How To Cope With The Dope
Navigating the challenges of loving someone with substance use disorder can feel overwhelming, but you're not alone. This podcast combines personal experiences, research, and my own recovery journey to offer understanding, hope, and practical tools for growth. With monthly interviews featuring inspiring stories of hope and expert insights, I aim to help you move from merely surviving to truly thriving in your own life.
How To Cope With The Dope
From Overdose to Awakening: A Story of Faith, Recovery, and Redemption
In this powerful and inspiring episode, Cheryl shares her deeply personal journey through substance use and the moment everything changed—a near-fatal overdose that became a turning point in her life. What followed was nothing short of a spiritual awakening, as she turned her life over to God and began a path of healing without a formal recovery program.
She also opens up about the emotional weight of being pregnant during active use, and how she found forgiveness in her faith. For anyone who loves someone struggling with substance use, this episode offers a raw, honest, and ultimately hope-filled glimpse into the inner world of someone who found redemption through a relationship with her higher power.
Cheryl’s story is a reminder that even when things seem beyond repair, grace can break through in the most unexpected ways.