Changing Lives: Recovery Talks

In this episode, host Andy speaks to Oonagh Mallon and John Liddell, local authority leads from North Tyneside and Northumberland, about what it's like to commission work that helps people in recovery. They speak about their roles, their learning from working in the sector and their hopes for the future.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

Welcome to Season Two of the Recovery Talks Podcast! In this episode, hosts Andy, Iain and Sommer - along with producer Bridget - reflect on what it is like to be in recovery around Christmas and New Year as well as milestone birthdays and other large events. What's it like to be sober at a time of excess? What does 'success' and goal setting look like to a person in recovery?

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

Welcome to Season Two of the Recovery Talks Podcast! In this episode, hosts Andy, Iain and Sommer - along with producer Bridget - reflect on what it is like to be in recovery around Christmas and New Year as well as milestone birthdays and other large events. What's it like to be sober at a time of excess? What does 'success' and goal setting look like to a person in recovery?

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In the final episode of series one, hosts Sommer, Iain and Andy come together to reflect on what happened and what they learned, as well as remembering the amazing stories and voices that we have heard in each of the episodes. 

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this episode we talk with the leadership team of Changing Lives, a national charity celebrating its 50th year in 2021. In this discussion, we talk about how the charity has shaped by the many people that have connected with us over the years, and what the future holds for us and for the concept of recovery.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

Host Andy Ryan is joined by Francis Simpson and Laura Furness for a discussion of the word 'vulnerability'. They discuss their personal experiences of using the term or having it used to describe them, as well as how vulnerability and recovery are linked, and how we all need to be a little 'vulnerable' to look after our health and wellbeing.

Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

What is it like to experience addiction and recovery from the viewpoint of a loved one? In this episode, Eve talks to host Iain about her experiences of recovery and the impact of being on that journey with a loved one.

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In our sixth episode, host Andy speaks to Louisa Morley, a nurse specialising in substance misuse and addiction, and Helen Chidlow, a GP who has been working in addiction services for the past twelve years. Together they explore the term 'recovery' through a clinical lens - what the sector can improve and what it is definitely getting right. 

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In our sixth episode, host Andy speaks to Louisa Morley, a nurse specialising in substance misuse and addiction, and Helen Chidlow, a GP who has been working in addiction services for the past twelve years. Together they explore the term 'recovery' through a clinical lens - what the sector can improve and what it is definitely getting right. 

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Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/

In this episode of Recovery Talks, we speak with Danny Hames, Head of Inclusion and Chair of the NHS Addiction Provider Alliance, and Oliver Standing, the director of Collective Voice. Together they explore recovery, the sector and their personal thoughts on where we are now and where we might go next.

Note: In all of our Changing Lives Podcasts we make references to topics such as addiction, homelessness, mental health problems and domestic violence. For more information on our work or to seek support for any of the issues we discuss, you can visit https://www.changing-lives.org.uk/