Drugs Did This

Rob Murdock (In Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail Rob Murdock is an Asheboro native who had his first taste of beer when he was just a kid, 13 or 14, and later developed an addiction to alcohol that ebb

Paul Sanders (In Recovery/Works in Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail Paul Sanders carried his years-old addictions with him to college, where they blossomed. He got the boot from school but when granted a second chance, h

John Kelly (In Recovery/Works in Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail John Kelly will mark 13 years in recovery in December 2025. At the age of 16, in an effort to fit in with his peers, he smoked marijuana for the first t

Blake Easley/Part 2 (In Recovery/Works in Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail A California native, Blake Easley smoked marijuana in high school, then drank cough syrup to achieve a buzz (almost every day) until his mother found a

Blake Easley/Part 1 (In Recovery/Works in Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail A California native, Blake Easley smoked marijuana in high school, then drank cough syrup to achieve a buzz (almost every day) until his mother found a

Amber Poe (In Recovery/Works in Recovery)

Send us Fan Mail Amber Poe was in her late 20s until she experienced her first-ever buzz from drinking alcohol. The unexpected intoxication was linked to how her body me

Treston Dickerson (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in West Virginia, Treston Dickerson struggled with his self-image. The first time he smoked marijuana, at 12 or 13, he felt better. Through h

Erik Kuykendall (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail Erik Kuykendall has always had the ability to look on the bright side, even when his life was grim due to poor choices on his part -- and there have bee

Capt. Bradley Cooper and Sgt. Jason Burgess (Randolph County EMS)

Send us Fan Mail Capt. Bradley Cooper and Sgt. Jason Burgess know one aspect of how drugs impact Randolph County: They are employed with Randolph County Emergency Medica

Bob Shackleford (Family)

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Bob Shackleford says he did not understand anything about the disease of addiction when his son went to treatment for the first time. He still did n

Scott Smith (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail By the time he was in the fifth grade, Scott Smith was drinking most weekends with his buddies. Several of them were years older. But his future addicti

James Michael Martin (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail James Michael Martin drank his first beer at the age of 15. Twenty-three years -- and the ongoing use of alcohol and a laundry list of other drugs -- la

David Mabe (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail David Mabe stopped using drugs while working to get himself in shape to go to bootcamp. After he entered military service though, addiction reclaimed it

Amber Mabe (Recovery Story)

Send us Fan Mail Amber Mabe was almost 29 years old and operating a thriving graphic design company when addiction took hold. She lost her business. She lost her childre

Susan E. Hunt First podcast

Send us Fan Mail  Susan E. Hunt is a co-founder of Keaton's Place, a recovery resource center in Asheboro, N.C., which was established to make a difference for indi