When the radio show first began, a fellow colleague began tweeting the research related to this project with the hashtag, #redemptiveliteracies. Because this was not my original hashtag idea … I wanted to give credit […]
A Community-Based Digital Storytelling Project on Alcoholism, Addiction, & Recovery via @MakerParkRadio
Tag: Change the Narrative
You Don’t Have to be a Celebrity for People to Hear Your Recovery Story
“Recovery can be a messy process. Mine certainly was. But the pain that comes from the stigma attached to addiction can make the journey toward recovery even harder. But when a celebrity speaks out about […]
Chrysalis
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” I got this quote tattooed on my back in 2012 to celebrate one-full-year of #sobriety. It’s very pretty, stretched across a cherry […]
[Recovery] Music as a Social Text*
“The” Jerry Farley Record Producer, Audio Engineer, & Model Citizen. My buddy, Jerry, came to my ENG 1100c class today to talk about creating and storytelling through music. As a music producer, he believes that people […]
Telling: Tattoos, a Map for Remembering
I haven’t wanted to write in a long time. Probably since 2009. And I mean the kind of soul-deep writing that in order to stop thinking about how much I need to write, I actually […]
Voices from Rock Bottom 