Don't Do Nothing Podcast

Travis went through 15 to 20 rehabs, and the longest he ever stayed clean was 12 hours. Today he's 22 years drug free and runs the rehab that finally worked for him. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, Brad sits down with Travis Anspach, Executive Director of Narconon Suncoast in Clearwater, Florida. Travis shares how a gifted kid who never felt like he fit in started using at nine, ended up hooked on hard drugs as a teenager, and was facing 10 years in prison when his mom found Narconon. He talks about the counselor who gave him the only honest talk about drugs he ever remembered, the day his family told him not to come home, and the moment he asked a staff member, "How do I get what you guys have?" Then Travis takes us step by step through the Narconon program: intake and the drug-free withdrawal unit, the New Life Detoxification sauna program, the communication and objectives courses, the life skills courses on relationships and personal values, and the exit plan and two years of follow-up after graduation. He also explains what Florida's Marchman Act is, how family interventions work, and why he believes a person isn't an addict for life. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Going through 15 to 20 rehabs before Narconon Facing 10 years in prison and finally asking for help Why he believes addiction isn't a lifelong disease How Narconon compares to clinical rehab programs Inside the Narconon drug-free withdrawal unit Why alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous What Florida's Marchman Act is and how interventions work How the New Life Detoxification sauna program works Narconon's life skills courses Exit plans and two years of follow-up after graduation Links mentioned in this episode: Narconon Suncoast: https://www.narconon-suncoast.org Narconon: https://www.narconon.org Drug-Free World: https://www.drugfreeworld.org Brett Miller's episode: https://youtu.be/d4b8Vmsyo1Y?si=-nByJFGzja_WtD_5 Follow Narconon Suncoast: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NarcononSuncoast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/narconon_suncoast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@narcononflorida Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test #dontdonothing #narconon #addictionrecovery

He was wounded in Vietnam five days before he was due to go home. He went from being a Marine in Vietnam to getting ordained as a priest at age 70. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down with Father Bob Swick, an Old Catholic priest, eight-year Marine Corps veteran, and commander of the Dunedin and Clearwater chapters of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Father Bob takes us from the Marine Corps' Platoon Leaders Class to Vietnam as a "90-day wonder," the night he lost his friend, helping wounded Marines on the medevac flight home, and meeting his wife, whose parents died after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. He also explains why he left the Roman Catholic Church, what Old Catholicism is, and what 20 years as a Clearwater Police chaplain taught him. Father Bob talks about his work with the Red Star Foundation, which supports families who have lost a veteran or first responder, and how Clearwater became the first Red Star City in the country. He shares why he leads Mass every Tuesday night at Narconon Suncoast, the veterans he has watched turn their lives around with the Narconon program, and the simple habit he ends every service with: do a random act of kindness. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Serving as a Marine Corps officer in the Vietnam War Being wounded and medevaced five days before going home Meeting his wife, whose family survived Hiroshima Why he was ordained a priest at 70 Old Catholic vs. Roman Catholic: the key differences 20 years as a Clearwater Police Department chaplain Helping Veterans and the Red Star Foundation Getting care through the VA Faith, the soul, and what happens after this life Leading Mass for veterans and students at Narconon Suncoast Why a random act of kindness matters more than you think Links mentioned in this episode: Red Star Foundation: https://redstarfoundation.org Fundraiser to sponsor veterans through Narconon: https://donorbox.org/narconon_suncoast Narconon: https://www.narconon.org Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR): https://www.cchr.org Military Order of the Purple Heart: https://www.purpleheart.org Follow Father Bob Swick: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReverendRobertSwick St. Francis of Assisi Old Catholic Parish: https://saintfrancisdunedin.org/ https://redstarfoundation.org/board-member/father-bob-swick/ Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test Time Stamps: 0:00 Who Is Father Bob Swick 0:45 Why He Joined the Marine Corps 2:25 Shipping Out to Vietnam as a "90-Day Wonder" 4:55 Wounded Five Days Before Going Home 6:25 The Night He Lost His Friend Jim Graham 10:10 Meeting His Wife From Hiroshima 12:15 Faith in a Foxhole and Coming Back to the Church 13:20 Why He Was Ordained a Priest at 70 14:10 Old Catholic vs Roman Catholic: What's the Difference? 