stay alive. SEIU-West – Wellness News – Parenting in the Storm – Email Scott thelastcurbguy@gmail.com Support the show Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep this train on the tracks! Check out the speakeasy podcast Follow Daniel Unmanageable on Fa...

Send us Fan Mail Doctors told him something chilling: drink again and you die. Addiction had already taken control of his life, but this moment forced a brutal reckoning. In this conversation, Rudie shares the path that led him through addiction, and near-death experiences — and the turning points that forced him to confront what he had become. He talks openly about the mindset of addiction, the consequences that followed, and what it actually takes to rebuild a life when everythi...

Send us Fan Mail Martine shares the reality of growing up around gangs, surviving addiction, and the prison violence that forced her to confront the life she was living. Her story is ultimately about accountability, healing, and recovery. SEIU-West – Wellness News – Parenting in the Storm – Support the show Are you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep this train on the tracks! Check out the speakeasy podcast Follow Daniel U...

Send us Fan Mail Nick’s addiction began with a childhood prescription and escalated into fentanyl, meth, jail, and repeated overdoses. As his substance use intensified, so did his spiritual and psychological battles — experiences involving gangstalking, dark forces, and what he describes as witches and warlocks targeting him. From prescription pills to sixteen overdoses and a spiritual awakening, Nick’s story explores addiction, faith, and the unseen battles that can unfold when trauma and d...

Send us Fan Mail Jason Caldwell’s alcoholism didn’t begin with chaos — it began with heartbreak, loneliness, and a slow erosion of identity. After a painful breakup, alcohol became a nightly sedative, a way to avoid being awake with his thoughts. What started as weekend drinking escalated into daytime vodka, blackouts, job loss, estrangement from family, homelessness, and waking up in hospitals with no memory of how he got there. Cut off by his father and evicted from his ho...

Send us Fan Mail Brent’s addiction didn’t begin with drugs — it began with alcohol, grief, and unspoken trauma. What started as confidence and relief quickly became daily drinking, violence, and survival alongside people involved in serious criminal activity. As his drinking escalated, so did the losses: the death of his mother, the loss of his marriage, homelessness, seizures, repeated assaults, and a life that slowly collapsed inward. Everything shattered when Brent lost his brother Curtis ...

Send us Fan Mail Ernie Leon grew up surrounded by addiction, gang violence, and incarceration in South Phoenix. Raised by parents struggling with heroin addiction, exposed early to drugs, gangs, and loss, his life moved quickly into crime, meth addiction, and the prison system. What followed was years of violence, survival, and deep spiritual conflict. Meth didn’t just take Ernie deeper into addiction — it shattered his sense of reality. Prolonged use brought shadow figures, paranoia, spiritu...

Send us Fan Mail Ellie’s life unraveled fast — from early abuse and family chaos to substance use and a deadly overdose that left her without a heartbeat for several minutes. Revived after six hits of Narcan, she woke up with a second chance and a mission: to live. In this raw and powerful story, Ellie shares how addiction nearly killed her and how recovery gave her a reason to keep breathing. She talks about trauma, relapse, and finding hope through NA meetings, community, and connection. Fr...

Send us Fan Mail When Boston was deep in meth psychosis, he believed he was opening a portal to the demonic. Covered in self-inflicted wounds, living in trap houses surrounded by violence, he thought there was no coming back. But what he experienced next changed everything. Boston’s story bridges addiction, faith, and the supernatural. From years of using and surviving near-death experiences to writing Fire and Ice: The Meth Bible—now a #1 bestseller—he describes the dark side of methamphetam...

Send us Fan Mail At three years old, Derek Racette burned a trailer to the ground — the same trailer where he had been sexually assaulted by a family member. Decades later, after years of addiction, violence, and loss, he finally understood why. Derek’s story traces a lifetime of pain, power, and redemption — from growing up in a home filled with addiction and violence, to becoming a teacher, drug dealer, and eventually a man on the edge of suicide. His daughter’s fentanyl overdose nearly end...

Send us Fan Mail When Tanya Ironchild hit her knees on the bathroom floor, she didn’t just drop to pray — she surrendered to something greater. After years of addiction, violence, and spiritual warfare, Tanya’s breaking point became her turning point. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Tanya’s early years were marked by chaos — witnessing violence in her home, enduring sexual assault, and growing up under the weight of generational pain. Addiction crept in early, consuming her as she t...