Not being educated on substance use disorder leads many to believe a lot of things that aren't true about addiction.    In this episode of the Stop the Stigma podcast, I break down 25 myths about addiction and give you the truth behind them.   This is one of the original episodes of the podcast. Newer episodes are coming soon, with a new format, that will allow those that want to share their stories, to do so in a better way. Stay tuned!   - 💲 This episode is sponsored by the Stop the Stigma Supercast: Your go-to place for video interviews, early access to episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Please check out the Stop the Stigma Supercast ➡sudstigma.com/sc⬅     🎤 Want the opportunity to tell your story? Let me know: ➡sudstigma.com/contact⬅     📇 Find all of Stop the Stigma's important links and contact information: ➡sudstigma.com/info⬅     🎧 Subscribe to Stop the Stigma on your favorite podcast player: Apple: sudstigma.com/apple Google: sudstigma.com/google Spotify: sudstigma.com/spotify and more: sudstigma.com/pod     💲 Support Stop the Stigma (Stop the Stigma is funded by me, the host, out of pocket. If you'd like to offset the cost, please consider supporting me by one of the following methods): Supercast: sudstigma.com/sc Store: sudstigma.com/store PayPal: sudstigma.com/pp Venmo: sudstigma.com/venmo CashApp: sudstigma.com/cashapp Amazon Wishlist: sudstigma.com/wish     👥Social links: Facebook: sudstigma.com/fb Twitter: sudstigma.com/twitter YouTube: sudstigma.com/yt     🛠 Tools I use and love: Podpage (For designing a beautiful podcast website): sudstigma.com/podpage Envato Elements (stock images, music, etc): sudstigma.com/envato Text Blaze: sudstigma.com/tb Printful (Merch design): sudstigma.com/printful      ❗If you or someone you know is suffering from SUD please call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is free and confidential. You can also check out https://helpguide.org for more information on SUDs and other mental illness     ❗Disclaimer: Some of these links go to my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

In February of 2022, it was announced that President Joe Biden allocated $30 million that would go towards funding "free crack pipes."    This episode of Stop the Stigma was originally recorded at that time and I discussed the topic, broke down what the funding was actually for, or more.   Stick around, newer and better episodes are coming soon.   - 💲 This episode is sponsored by the Stop the Stigma Supercast: Your go-to place for video interviews, early access to episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Please check out the Stop the Stigma Supercast ➡sudstigma.com/sc⬅     🎤 Want the opportunity to tell your story? Let me know: ➡sudstigma.com/contact⬅     📇 Find all of Stop the Stigma's important links and contact information: ➡sudstigma.com/info⬅     🎧 Subscribe to Stop the Stigma on your favorite podcast player: Apple: sudstigma.com/apple Google: sudstigma.com/google Spotify: sudstigma.com/spotify and more: sudstigma.com/pod     💲 Support Stop the Stigma (Stop the Stigma is funded by me, the host, out of pocket. If you'd like to offset the cost, please consider supporting me by one of the following methods): Supercast: sudstigma.com/sc Store: sudstigma.com/store PayPal: sudstigma.com/pp Venmo: sudstigma.com/venmo CashApp: sudstigma.com/cashapp Amazon Wishlist: sudstigma.com/wish     👥Social links: Facebook: sudstigma.com/fb Twitter: sudstigma.com/twitter YouTube: sudstigma.com/yt     🛠 Tools I use and love: Podpage (For designing a beautiful podcast website): sudstigma.com/podpage Envato Elements (stock images, music, etc): sudstigma.com/envato Text Blaze: sudstigma.com/tb     ❗If you or someone you know is suffering from SUD please call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is free and confidential. You can also check out https://helpguide.org for more information on SUDs and other mental illness     ❗Disclaimer: Some of these links go to my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

