If you’re looking to understand addiction more, help yourself, or help someone in your life, this is a must-listen!

Host Shawna speaks to creator of the Drunk Punk Recovery program, Tim Spock, while he serves out a 15 year sentence in a correctional facility. They talk about how his zines found (and affected) Shawna, prison life, how religious overtones can turn people off from help, the brain chemistry of addiction, elements that make addiction programs work, harm reduction, and so much more. As we head into the holidays, this might be really timely for folks who are facing addiction-related struggles internally or externally.

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Write to Tim via snail mail:

Tim Spock #A633757

2500 South Avon-Belden Road Grafton OH 44044 

Or email timspock77@gmail.com and his friend will pass along your message.

Find him on Instagram @drunkpunkrecovery

The writings of Tim Spock: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/tim-spock/

Shawna in Razorcake (Tim was not published after all): https://razorcake.org/razorcake-121-featuring-obnox-shawna-potter-max-ward-jenelle-hessig-and-how-punk-saved-belfast/

Prison to pamphlet series: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/?subject=prison-to-pamphlet

The article he mentions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/08/14/we-cant-afford-to-ignore-drug-addiction-in-prison/

https://projectwhitebutterfly.org/

https://www.thesidewalkproject.org/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

Recovery Dharma: Using Buddhist Practices and Principles to Recover from Addiction: https://recoverydharma.org/