Off The Clock Toolbox Talk

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Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk.Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com. You'll be given the opportunity to enter our bi- monthly draw for a $200 grocery card. Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk!

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    Remy's Story

    Remy & Trevor kick off Remy’s Story with the humor of what their first few days of treatment looked like together in 2019. Remy goes back to the origins of his story, an Indigenous kid growing up in a white family, his mother being a product of the The Sixties Scoop. Remy’s feelings of not belonging and disconnection from culture contributed to his troubles as a kid and ultimately led him to alcohol use. Remy left school early to work in remote industries: tree service, mining, oil & gas, firefighting, etc. In the oil and gas field Remy was introduced to cocaine which rapidly deteriorated his ability to function. Remy and Trevor discuss the insanity they both experienced in their days of trying to work through their cocaine dependence, including not wanting to be alive due to their suffering. At the height of Remy’s substance related illness, Remy was initially refused medical treatment until the doctor assessed his blood and saw the severity of damage to his liver, kidneys, and pancreas. With some humor, Remy talks about how his recovery wasn’t a straight line until he landed in Cedars Recovery. Through many more remarkable life experiences, Remy developed into the strong Indigenous leader that he had been seeking his whole life. Remy wraps up with a visceral recounting of his experience with his higher power in the 2021 Lytton wildfire. Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    Tyler's Story - Part 2: The Aftershow

    Tyler’s Story - Part 2: The Aftershow picks up with Tyler finishing the very end of his story when the team relax a little and begin deconstructing some of the ideas that came up: -          How getting honest leads to finding ourselves again -          How patriarchy has f*cked men up in their ability to connect with their own bodies and emotions -          Men feeling joy in hope. (WTF?)  Just real dudes naming their experience. -          Some secrets on early recovery, stigma, and finding your way through. Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    Tyler's Story - Part 1

    Tyler’s been a labourer, plumber, stone fabricator, CSO, roofer, and a few other things. Tyler’s relationship with incarceration began early, shaped from his trauma, OCD and ADHD. Tyler shares parts of his journey through a life devastated by unregulated drug use and violence and how his work ethic was one thing he could still hold on to. We begin to hear about the finer steps Tyler took to get his life back, and some of the peace he’s since found in Tyler’s Story – Part 1.  Look for Tyler’s Story  - Part 2: The Aftershow as Tyler and the team pull back the curtain on complex issues that aren’t often spoken of, coming up next on Off the Clock Toolbox Talk.  Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    Season 4 Sampler

    The Season 4 Sampler lets you get a bit of each episode: 1.      Anthony’s Story 2.     Constructive Coercion Pt 1 – Dr. Jeremy Milloy 3.     The New PPE (C. Michael Kinsella’s Story) 4.     100 Good-bye’s with Dr. Nicole Anders 5.     James’ Story (Pain BC) 6. Constructive Coercion Pt 2 – Jeremy Milloy While Season 4 spanned a wide variety of expertise and geography, the themes of pain, loss, grief and hope tell the story of every worker and every family in the Off the Clock Toolbox Talk family. Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    James' Story (Pain BC)

    James Boseley grew up in rough and tumble rural Alberta. Pain or having an IV plugged into his arm was no reason to stop working. Dealing with pain on a daily chronic basis, James’ mental health rapidly deteriorated to where he was considering suicide. Because of his severe pain, James left Alberta to haul disposal bins in BC for half of what he was making in AB. Here James was injured again, breaking and tearing multiple hard and soft tissues throughout his body. With James’ high pain tolerance the medical system downplayed his injury. Not only did he not receive appropriate medical treatment, but he was shamed and discouraged from voicing his pain. James had to fight tooth & nail for his basic benefits at Worksafe. Despite acknowledging the severity of James’ injuries, Worksafe only treated a fraction of the injuries and denied the rest. Being off work for years, James didn’t have the money to hire a lawyer, and ended up living in squalor, creating even more challenges for his healing journey. Adding to his long list of injuries, James was psychologically devastated when he was told he should just be thankful that he has what he has. Karen, James and Trevor discuss the additional emotional injury that occurs when our physical injuries aren’t validated and treated. They discuss the additional injury that service providers add by putting the burden of wellness back onto the client when the injury doesn’t heal at first treatment. James ties up with his excitement at the Pain & Trades program he is developing at https://painbc.ca/ . He can be contacted at James.Boseley@painbc.ca Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    Constructive Coercion is A Thing - Part 2

