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RECOVERY PODCAST: VOICE OF THE PATS PHIL ANDREWS

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Recovery Month is behind us but as you hopefully all know by now, the Recovery beat goes on. It's a 24/7, 365-day, 12-month job but IT'S SO WORTH IT! It was great to spread the word of Recovery, raise awareness about the Addiction battle, and celebrate those who are winning the war against alcohol and drugs. Thanks to the Government of Saskatchewan and City of Regina for recognizing the importance of this movement. Thanks also to all who attended and/or supported our Recovery Day Luncheon on September 19 featuring guest speaker Dr. Wendy Gore Hickman! For those new to the event, I know they were blown away. That brings us to our next Recovery podcast guest. Phil Andrews is the Voice of the WHL's Regina Pats and although just 29 years of age, he got into Recovery at the age of 18! His road to Recovery has been a very rocky one and in this podcast interview, Phil bares all. It's not easy to do that, but it can certainly be therapeutic in a way. And although Ph...

ADDICTION RECOVERY PODCAST: LAST DOOR'S DAVE PAVLUS

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September has been proclaimed " Recovery Month " in the Province of Saskatchewan and in honour of that, we're going to have a series of special Recovery interviews here on the podcast. In addition, Wednesday, September 19 as been designated " Recovery Day " by the City of Regina and that's when we're holding our 6th annual Recovery Day Luncheon featuring guest speaker Dr. Wendy Gore-Hickman and me as the Master of Ceremonies. For tickets, email reginarecoveryday@gmail.com. Our first Recovery interview of September is with Dave Pavlus, the owner/operator of the Last Door Recovery Society for men in New Westminster, BC (27 km from downtown Vancouver). Dave's Recovery story will knock your socks off, and is the first podcast interview in which I'll invoke a *LANGUAGE DISCLAIMER* .  Dave P. goes hardcore, old school while telling his Recovery story and it's what you probably need to hear. I suppose I've become somewhat de-sensitized t...