Honestav | Parental Meth & Pill Dependency, Loss to Suicide, & Healing Through Music

Honestav | Parental Meth & Pill Dependency, Loss to Suicide, & Healing Through Music

August 5, 2026 · 56 min

About this episode

Musician Honestav shares his experiences growing up in a household affected by substance use and the impact of loss on his life and healing journey through music.

In this deeply vulnerable episode of Recoverycast, musician and creator Honestav (Avrey Freeman) opens up about growing up in a household deeply impacted by parental substance use disorder involving meth, prescription pills, and alcohol. He candidly reflects on how a lack of healthy emotional coping mechanisms shaped his upbringing, how early warning signs were overlooked, and how his family endured devastating heartbreak through the loss of his brother to suicide and his father to a fatal pr...

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