    Dr. Jeremy Milloy tells us about constructive coercion: a concept created in the 1960's and 70's from concerns that Vietnam veterans would return from war unable to navigate the workplace due to opioid addiction. Industry leaders believed that people (primarily men) would be incentivized to get treatment through the workplace in order to keep their jobs. Assessment of who had problematic substance use then fell on worksite foreman to identify who needed to be sent to see a counsellor and go into treatment. Employers and workers then began this complex, codependent relationship that we now call extended benefits. If the employee comes forward asking for help, the employer has a duty to support the employee. But if the employee gets caught with a positive drug test, then they are fired and no longer have access to recovery benefits. The only way to access affordable treatment is through the employer, but workers feel obligated to hide their drug use so the employer can continue to be profitable. The story becomes even more convoluted when we look at drug testing at remote work camps. Jeremy refers to the dance of drug testing as theater where only capitalism wins by creating a drug testing industry and fake urine industry. But neither the employer nor the worker benefit from the practice of drug testing. Furthermore the entire drug testing practice completely ignores the issues of pain and trauma that underlie the vast majority of substance use and employee wellness.  Dr. Jeremy Milloy says, " Constructive coercion proceeds from a story that work and problematic substance use are disconnected... rather than acknowledging that drugs are helping people meet the demands of the job... The call is coming from inside the house." Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    Constructive Coercion Is A Thing - Part 1

    Constructive Coercion Is a Thing features scholar Dr. Jeremy Milloy who studies the history of how we got to have the kind of workplaces we have (good and bad). His work is motivated by the fact that our jobs have a such a huge effect on our lives, our identities, our health, and our life outcomes.    Jeremy’s original work started by studying the concept of violence in the workplace, specifically how seemingly average humans get to the point where they ‘go postal’. And while Jeremy did discover a number of under-reported obvious violence such as shootings and stabbings, he also discovered that workplace violence was much more subtle. His original work targeted North America’s auto manufacturing industry, but the parallels of his findings are widespread across all workers, including construction trades. Themes of hazing, ‘paying your dues’ and enforcing codes of conduct after hours in places like the bar are prevalent amongst most workers, blue collar, hospitality, transportation, everywhere. Part One of the conversation winds up as we begin talking specifically about substance use in the trades, and Jeremy brings up the concept of Constructive Coercion that was utilized in the 1980’s, as it was thought it would motivate workers to stay off harmful drugs.  To find out more about constructive coercion, catch Constructive Coercion Is A Thing Part 2, released on November 18, 2024. Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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    The New PPE

    Season 4, Episode 3 In this episode, construction safety officer and carpenter C. Michael Kinsella, shares how he owes his whole life to his Red Seal. When school wasn’t working out so well in junior high, Michael went straight into construction at the ripe old age of 14. ​He loved it. After an overdose at 16, Michael found a father figure in the industry and formed a chosen "family" of mentors around him. He and co-host Trevor Botkin discuss the value of these bonds that are formed on work sites.  ​Trevor and Michael go on to discuss some of the physical and psychological stressors of the industry, and the toll they take on a person and their biological family. And substance use is a regular part of that life. ​Michael explains how he learned how to behave at work - and how to nurture his own physical, social and mental health. He encourages other tradespeople to foster a culture of wellness and humanity amongst their crews as well. In 2023, Michael co-founded The New PPE, a non-profit organization whose values center around safety, accessibility, and empowerment. It's hope is a future where every workplace in Canada has the tools and knowledge to protect against the preventable tragedy of a toxic drug supply. A future where personal protective equipment includes naloxone and is mandated across all industries. Learn more and offer support at TheNewPPE.org.   Off The Clock Toolbox Talk Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk. Learn more about the podcast series at TradesPodcast.com. Please give us your honest feedback by completing our anonymous survey at tradespodcast.com.  You'll be given the opportunity to enter our monthly draw for a $200 grocery card.  Thanks for supporting Off The Clock Toolbox Talk.

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