20:20 How a Bishop Asked Him to Become a Priest 23:10 Bringing Communion to Jail: What Would Jesus Do? 28:00 20 Years as a Clearwater Police Chaplain 31:10 Veteran Scide and the Red Star Foundation 35:55 PTSD and Finally Getting Help at the VA 40:35 What Veterans Turn To When They're Struggling 42:30 How Acupuncture Helped Him 49:45 Why His Parish Is Named After St. Francis of Assisi 54:00 Bringing Patriotism Back to Veterans Day 1:01:15 Why Fewer People Have Faith Today 1:07:20 Scide, the Soul, and What Comes After 1:12:55 The Ripple Effect of a Random Act of Kindness 1:16:55 Leading Mass at Narconon Suncoast 1:19:55 Veterans Who Got Clean Through Narconon 1:30:30 Sponsoring a Veteran's Recovery in His Name 1:32:40 Closing Prayer #dontdonothing #fatherbobswick #veterans  

Valedictorian, cheerleader, never had a drink in high school. A few years later, Ashly Guernaccini was taking the bar exam high on heroin. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down with Ashly Guernaccini, founder of At Cause Law in Clearwater, Florida, and co-founder of Non Stuffy Marketing with her husband Joe. Ashly shares how a sheltered small-town honors student went from college parties to psychedelics, cocaine, and eventually heroin, all while finishing law school and practicing as a criminal defense attorney. She talks openly about her bad experience with psychiatric prescriptions while trying to quit heroin, the day she was tackled in a CVS parking lot buying heroin from her own client, and how close she came to losing her law license for good. Then comes the turnaround. Ashly explains how her mom found Narconon, what a drug-free detox and the Narconon sauna program were like for her, and the moment she knew she would never use again. She hasn't touched a drug since 2004. She also shares how the program led her to the Church of Scientology, why she stayed to work at Narconon for 10 years, how she met Joe, and how she bet her last $10,000 on starting her own law firm in the middle of COVID. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Why addiction can happen to anyone, even a straight-A valedictorian How experimenting in college escalated from alcohol to heroin Taking the bar exam while addicted to opiates What heroin withdrawal really feels like Her bad experience with Paxil and other psychiatric prescriptions Getting arrested buying heroin from her own client Civil vs. criminal law explained Inside a drug-free detox and the Narconon sauna program Taking responsibility instead of feeling powerless over drugs How Narconon led her to Scientology Moving to Clearwater and starting At Cause Law with her last $10,000 Her favorite L. Ron Hubbard quotes and the book Science of Survival Links mentioned in this episode: Narconon: https://www.narconon.org Drug-Free World: https://www.drugfreeworld.org Free Answers to Drugs course (scientology.org/drugs): https://www.scientology.org/courses/drugs/overview.html Keyed-in definitions: "literally, a key is a small manual device for opening, closing or switching electronic contacts. Key-in is used here to describe a dormant engram that has activated and is now thrown into circuit." definition from Dianetics, The Modern Science of Mental Health. Keyed-out definitions: "literally, a key is a small manual device for opening, closing or switching electronic contacts. Key-out is used here to describe the action of engrams being deactivated and going out of circuit." definition from Dianetics, The Modern Science of Mental Health. Joe Guernaccini's episode: https://youtu.be/UTyT8c5svyo?si=ywVdNTO3nVppggdH Tom Cummins' episode: https://youtu.be/iWdkPeIBVc0?si=vEn8b86k4ZuRUmfq What is Scientology: https://www.scientology.org Follow Ashly: At Cause Law: https://www.atcauselaw.com/ Non Stuffy Marketing: https://nonstuffymarketing.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/thenonstuffyattorney/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashly.m.guernaccini TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenonstuffyattorney Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:33 Who Is Ashly Guernaccini 1:57 Why Her Story Breaks the Addict Stereotype 5:25 Growing Up a Valedictorian in Steubenville, Ohio 11:40 From College Parties to Psychedelics 21:20 How Cocaine Opened the Door to Opiates 24:05 What Heroin Withdrawal Really Feels Like 28:35 Turning to Psychiatric Drugs to Quit Heroin 35:30 Her Experience on Paxil 45:55 Diagnosed Manic Depressive and More Prescriptions 53:55 From Snorting to Injecting Heroin 1:05:45 Arrested Buying Heroin From Her Own Client 1:12:45 Civil vs Criminal Law Explained 1:21:00 Rock Bottom and Her Law License on the Line 1:23:20 How Her Mom Found Narconon 1:28:55 Inside a Drug-Free Narconon Detox 1:37:15 The Narconon Sauna Program 1:45:10 Taking Responsibility: The Narconon Course Books 1:50:35 Graduating From Narconon 1:55:10 How Narconon Led Her to Scientology 2:00:45 Working 10 Years at Narconon and Getting Her License Back 2:05:55 Meeting Her Husband Joe 2:08:40 Moving to Clearwater and Passing the Florida Bar 2:16:50 Starting At Cause Law With Her Last $10,000 2:22:40 Favorite L. Ron Hubbard Quotes and Books 2:32:50 What Is Scientology in Ashly's Words #dontdonothing #ashlyguernaccini #addictionrecovery  

