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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Terry Murphy’s story is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible—no matter how far someone has fallen. From early childhood trauma and addiction at age 12 to overdose, prison, and rebuilding his life, Terry shares how faith, family, and a strong recovery program transformed everything. He opens up about fatherhood, healing, and a life now dedicated to helping others across the world find freedom through recovery. This is a message of hope, resilience, and the power of love and forgiveness. Watch and be inspired.

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Wade grew up an upper middle class baseball kid in Minnesota, but after a family divorce and discovering opiates in high school, his life spiraled into heroin addiction. He lost his fiancée, cycled through treatment, detoxes, and homelessness in Arizona, and hit rock bottom both on the streets and later alone in a hotel room with money, a nice job, and everything he thought would make him happy—yet still wanting to die. In this episode of Recovery On Air with Kristen, Wade shares how God, AA, and honest recovery on his mom’s couch in 2020 led to his sobriety and his work as CEO of Plugged In Recovery, helping others find real, accessible treatment and support. His story shows that addiction is a disease, but with faith, community, and willingness, recovery is absolutely possible.

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Recovery on Air presents a Phoenix native who went from crack cocaine at 13, prison at 23, and IV meth addiction to 16+ years of sobriety through faith in God. After losing his baby brother to SIDS and growing up surrounded by addiction, Michael’s life spiraled until a 2009 arrest became his wake-up call. Through Crossroads treatment center, a sponsor who kicked him out but still worked the steps with him, and finding God at Pure Heart Church, Michael discovered true forgiveness and freedom. Now married with 7 kids and leading a Monday night men’s recovery group for over a decade, Michael’s raw testimony proves that no matter how far you’ve fallen, redemption is possible through faith and community. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, this story will give you hope—you are not alone.

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In this powerful episode, Shannon Lee Hayes gets brutally honest about her journey through alcoholism and drug addiction, from shoplifting on graduation day and getting a DUI to losing custody of her kids, cycling through abusive relationships, and ending up in a trap house before drug court and treatment gave her another chance at life. She shares how sending each child to different caregivers broke her heart, how meth and heroin became ways to numb shame and guilt, and how a sponsor, a short but brutal relapse, and the death of a close friend finally pushed her into real honesty about her disease. Shannon talks about being diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety, choosing not to medicate, and instead walking through therapy, life‑recovery steps, and a deepening relationship with Jesus to face childhood trauma, grief, and the secrets that kept her sick. She also opens up about reconnecting with her now‑adult children , staying rooted in church and recovery, and how writing out what she wanted in herself led her to the man who became her husband—proof that, after everything, true love, faith, and a healthy, “chaotic in a good way” life are possible.

Lee Begay was a loving mom and successful dental professional whose life slowly unraveled as alcohol and drugs took over. What began as “just having fun” turned into DUIs, domestic violence, meth and heroin, trap houses, and the heartbreaking decision to let others raise her children so they could be safe.

Through drug court, treatment, deep honesty with her sponsor, and a growing relationship with God, Lee’s rock bottom became the starting point of a new life. Today, she is one of our very own at Crossroads—leading the women’s Extension facility and serving as Program Coordinator—using her story to walk other women from shame and chaos into freedom, faith, and purpose.