A stark and moving meditation on grief, love, and survivorship, 'Unimaginable' is a mother’s account of her only son’s struggle and ultimate succumbing to his addiction, and her enduring capacity to love and heal. Host Brenda Schivito welcomes Liz Pettit to the program.

Brenda's guest today, Philadelphia native Brian Storm, author of “The Struggle”, shares stories from his memoir. Brian talks about the struggles he faced during his years of active addiction and ending in recovery.

On today’s show Brenda Schivito welcomes guests to discuss the LETI program, short for Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative. It’s a program instituted in several counties in our region including Delaware County in April of 2021, shortly followed by Chester County this past spring. The program was launched by Attorney General Josh Shapiro in 2018 in Western Pennsylvania. It’s designed to encourage law enforcement to connect people with treatment options rather than arresting them. In this episode, Delaware County DA Jack Stollsteimer and MVP Recovery Founder and CEO Brian Corson provide some background.

Host Frank Speidel's Introduction: "On 13 January 2022, while listening to WHYY Morning Edition, I heard a report by NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann. Mr. Mann related that Dr. John Kelly of Harvard and Mass General Hospital had published a peer reviewed "national study" that 75 % of those suffering with addiction went on to "get better." Now this report by Mann on Morning Edition contradicted both my anecdotal experience and my professional readings." This program's guest are Brenda Schivito, founder of Angels against Addiction, and James Salvery, director at Paramount Recovery Houses. Always defer to the guidance from your primary physician, local health department or the CDC.

Brenda and Mimi (of Legacy Surgical Center) will discuss what services Legacy provides the community and the surgical procedure of Naltrexone to treat alcohol and substance use disorder (SUD).

"You Are Not Alone" is designed to take on and expose the issues of substance abuse disorder. The show provides helpful information and resources to help those who are struggling with addiction and for families struggling with substance abuse of a loved one. Today's guest, Anita Brikman, was a news anchor and “HealthCheck” reporter for Channel 6 Action News in Philadelphia from October 1994- December 2007. Since leaving Philadelphia, she has held other positions in news broadcasting and as a communications executive at a hospice and palliative care organization in Washington DC. In 2016 she accepted a position as the Sr. Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs and the Executive Director of the educational foundation with CHPA better known as the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.

Brenda and Kim Porter will be discussing services offered by Be Part of the Conversation. They are an organization provides a variety of programs that raise awareness to substance abuse, offer parent support groups and help families to come to know what recovery looks like.

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