In this episode of Recovery On-Air, host Christin Day sits down with therapist and trail runner Karina Chandler for a powerful, honest conversation about childhood trauma, addiction, eating disorders, and what long-term recovery can really look like. Karina shares growing up in a tiny farm town in Oregon, surviving severe childhood sexual abuse, navigating complex PTSD and dissociation, and building an identity around “helping everyone else” while silently struggling herself. She opens up about high-functioning alcoholism, being introduced to meth in her own home, losing her marriage, home, professional license, and temporary custody of her children, and how community, inner-child work, and somatic healing helped her rebuild her life. Today, Karina is over four years sober, back in private practice, deeply involved in the recovery community, co-parenting her kids, and even starting a new career while continuing to support others through therapy and leadership. If you’ve survived trauma, struggled with an eating disorder, felt burned out as a helper, or are trying to find your own recovery path, this episode is vulnerable, intelligent, and hopeful. If this conversation speaks to you, please like, comment, and subscribe—and share it with someone who needs to know they’re not alone today.

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From Foster Care to Freedom: Estil Wallace on Trauma, Faith, and Long Term Sobriety In this episode of Recovery on Air, we sit down with Estil Wallace for a powerful conversation about trauma, faith, and what long term sobriety really looks like. From foster care and generational alcoholism to 22 years clean and sober, Estil shares how God, therapy, and 12 step recovery worked together to change everything. He talks openly about surviving early childhood abuse, growing up in chaos, and the impact that untreated trauma had on his addiction, relationships, and view of himself. Estil also shares how working the steps, doing deep therapy, and finding a church community helped him forgive, heal, and discover a new purpose in helping others. We also dive into how treatment programs and 12 step fellowships can support each other instead of competing, the reality of spiritual warfare in recovery, and why integrated, trauma informed, faith centered care can be so life changing. If you are in recovery, love someone who struggles, or work in behavioral health, this episode is honest, hopeful, and real ! If this episode speaks to you, please like, comment, and subscribe—and share it with someone who needs hope today. #FromFosterCareToFreedom #EstilWallace #RecoveryOnAir #CrossroadsRecovery #TraumaInformedCare #FaithAndRecovery #LongTermSobriety #12StepRecovery #FosterCareSurvivor #ChristianRecovery #ArizonaRecovery

Fentanyl, meth, and ‘gas station heroin’ are changing the drug landscape in Phoenix and across Maricopa County—and too many families are getting blindsided. In this episode, Detective Matt Shay from the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force joins us to expose what’s really on our streets, how cartels are adapting, and why products like kratom and 7-OH being sold in gas stations and smoke shops are raising serious red flags. If you work in treatment, are in recovery, or love someone who’s struggling, this conversation is a must-watch. Share this with someone who needs to hear it.

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