EP 405: Catching Up With Samantha Brantley-Smith

About this episode

Samantha Brantley Smith shares her journey of recovery and her commitment to helping others in her community.

Samantha Brantley Smith is a woman in long-term recovery, community leader, and advocate from rural East Tennessee. After overcoming addiction and rebuilding her life from the ground up, she now dedicates her work to helping others find hope, healing, and accountability. Samantha serves in multiple recovery and prevention roles within her community, including Recovery Court coordination, peer support leadership, and substance misuse prevention initiatives.Known for her honest “front porch” approach and bold conversations, Samantha speaks openly about redemption, resilience, faith, family, and the realities of recovery in small-town America. Her passion is helping people understand that a past does not define a person’s future.Today, she is a wife, mother, grandmother, advocate, and voice for second chances — using her story to help others believe change is possible. Shiloh Recovery Services: Website Shiloh Recovery Services: FB Previous Interviews with Samantha EP 90: Uncovering Happiness - The Mind and Heart EP 333: Samantha’s Recovery Story Other Sober Resources: I Am Sober App Sobertown Podcast Zoom Discussion Groups Sobertown Podcast Resource Center Recovery Online Meetings…

People in this episode

Host: Drifter

Guest: Samantha Brantley Smith

Topics covered

• recovery
• addiction
• community support
• personal growth
• resilience
• advocacy

Keywords

• recovery
• addiction
• hope
• healing
• community
• advocacy
• resilience
• second chances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shiloh Recovery Services, Sobertown Podcast, I Am Sober App, Sobertown Podcast Resource Center, Sobertown Podcast Zoom Discussion Groups

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