Comfortably Un-Numb

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Recovery chat with host Blake Andison. Discover new views and approaches to recovery through individual stories and experiences.

  1. Alex's Story

    03/28/2025

    Alex's Story

    In today's episode, Blake has the honour of speaking with Alex, a celebrated Hip Hop artist, mural artist, storyteller and educator. Alex touches upon his family's generational trauma and battles with addiction. Alex's story is one of healing, discovering his culture and tradition, and learning from his past.

    1h 44m
  2. Leeroy's Story

    03/18/2025

    Leeroy's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Leeroy, a renowned singer-songwriter who shares his challenges with addiction and navigating those waters in the music industry. Leeroy talks about the challenges that he had to work through once sober and the work he continues to do 17 years later.

    51 min
  3. Nic's Story

    02/28/2025

    Nic's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Nic, who shares how he and his brother fell from a life of adolescent partying into a life of addiction. Nic shares how a brief period of homelessness gave him the desire to make a change once and for all. Nic also speaks to his role in the field as a support worker for Umbrella and what he feels is needed to help support our community.

    57 min
  4. Nic's Story

    02/28/2025

    Nic's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Nic, who shares how he and his brother fell from a life of adolescent partying into a life of addiction. Nic shares how a brief period of homelessness gave him the desire to make a change once and for all. Nic also speaks to his role in the field as a support worker for Umbrella and what he feels is needed to help support our community.

    57 min
  5. Stephanie's Story

    02/01/2025

    Stephanie's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Stephanie who tells her story of resilience as she faced and overcame her challenges with mental health and addiction in her youth. Stephanie sheds light on how hard it can be to be facing such profound challenges at such a young age.

    1h 5m
  6. Barb's Story

    12/06/2024

    Barb's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Barb who shares her unique recovery experience. Barb is an example of how addiction can take hold of anyone at any stage of life and how individual one's road to recovery can be.

    51 min
  7. Jeff's Story

    11/21/2024

    Jeff's Story

    In today's episode, Blake sits down with Jeff who shares his story of overcoming his battle with addiction and mental health, and how near death experiences drove him towards a life of recovery and gratitude.

    1h 13m
  8. Derek's Story

    11/09/2024

    Derek's Story

    In today's podcast, Blake sits down with Derek, a participant in this year's Recovery Campaign and a team member of the Umbrella Society. Derek talks about how he overcame his will to use and the challenges he had to change his way of thinking surrounding his substance use.

    56 min
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Recovery chat with host Blake Andison. Discover new views and approaches to recovery through individual stories and experiences.

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  • Creator
    Umbrella Society
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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  • Rating
    Explicit
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