241 Odyssey House Journals - Nikolai

About this episode

Nikolai shares his journey of substance abuse and recovery, detailing the challenges he faced along the way.

“DRINKING BECAME PART OF MY IDENTITY’ Nikolai felt ‘super cool’ the first time he drank at 15 and he continued using substances ever since. An accident, gun charges, his house being raided, his dog dying and then his son dying obviously made things worse. In this edition of Odyssey House Journals follow his road to recovery and the bizarre story of how he ended up in Utah, Watch or listen and hopefully subscribe (free) to the 30 minute podcast on the following platforms with the following links: https://youtu.be/nWr_GopVuIU You can also now watch or listen and subscribe on iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odyssey-house-journals/id1462333385 or watch or listen on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/4Basx2YsjYcRmmrSufLX3z?si=Wni9usSiQbun-W0WsjNC-g or audio only on iHeart podcasts at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-odyssey-house-journals-59417265/ Or listen on KKAT 860-AM in Salt Lake Saturday & Sunday mornings at 10am #wearerecovery #sobriety #recovery #podcast #odysseyhouseut

People in this episode

Guest: Nikolai

Topics covered

• recovery
• substance abuse
• personal story

Keywords

• identity
• addiction
• Utah
• sobriety

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Utah, Salt Lake

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