Kyera Keenne's life looked great from the outside, a Hollywood writing career, big shows, big names. Inside, she says she was crippled, and searching for an answer she had been chasing since she was five. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, writer and musician Kyera Keenne tells her story: how she walked onto the set of In Living Color not even knowing what a PA (Production Assistant) was, became Keenen Ivory Wayans' assistant for three and a half years, and got "fired" by him with a twist, he told her she was too talented to stay an assistant, then mentored her into becoming a writer. From there came a 12-year career writing for The Jamie Foxx Show, The PJs, Third Watch, Girlfriends, My Wife and Kids, and more, selling her own pilots, and the time she came within inches of a job writing for Friends. But the thread running through her whole life was a question. At five, she asked her mom what happens when you die, and the answer, "you're a wasn't," felt so wrong it made her physically sick. That started a lifetime of looking. She shares how she wandered into the Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles in 1999, skulked around the windows because of everything negative she'd heard, and says she was sold the moment she walked into the bookstore. She opens up about the PTS/SP course and how it let her finally fall in love with her difficult father before he passed, why she started two Scientology book clubs she still runs, and how Scientology shaped her as an artist. She also gets into her music: her album "The Wasn't,", a collaboration with Carlos Santana, and why she believes real creativity raises the emotion of everyone around it. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Walking onto In Living Color Becoming Keenen Ivory Wayans' assistant, and getting a BMW as a thank-you Why he "fired" her for being too talented, then mentored her into writing The 12-year writing career: Jamie Foxx, The PJs, Third Watch, Girlfriends and more The time a contract technicality cost her a job writing for Friends The question at age five that set off a lifetime of searching Skulking around the Celebrity Centre windows before she'd go in Taking the personality test and her very first course How the PTS/SP course helped her fall in love with her dad Starting the two Scientology book clubs she still runs today How Scientology changed her as an artist (the "crippled walk") Her album "The Wasn't," the "archaic man," and her Carlos Santana collab What Scientology is in her own words Links mentioned in this episode: Kyera's music and website: https://kyera.world Kyera on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4y2XjBAHjnVEjq3GFOFmZR Scientology TV (LRH Library / New Slant on Life): https://www.scientology.tv/series/l-ron-hubbard-library-presents/ Dianetics: https://www.scientology.org/what-is-dianetics.html Free online course, "Knowing Who You Can Trust": https://www.scientology.org/courses/suppression/overview.html Scientology (find a church + info): https://www.scientology.org/churches/locator.html Follow Kyera: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyeraworld/ Website: https://kyera.world Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:27 Who Is Kyera Keene 1:42 Landing the Job at In Living Color 6:29 Keenen Ivory Wayans, Getting Fired for Her Talent 13:50 "When You Die You're a Wasn't": The Question That Shaped Her Life 15:34 Skulking Around the Celebrity Centre and Finding Scientology 19:00 The Personality Test and Her First Course 24:00 The PTS/SP Course and Falling in Love With Her Dad 31:39 From Hollywood Writer to Scientology Staff 33:02 Starting the Scientology Book Clubs 35:45 Why Scientology Is "the Gift That Keeps Giving" 38:04 How Scientology Changed Her as an Artist (the "Crippled Walk") 42:29 Not Forcing the Data: Letting People Reach and Withdraw 46:27 The Shows She Wrote For and Almost Joining Friends 51:26 "The Wasn't": Her Album and the Archaic Man 56:03 What Mental Health Really Means 1:00:20 Her Favorite LRH Book and Best Advice to Artists 1:03:38 Handling "Vampire" Personalities 1:07:38 What Is Scientology in Kyera's Words 1:08:26 What She Wants to Be Remembered For #dontdonothing #kyerakeene #scientology  

