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Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety

Jeannine Coulter

Jeannine was an active drug addict and alcoholic for 15 years - her using led to multiple arrests, homelessness, and the loss of absolutely everything - which she considers to be the best thing that ever happened to her. Sober since January 15, 2015, and now a successful fitness entrepreneur and instructor, content creator and public speaker, she is committed to sharing both her own and her guest’s stories in the hopes that they may help guide and inspire others seeking a similar path of recovery

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01:13:48

Jed is BACK! Relapse on Research Chemicals, Gambling,...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/11/27

Jed returns to the show for one of his most honest conversations yet. After years of sharing his growth and wisdom on this podcast, he recently experienced a relapse - and he shows up with raw transparency about what happened. We talk openly about the dishonesty and poor decision-making that comes with using, the shame that follows, and the painful reality of breaking trust with the people who love us most. Jed reflects on what it takes to rebuild that trust, how he’s finding his footing again, and

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01:29:34

Stoner Surf Culture becomes Hell's Angel's Meth...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/11/20

Gunnar grew up in what looked like the perfect family - until addiction slowly unraveled everything. After his parents fell deeper into their own substance use, his mother disappeared without a word, leaving Gunnar to navigate a childhood suddenly marked by instability and pain.By his teens, he turned to meth and heroin, beginning a long cycle of drug court, jail stays, and surviving on the streets of downtown San Diego. But Gunnar’s story didn’t end there. Through grit, recovery, and a community

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01:29:27

Blue Part Two!! Residential Burglary Hijinks, Molotov...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/11/13

In this explosive conclusion to Blue’s story, the chaos of addiction reaches terrifying new heights. What starts as a wild meth-fueled adventure spirals into a blur of residential burglaries, near-death experiences, and cross-count geographicals between California and New Mexico. Blue narrowly survives a car explosion, brushes with death, and finds herself trapped in the same criminal underworld she once swore she’d escape.After a string of arrests, she lands in a New Mexico prison—this time with a

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01:11:50

Smoking Crack with Her Mom, Overdosing, Held at...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/11/06

PART ONE: Krystin “Blue” grew up in New Mexico, a ballet dancer and promising student. At just 19, she smoked crack for the first time - with her mother. That moment changed everything, pulling her into a world of addiction, chaos, and survival. After an overdose and a terrifying encounter with a cartel boss, Blue was arrested for selling Oxy 80s and eventually found herself in Orange County, chasing relief in heroin. In Part One of her story, Blue opens up about the pain, love, and deep longing

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01:08:39

Smoking Crack with Her Mom, Overdosing, Held at...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/11/06

PART ONE: Krystin “Blue” grew up in New Mexico, a ballet dancer and promising student. At just 19, she smoked crack for the first time - with her mother. That moment changed everything, pulling her into a world of addiction, chaos, and survival. After an overdose and a terrifying encounter with a cartel boss, Blue was arrested for selling Oxy 80s and eventually found herself in Orange County, chasing relief in heroin. In Part One of her story, Blue opens up about the pain, love, and deep longing

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00:58:47

Part Three Keta Loren! A Radical Spiritual...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/10/31

In part three of Keta Loren’s powerful story, everything changes. After years of addiction, trauma, and survival on the streets of Los Angeles, Keta has a profound spiritual experience that awakens something deep within her - setting her on a new path of recovery, healing, and purpose. But just as her life begins to transform, tragedy strikes, plunging her into a long season of grief. Through the pain, Keta finally reaches a point of surrender and begins to seek help for her mental health, opening

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00:51:17

Keta Part Two! Busted in a Drug Sting, Dancing, Hot...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/10/23

In Part Two of Keta Loren’s powerful story, we pick up in Los Angeles - where her life spirals deeper into addiction, exploitation, and survival. After being trafficked and turning to stripping to get by, Keta becomes trapped in a relentless cycle of meth and heroin use, crime, and chaos. But when she least expects it, a mystical, life-altering experience cracks everything open - ushering in the beginning of her transformation. Check out Work It Health hereConnect with Keta on ⁠Instagram⁠DM me on

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01:02:25

The Power of Harmony: How Melanie Gulde and Trey...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/10/16

In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Melanie Gulde, the Vermont drug court officer who played a pivotal role in helping Phish frontman Trey Anastasio find sobriety back in 2006. Nearly two decades later, both Melanie and Trey are sober and have joined forces to create something extraordinary - The Divided Sky Foundation in Ludlow, Vermont.Together, they’ve built a recovery program that blends the 12 Steps, emotional sobriety, and Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (M.O.R.E.) into a

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01:05:34

Part One with Keta Loren: Foster Care, Early Chaos...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/10/08

In this powerful first part of Keta Loren’s story, we meet a woman whose voice was forged in the fire of unimaginable hardship. Raised in foster care after chaos with her biological parents, Keta’s adolescence was marked by instability, incarceration, and survival. By 18, she was caught in the grips of meth addiction, hustling to survive while clinging to the one constant in her life—music.From juvenile institutions to the California Youth Authority, and later being trafficked to Los Angeles for sex

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01:18:03

Trading Marijuana for Heroin, Choosing to Sleep in a...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/10/02