I welcomed my first guest in this episode of Stop the Stigma, my wife, Kasey Gresham. In the episode, we talk about her mom’s addiction, how it affected their relationship, and more. This episode was initially broadcasted via Facebook Live, this is the audio-only version.  Feel free to check out the video version in the full show notes below. Please note, that the original video was around 30 minutes longer, and many pauses were cut out of the audio version.   Please note: This episode was originally recorded on Feb. 7, 2022 via Facebook live. This episode will be edited soon to reflect the new structure of our episodes. All regular Q&A formatted episodes, such as this one is currently structured will be moved to the Stop the Stigma Supercast feed (sudstigma.com/sc). - 💲 This episode is sponsored by the Stop the Stigma Supercast: Your go-to place for video interviews, early access to episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Please check out the Stop the Stigma Supercast ➡sudstigma.com/sc⬅     🎤 Want the opportunity to tell your story? Let me know: ➡sudstigma.com/contact⬅     📇 Find all of Stop the Stigma's important links and contact information: ➡sudstigma.com/info⬅     🔗 Important links mentioned: Live Video: sudstigma.com/kaseylive   🎧 Subscribe to Stop the Stigma on your favorite podcast player: Apple: sudstigma.com/apple Google: sudstigma.com/google Spotify: sudstigma.com/spotify and more: sudstigma.com/pod     💲 Support Stop the Stigma (Stop the Stigma is funded by me, the host, out of pocket. If you'd like to offset the cost, please consider supporting me by one of the following methods): Supercast: sudstigma.com/sc Store: sudstigma.com/store PayPal: sudstigma.com/pp Venmo: sudstigma.com/venmo CashApp: sudstigma.com/cashapp Amazon Wishlist: sudstigma.com/wish     👥Social links: Facebook: sudstigma.com/fb Twitter: sudstigma.com/twitter YouTube: sudstigma.com/yt     🛠 Tools I use and love: Podpage (For designing a beautiful podcast website): sudstigma.com/podpage Envato Elements (stock images, music, etc): sudstigma.com/envato Text Blaze: sudstigma.com/tb     ❗If you or someone you know is suffering from SUD please call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is free and confidential. You can also check out https://helpguide.org for more information on SUDs and other mental illness     ❗Disclaimer: Some of these links go to my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

Understanding what substance use disorder is, is the first step in understanding why we need to stop the stigma surrounding it. After listening to this episode of the Stop the Stigma podcast you will walk away with a basic understanding of what substance use disorder is, which will help put future episodes in context and hopefully ignite a desire to help those suffering from substance use disorder.     💲 This episode is sponsored by the Stop the Stigma Supercast: Your go-to place for video interviews, early access to episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Please check out the Stop the Stigma Supercast ➡sudstigma.com/sc⬅     🎤 Want the opportunity to tell your story? Let me know: ➡sudstigma.com/contact⬅     📇 Find all of Stop the Stigma's important links and contact information: ➡sudstigma.com/info⬅   🎧 Subscribe to Stop the Stigma on your favorite podcast player: Apple: sudstigma.com/apple Google: sudstigma.com/google Spotify: sudstigma.com/spotify and more: sudstigma.com/pod     💲 Support Stop the Stigma (Stop the Stigma is funded by me, the host, out of pocket. If you'd like to offset the cost, please consider supporting me by one of the following methods): Supercast: sudstigma.com/sc Store: sudstigma.com/store PayPal: sudstigma.com/pp Venmo: sudstigma.com/venmo CashApp: sudstigma.com/cashapp Amazon Wishlist: sudstigma.com/wish     👥Social links: Facebook: sudstigma.com/fb Twitter: sudstigma.com/twitter YouTube: sudstigma.com/yt     🛠 Tools I use and love: Podpage (For designing a beautiful podcast website): sudstigma.com/podpage Envato Elements (stock images, music, etc): sudstigma.com/envato Text Blaze: sudstigma.com/tb     ❗If you or someone you know is suffering from SUD please call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is free and confidential. You can also check out https://helpguide.org for more information on SUDs and other mental illness     ❗Disclaimer: Some of these links go to my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

In this episode of the Stop the Stigma podcast I talk about why I changed my mind about addiction. You will learn about the mindset I had before my mind-shift change and the events that lead up to the change.   💲 This episode is sponsored by the Stop the Stigma Supercast: Your go-to place for video interviews, early access to episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Please check out the Stop the Stigma Supercast ➡sudstigma.com/sc⬅     🎤 Want the opportunity to tell your story? Let me know: ➡sudstigma.com/contact⬅     📇 Find all of Stop the Stigma's important links and contact information: ➡sudstigma.com/info⬅     🎧 Subscribe to Stop the Stigma on your favorite podcast player: Apple: sudstigma.com/apple Google: sudstigma.com/google Spotify: sudstigma.com/spotify and more: sudstigma.com/pod     💲 Support Stop the Stigma (Stop the Stigma is funded by me, the host, out of pocket. If you'd like to offset the cost, please consider supporting me by one of the following methods): Supercast: sudstigma.com/sc Store: sudstigma.com/store PayPal: sudstigma.com/pp Venmo: sudstigma.com/venmo CashApp: sudstigma.com/cashapp Amazon Wishlist: sudstigma.com/wish     👥Social links: Facebook: sudstigma.com/fb Twitter: sudstigma.com/twitter YouTube: sudstigma.com/yt     🛠 Tools I use and love: Podpage (For designing a beautiful podcast website): sudstigma.com/podpage Envato Elements (stock images, music, etc): sudstigma.com/envato Text Blaze: sudstigma.com/tb     ❗If you or someone you know is suffering from SUD please call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. It is free and confidential. You can also check out https://helpguide.org for more information on SUDs and other mental illness     ❗Disclaimer: Some of these links go to my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.