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The episode discusses the dark side of the rehab industry with insights from recovery coach Ronnie Costa.

Send us Fan Mail The rehab world sells hope, but what happens when the business model rewards volume over care? We sit down with Ronnie Costa, a recovery coach and chemical dependency counselor whose life began in Providence’s crime-heavy mob culture, where money, status, and violence looked like a plan. Ronnie shares how that environment shaped his choices, how opioid addiction with OxyContin and later heroin nearly ended everything, and what finally made sobriety stick after years of chaos,...

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Hosts: Dr. Teralyn Sell, Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Guest: Ronnie Costa

Topics covered

• rehab scams
• body brokering
• insurance fraud
• opioid addiction
• sobriety
• recovery coaching

Keywords

• rehab
• addiction
• insurance fraud
• opioid crisis
• recovery
• sobriety
• body brokering

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Organizations: Providence

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