Straton’s story is one of grit, chaos, and ultimate redemption. After dropping out of high school in North Carolina, he headed west to Oregon in search of opportunity, finding himself in the marijuana industry. But what started as chasing a lifestyle spiraled into a devastating heroin addiction. At his lowest, Straton chose to live in a tent on the sidewalk - steps away from the dope dealers - despite still owning a house of his own.Today, sober since 2021, Straton has rebuilt his life from the

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00:54:08

PART TWO: Selling Crack in Sobriety, Go to Twelve...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/09/25

In part two of Harold’s story, we pick up in 1998 as he enters sobriety after decades of drinking and crack addiction. His journey through early recovery is anything but simple - Harold finds himself selling crack while sober, and later endures a bizarre tragedy that changes his life forever. Along the way, he receives an incredible gift from a fellow twelve stepper that reshapes the course of his recovery. Harold’s honesty, wisdom, and depth of experience continue to shine as he shares the lessons

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01:11:29

PART ONE: A Dad at age 14, Football Star Turned Crack...

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2025/09/18

In this first part of a two-part conversation, we sit down with Harold, a beloved figure in the local recovery community who has been sober since 1998. Harold shares the powerful story of how decades of drinking and crack addiction derailed his promising football career and countless other athletic opportunities, and how the devastation of addiction ultimately brought him to the rooms of recovery. With over two decades of sobriety, Harold has become a walking encyclopedia of Twelve Step wisdom and

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01:32:56

Arrested in Sobriety, Homeless in the SNOW for Years,...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/09/12

his week’s episode features the powerful story of a woman who endured the darkest depths of heroin and crack addiction—homelessness, sex work, selling drugs, arrests, and violent assaults. After years of chaos, she found her turning point and got sober in 2018. Her journey didn’t stop there. Against all odds, she built a new life as a devoted mother, wife, and homeowner. Today, she works in the treatment field, dedicating her life to helping others heal through trauma therapy. She also shares how an

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01:32:14

Counterfiting Schemes, Cable Installation Hustles,...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/09/04

Eric’s journey begins in a small town in Ohio, where he was raised in a strict, religious fundamentalist household. The shift from being homeschooled to suddenly navigating public high school was jarring, and Eric turned to drinking and smoking weed as a way to cope. What started as a teenage escape grew into a cycle of destructive relationships and escalating substance use - Percocets, then heroin.Over the years, Eric’s addiction drove him into schemes to hustle money, from petty hustles to

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01:10:45

Skid Row Millionaire: Khalil Rafati’s Shocking...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/08/28

From the depths of Skid Row to the heights of entrepreneurial success, Khalil Rafati’s story is one of the most jaw-dropping transformations you’ll ever hear. Once a homeless heroin addict, Khalil hit rock bottom before rebuilding his life piece by piece. In this episode, he opens up about the brutal reality of addiction, the turning point that sparked his recovery, and how he went on to create SunLife Organics—a superfood empire with wildly popular health bowls and smoothie shops that have become

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01:10:09

BOTH Parents Overdosed within Hours of Each...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/08/21

This week, we sit down with ESPN reporter and former Rutgers gymnast Lauren Sisler, whose story is as heartbreaking as it is inspiring. In 2003, Lauren lost both of her parents within hours of each other to fatal fentanyl overdoses—a devastating truth she was too ashamed to share at the time. For years, she told friends and teammates that her parents had died of heart failure and respiratory issues, hiding from the stigma of addiction. It wasn’t until seven years later that Lauren began to face the

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02:11:08

Philly Wild Child Turned Sober Advocate, From Chaos...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/08/14

Note from Jeannine: I am so excited for you all to meet another one of my #SGGC girlfriends, Britt! Britt absolutely blew me away with her poise, eloquence and knowledge around recovery and her journey into autism awareness. I love her and I know you will too!This week, we sit down with my friend and fellow Sober Girl Group Chat member, Britt Bernard, to hear her powerful story of transformation. Raised in Philadelphia by a police officer father, Britt’s early experimentation with cough medicine

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01:02:31

Sent to Ecuadorean Naval Academy at 13, Replacing...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/08/07

In this raw and unforgettable episode, we sit down with Renzo, a man whose story takes us from the halls of an Ecuadorian naval academy to the darkest corners of addiction — and finally, to redemption and love. Sent away as a teen in hopes of “straightening out,” he returned with more of taste for alcohol than ever. By 21, he was smoking meth. A move to the East Coast meant a fresh start… until heroin took over. His desperation ran so deep he once faked appendicitis — and had a perfectly healthy

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01:20:15

Finding Sobriety and Gratitude after Becoming...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/07/31

At just 24 years old, Ashley’s life changed in an instant. After years of struggling with meth addiction and surviving the brutal realities of sex work at just 17l, a tragic accident left her a quadriplegic. But rather than giving up, Ashley found the strength to do the unimaginable—she got sober. In this raw and deeply inspiring conversation, Ashley shares how she rebuilt her life from rock bottom, found freedom in sobriety, and now lives independently with a heart full of gratitude—even for the

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01:48:41

Pregnant at THIRTEEN, Signed Over to the Army at 17,...

Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety ·

2025/07/24

With over 5 million followers across platforms, content creator and entrepreneur Gabbie Egan built an empire sharing her unfiltered life online—from motherhood and marriage to bold opinions and viral moments. But behind the scenes, alcohol and marijuana were slowly pulling her away from the version of herself she knew she could be.In this raw and inspiring conversation, Gabbie shares how a single Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in September 2024 sparked a life-changing shift. We talk about what finally

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