 Hi guys and welcome to another episode of recover loud. I'm Mike Paddleford and I recover loud I want to express my gratitude for everybody joining us for our first season of recover loud and Look forward to taking some time off to come back bigger and better for season 2 Well, we take time off. You can catch up on some of the episodes you may have missed PMC channel 5 in the greater Portland area Thursday nights at 7 o'clock You can also find us on our YouTube channel by typing in qrco.de Slash recovery on the road that'll take you directly to our YouTube channel where you can find all 19 episodes Season 2 is going to start off on location with a live studio audience We're looking forward to that experience and looking forward to sharing that amazing story with you Stay tuned for details about when our first show will come back. I look forward to seeing you all there Hi guys and welcome back to another episode of recover loud Tonight's a special episode to us as we celebrate our 19th episode since we began back in December It's been a great season. We've had a lot of great guests and shared a lot of great resources I'm looking forward to a few weeks off so we can get ready and prepare an amazing second season to share with everybody in The future we're going to be having some live on-location shows with guests from the area We're also going to enjoy some exciting recovery events throughout the summer and I hope to see you all there At 11 years old. I was taught that drinking was a way to have a good time and Not just drinking but drinking until I threw up and passed out later on when I was 17 I lived close to the Canadian border and The drinking age was 19 in Canada a lot of 17-year-old kids looked 19 And if the bars weren't carding I was able to get in All the cool kids hung out at the bars on the weekends But then I found that there were less of my friends there on Sunday night and Monday night And then on Friday, I couldn't wait for all them to come in and see how cool I was Because I was at the bar every other night One night well out with some friends We got into some trouble with the law and the trouble did come. I was arrested and convicted and Suddenly I was a felon Having six felony charges and five misdemeanors And a ten month stay in the state prison It wasn't a long period in prison, but it was my first time ever going You know and it was a huge impact on my life and and not in a good way. I had to drop out of college to go to jail and For the first time I realized that all those dreams and goals that I would had To try to bring myself up out of you know the poverty that I grew up in were now Dashed I Was going to school for accounting you can't get licensed in the state with felonies so You know my whole my whole plan for my life was now changed while I was in jail I met Laurie and we We started living our lives together as soon as I got out of jail and You know we started having children, but you know the one thing I did was I Lied about my criminal history and I found that You know they either weren't checking or the checks weren't producing You know the results so I was able to get a good job as a store manager for Cumberland Farms. I Was 21 the youngest manager in the state and you know, I was good at my job from there I went on to manage for another company and They found out about my criminal history and even though they were willing to keep me We started hitting some roadblocks because as a felon I couldn't get certain licenses for lottery and alcohol and things like that And I'm sure it would have happened, but there it was you know difficulty and I Started thinking again that you know because of my felonies. I didn't deserve a life anymore so I quit that job and That started a long Trail to my bottom Today in recovery. I know that I deserve a better life The issues I had in my past don't have to hold me down anymore, you know, I can succeed I Can move on and helping other people is a huge part of how I do that So I'm grateful to have this opportunity and share these stories with you On recover loud of course without Portland Media Center None of this would be possible and I appreciate the opportunity to let us produce this show and teach us the important Aspects of how to produce in a studio show I'm looking forward to taking some classes over the next few weeks to learn how to make a podcast You know how we are currently taking a documentary class and we'll be producing a documentary mine will be About my daughter Taylor You saw Taylor in episode three and I want to share more about the amazing woman that she is Those documentaries will be released on PMC channel five in the greater Portland area later in October Excited for that. I also want to thank an angels wing for sponsoring our show and for the great work that they do Please check them out on Facebook stop into the stores They have great deals the money goes a long way to helping people get into sober living or a rehab or detox The recovery coaches working with an angels wing work tirelessly to find somebody a spot grateful to have their support And to be able to support them as well I want to thank our amazing crew Katie and T far T came in to help me produce this show after a few weeks and She's done amazing work and you know doing whatever it takes to produce a great show for you I know T takes pride in her work and I am just so grateful to have her as part of the team Her wife Katie joined us Recently and she's been doing a great job learning the intricate details on the camera work and you know It's just great having somebody Who's dedicated to the show as much as I am and willing to learn new things and you know, that's what recovery is about We don't know who we are Based on who we were So discovering that in recovery has been amazing and I'm grateful to have you guys both on this team I'm looking forward to an exciting second season with you guys As I mentioned, we're gonna be on location live in front of a studio audience You know, those are exciting things for me. That's something I've wanted to do and we get to go to different different parts of the state For those people who can't get to Portland We're gonna take our recovery on the road and we're gonna recover loud Everywhere we can So I'm looking forward. Hopefully you guys are gonna be able to join us when we when we come to your area If you have a location, you'd like us to come recover loud at please contact us recovery OTR 18 at gmail.com You can reach out on that email for you know, any reason if you want to be on the show if you want to host Us in your area, please reach out We'd love to partner with your organization in any way we can Another thing we're gonna be doing over the next few weeks is setting up speaking engagements