Chasing Heroine: Addiction Recovery and Sobriety

PART ONE: The Conspiracy to Murder Her Mother with Charlie Wolf (formerly known as Tylar Witt)

TW: suicidal ideation, violence, homicide PART ONE: On the night of June 11, 2009, Joanne Witt was murdered by her teenage daughter Tylar and Tylar's boyfriend Steven "B

High Functioning: What Actually Makes Rehab Work with Dr. Towers, Clinical Director of Seasons Malibu

What actually makes addiction treatment work? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tiffany Towers, Clinical Director at Seasons in Malibu, to go behind the scenes of wha

Stoner Surf Culture becomes Hell's Angel's Meth Culture, Arrested Twice in ONE Day, Hallucinating About Rob Dyrdek?? Gunnar's Story Will Entertain and Inspire You

(Encore episode - originally aired November 2025) Gunnar grew up in what looked like the perfect family - until addiction slowly unraveled everything. After his parents

Check Fraud, Gaming the Probation System, Turning a Boyfriend into an Unknowing Trafficking Partner and a Family Legal Intervention that Saves Her Life with Cheree Ashley of Osier Wellness

Cherie Ashley was arrested for fraud. Arrested for possession. Caught in a cycle of trying to beat drug tests. Heroin had her convinced there was no way out. 14 years la

High Functioning: Why Feeling Like Quitting Means You're Winning

Feeling like a failure right now? Science says that might actually mean you're winning. In this episode, I break down the frog pond effect, a 1966 study that explains wh

PART TWO: Prison Terms, Interstate Theft Rings, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Credit Card Fraud Rings, Prostitution Extortion Scams, Extreme Paranoia and Destroyed Rental Cars with Matt Handy

Today picks up with Matt Handy where we left him at the end of part one...choosing to be homeless and setting up a tent in downtown San Diego. From here, Matt's choices

PART ONE: Prison Terms, Interstate Theft Rings, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Credit Card Fraud Rings, Prostitution Extortion Scams, Extreme Paranoia and Destroyed Rental Cars with Matt Handy

Matt Handy went from heroin addict to convicted felon to tent-dweller on the streets of downtown San Diego. By choice. Assault with a deadly weapon. Narcotics traffickin

High Functioning: Your Body Holds the Answers; Craniosacral Therapy Connects You to Your Inner Knowing

Sunil Kalwani is part of the clinical team at Seasons Malibu. As a craniosacral therapist, his work isn't about fixing people. It's about listening to what the body alrea

Natalie Eva Marie on Soccer, DUIs, Jail, WWE Divas, "Graduating" AA, NEM Fitness, Her Recent Divorce and Starting Over Again

Natalie Eva Marie went from college soccer player to WWE superstar to a trap apartment in Sherman Oaks. This episode is her real story, not the highlight reel. She talks

Four Felonies, Smuggling Heroin into Jail, "Mooching" Off Family, Volunteering for the Most Intense Behavior Modification Program in California, Finally Landing at Freedom Ranch, Now 14 Years Sober

Luis Romero didn't just try heroin. He fell in love with it. That love affair started in his teens and followed him straight into adulthood, into gang life, and into four

Child Star to Skid Row...Living in a Car, Trap Motels, Auditioning for 8 Mile on Cocaine, and Being Present for the Fatal OD of a Hollywood Icon: Natanya Ross in Her Own Words

She played Robin Russo on The Secret Life of Alex Mack. Millions of 90s kids knew her face. Nobody knew what was happening behind the scenes. Natanya Ross started using

High Functioning: The OCD Symptoms That Get Overlooked (And How To Spot Them)

Eden Presti wears many hats. Case manager at Seasons Malibu. Brainspotting practitioner. PsyD doctoral student two years out from finishing. But before any of that, she w

Ecstasy, Cocaine, DJing, Broken Relationships and Alcoholism to Sobriety and Connection in the Treatment Community

This episode of Chasing Heroin features John Nettles, host of Recovery Refined and a team member at Refine Recovery in LA. Adopted at four days old and raised in St. Loui

Childhood Trauma Leads to Multiple DUIs...Stopping Drinking Leaves Her Sober but Suicidal Until Working the Steps Finally Changes Her Life

Elisa Saunders looked like she had it all figured out. A successful teacher, put together, dependable. Nobody saw the drinking that started long before she ever stepped i

High Functioning: Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind and Watch Your Life Change with Barbara Jean Carey, CHT

Barbara Jean Carey is a certified hypnotherapist whose private practice spans both Malibu and Seasons Recovery Center, where she works with everyone from NFL players to C

Child Star of "Bad News Bears," Dead Kennedy's Frontman and Surfer Brandon Jak Cruz on Studio 54, Wandering the Playboy Mansion at 8 Years Old, Shooting Acid, Smuggling Cocaine & Refuge Recovery

At 8 and 9 years old, Brandon was a fixture on Hollywood sets - a child actor with credits on Bad News Bears and The Courtship of Eddie's Father - and somehow, that was t

Former Adult Film Star and Model Jenny Leone on the Playboy Mansion, Benzos, Adderall, Opiates, Posing for Penthouse to the Adult Film Awards in Vegas to her Four Pillars of Creating Wealth and Health

Jenny Leone didn't plan any of it. She left Canada at 19 with a TV deal and ended up somewhere she never expected. What started as magazine covers became films. What sta

High Functioning: The 3-Letter Formula That Lets You Control the Outcome of Anything

In this episode of High Functioning - an off shoot of the Chasing Heroine podcast, I'm sharing my all-time favorite mindset tool, one that has the power to completely cha

Growing Up In Haunted Houses, "Stealing" Someone's Dad, Ecstasy, Weed, Intentional Unconsciousness, Criminal Activity and then Finally Becoming a Girl Dad Changes HIs Life

What starts as a story about a kid from Utah with a promising football career ends somewhere nobody saw coming — including Chad himself. Growing up in Utah, Chad was the

From Working on Wall Street to a Two Month Psychotic Episode...Criminal Trespassing, Abusive Relationships, a Home Made Eye Patch and Finally a "Soft Landing" in Malibu with McKenna

What starts as an Adderall pill shared in a high school hallway on Long Island doesn't look like the beginning of a story about psychosis. But for McKenna, that's exactly