The opposite of addiction is connection.
, Al Richards
Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction
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Al Richards of The Other Side of Addiction in Salt Lake City, UT discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction. These quotes come from the conversation on The Business Spotlight with Peter Anthony. Watch Al Richards's episode
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Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction
Al Richards is a recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster, and co-founder of the Healing Utah Success Summit. After 24 years in manufacturing and eight years of hidden weekend cocaine and alcohol use, Al Richards lost a job to a dirty UA in 2009 and used the collapse as the structural turning point, getting sober, rebuilding through fitness, and eventually launching The Other Side of Addiction podcast (367 episodes and counting on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Facebook as AR The Other Side of Addiction). Al Richards co-created the Healing Utah Success Summit with Mallerie Jacobs to give Utah operators, families, and recovering addicts a live stage where vulnerability becomes the inspiration that pulls others out of hiding.
Al Richards discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction.
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Al Richards discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction.
When we're willing to sit in our emotions instead of reaching for the substance, that's where the real strength is at.
, Al Richards
Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction
Al Richards discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction.
Addiction isn't the disease. It's the band-aid. People are suffering from something much deeper inside them.
, Al Richards
Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction
Al Richards discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction.
The journey of a thousand miles doesn't start with the first step. It starts with the decision to make the second step.
, Al Richards
Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction
Al Richards discusses How Recovery Advocacy, Live Events, And A Podcast Built A Utah Healing Movement Around The Other Side Of Addiction.
I lost my job in 2009 due to a dirty UA, and that was actually the best thing that ever happened to me, because I really found out who Al Richards was.
, Al Richards
Recovery advocate, speaker, podcaster and co-founder, The Other Side of Addiction