in different places around the state I have been invited by a large mental health organization To speak to their team in the OHH department I'm humbled by these opportunities and I'm looking forward to sharing my philosophies on how we can help this recovery community as we move forward Recovery on the road started almost two years ago Coming up on the 19th. We'll be celebrating two years since we've started our Facebook group recovery on the road It started out as a simple way for Laurie and I to share our adventures in recovery our pictures the memes And our gratitude and enjoyment for life Away from our regular Facebook page So it started out that way and as our friends joined the group they invited their friends and their friends joined and You know, I was amazed at the amount of growth For the group and I'm just grateful for every one of you who shares the hope with me on that site and I look forward to Continuing the work that we're doing with recovery on the road We do have volunteer recovery coaches available all hours of the night one thing I love about my program is That it's 24 hours the internet never sleeps and there's always somebody awake around the world And we have members from all over the world in some stages of recovery some wanting recovery and you know We just appreciate the opportunity to share hope Share the resources and to be a part of your recovery So please check us out on Facebook at Facebook comm slash groups slash recovery on the road Recovery on the road started a new program recently Partnering with some of the local police departments to carry our business card That they can hand out to people on the street as a low pressure low Barrier way for them to be in contact with the recovery community the card Contains a QR code that can be scanned and brought directly to the Facebook group So far Lewiston police department and Kenabunk police department have both agreed to carry my cards and hand them out to the community Next week I have meetings with more police departments to get that program started with them. I See this as an opportunity to add a recovery coach aspect to the main options program, which is already in place I'm looking forward to the partnerships I'm able to have with these communities and look forward to sharing hope and resources to communities around the state recently Recovery limited LLC has been formed as a way to run our programs both recovery on the road and recover loud I'm looking forward to continuing the process of turning that into a nonprofit organization To be able to apply for grants and connect collect donations to help support the process We appreciate the opportunity to share our programs with everybody and we're hoping to provide more Access connection and resources to anyone looking for recovery It's been a pleasure to share some great resources with everybody over this last season recover together access direct recovery network journey house recovery and angels wing the Church of Safe Injection main access points and the people grassroots outreach mission I look forward to working with these organizations further and to make new connections to share more resources with all of you Hi guys, welcome to teatalk. Thank all of you for watching and sticking with us but Really, I would like to thank PMC for giving us this opportunity to share this and The experiences that we've had and learned and are yet to come And I know for myself that I've always been one like running around with the phone or a camera taking pictures And it was just for my own fun I never thought anything of it definitely never thought I would use a video camera to do something like this and I've learned a lot and I look forward to learning a lot more and my documentary that I'm working on is gonna be about Carrie Morissette still and She did and was so much more Than her legacy and I want to continue to share that Yeah, we're gonna be taking that class over the summer and we've got some assignments. We have to turn in and It's October we get to share it with everybody. I think we're gonna be doing a live event here at PMC and Sharing our documentaries and and having a good time. Yes So you and Katie are taking off next week and what are you guys doing? We are going to Washington, DC for the low-income rally I guess it was the old Martin Luther King movement and it is on June 18th into the 19th, which I just realized June 10th. That is why yeah, and I'm very excited to be a part of that. Yeah, that's that's cool I haven't been down to the White House But you know going to our state capitol You know as a show of support for you know our communities and getting to good take off and go to DC. That's pretty exciting You know, thank you for representing And and doing what needs to be done You know, that's what recovery is about and you know standing up and helping others and moving forward for ourselves So what else do you think you're gonna do over the the next six weeks? I know every weekend Katie and I plan to do a different activity Sober and fun obviously and we just want to keep learning new Fun things to make our relationship better Yeah, and you know, that's one thing like I With this show you've put in extra work, you know, you've committed yourself and You know gone above and beyond what I really asked of you and you know, I really appreciate you being a part of recover loud and you know stepping out of your comfort zone and just really committing to the cause You know, it's been great You know, I love supporting you while you're helping us and and it's been an amazing opportunity and an awesome journey Look forward to the next season with you You know, we've both got a lot to learn in the next few weeks to get set up to get those live shows done you know, but just to have the opportunity to do something like this is You know something that I don't take lightly and you know, I appreciate Everybody that has supported us to this point and you know continues to support and Look forward to a great second season Coming in August of 2022 Yes, and I just want to say thank you again everybody and I also Want to say Jake rest in peace. I love you and You won't be forgotten and I promise you will get justice for Jake recover loud Thanks again for watching our first season of recover loud Watch for us to come back in early August of 2022 with a second season some great episodes some amazing stories and more useful resources recover loud everyone ah I'm gonna cut that Lonely even when I'm scared in my feet of frozen you help me keep it going like a semi-colon So I'm a follow your steps all of the way up on my faith in you and walk on the waves And if I stumble a bit and fall on my face, you come and save me with all of your grace. Yeah, thank God