He got kicked out of school after pulling the fire alarm to win back recess. A few years later, he had his high school diploma at 14. In this episode of the Don't Do Nothing Podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down with Cary Green, a fourth-generation Scientologist and financial advisor who runs his own firm, Green Era Financial. Cary shares how an anxious, overweight, rebellious kid landed at a tiny boarding school in the New Mexico mountains with no TV, no video games, and no sugar, and how a program called Life Basics taught him everything from laundry to how to communicate. He explains how Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology found the skipped gradients in his math, and the two study tricks that got him through high school in under a year. From there, Cary takes us through culture shock as a 15-year-old in New York City, delivering 12-foot Christmas trees on his shoulder for tips, quitting a toxic job after five days, and taking an eight-day train to LA at 18. He talks about years as a fundraiser for the International Association of Scientologists, sitting at kitchen tables asking for anywhere from $1,000 to a couple million dollars, and how that work pulled him into the world of finance. Cary also breaks down Roth vs. traditional retirement accounts in plain language, what financial advisors actually do all day, and how salespeople should work with a client's advisor. Then Aaron and Brad turn the tables on his eight-year engagement with a heartfelt push to start a family. Let us know in the comments how did you like this episode and remember: Don't do nothing. In this episode: Growing up as a fourth-generation Scientologist Getting kicked out of multiple schools as a rebellious kid The fire alarm plan to win back recess Mojave Academy, a boarding school in the New Mexico mountains Childhood anxiety and worrying what people think The Life Basics program and learning how to live Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology Skipped gradients and why he failed math homework but aced tests Two study tricks that helped him graduate high school at 14 Taking Scientology courses in New York City at 15 Walking away from drugs at teen parties What delivering Christmas trees taught him about tipping Fundraising for the IAS and asking for million-dollar donations Roth vs. traditional retirement accounts explained simply What a fiduciary financial advisor really does How to work with a client's financial advisor in sales Meeting his fiancée and deciding when to start a family The Way to Happiness and his favorite L. Ron Hubbard quote L. Ron Hubbard quote mentioned by Cary: "He who would look forward into time cannot but shudder at the prospect of the future. "But I have lived through yesterday. "I am living through today "Why should I should I fear to live through tomorrow?" -LRH Source: L. Ron Hubbard Series. Early Years of Adventure Letters & Journals pg 111 The Way to Happiness: https://www.thewaytohappiness.org Scientology's Study Technology: https://www.scientology.org/study Applied Scholastics: https://www.appliedscholastics.org Drug-Free World: https://www.drugfreeworld.org Scientology online course Aaron mentions: https://www.scientology.org/integrity The Eight Dynamics (from book: Fundamentals of Thought): https://www.scientology.org/fot/ What is Scientology: https://www.scientology.org/what-is-scientology/ Follow us on other places: https://www.instagram.com/dontdonothingpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/DDNPod https://www.tiktok.com/@dontdonothingpod https://x.com/dontdonothing8 Follow Cary Green: https://www.instagram.com/carypetergreen/ https://www.facebook.com/cary.green.923 https://www.tiktok.com/@carypetergreen https://www.greenerafinancial.com/ Curious about yourself? Take a personality test: https://ddnpod.com/test Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:53 Who Is Cary Green 2:08 Growing Up as a Fourth Generation Scientologist 3:02 Why He Got Kicked Out of So Many Schools 7:24 The Fire Alarm Plan to Win Back Recess 12:50 Mojave Academy: Boarding School in the New Mexico Mountains 17:18 The Life Basics Program That Changed His Life 19:59 Educational Repair and Scientology's Study Technology 22:43 How He Graduated High School at 14 31:20 Taking Scientology Courses in New York at 15 33:33 Walking Away From Drugs at Teen Parties 38:08 What Delivering Christmas Trees Taught Him About Tipping 43:53 Why He Quit a Toxic Job After Five Days 49:07 Taking a Train to LA and Becoming a Fundraiser at 18 54:54 How Fundraising Led Him Into Finance 56:03 Roth vs Traditional Retirement Accounts Explained 1:07:46 Best Books on Fundraising and Sales 1:10:24 From Nonprofit Work to Starting Green Era Financial 1:16:29 What Financial Advisors Really Do 1:19:50 How to Work With a Client's Financial Advisor 1:24:46 How He Met His Fiancée 1:29:02 The Eight Dynamics and Why Kids Change Everything 1:43:55 Favorite L. Ron Hubbard Quote and The Way to Happiness 1:46:34 What Is Scientology in Cary's Words #dontdonothing #carygreen #scientology