Episodios

  • Season 3 Episode 3

    Season 3 Episode 3
    Jun 19 2025
    This week, Jason and Jeff are joined by a fellow Turning Point Navigator, Brittany, for a powerful conversation centered on helping others. With 10 years of recovery experience, Brittany shares her inspiring journey, which began in the 12-step AA program and led her to become a Recovery Coach supporting multiple pathways. Listen as she discusses her "turning point" from receiving help to dedicating her life to helping others find their own way. The discussion explores how she balances her own recovery and life as a mom while guiding her mentees in her Recovery Coaching career. This episode offers profound insights for those just starting their journey and for seasoned newcomers on the power of service in recovery.
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    1 h y 34 m
  • Season 3 Episode 2

    Season 3 Episode 2
    Jun 19 2025
    Join Jason and Jeff as they welcome a very special guest, "Nice Guy Joe," who was not only Jason's sponsor but has become a cherished friend and family member. In this episode, Joe shares his entire powerful story of recovery through the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Listen as he and Jason discuss the beautiful evolution of their relationship from sponsee and sponsor to lifelong friends. We also introduce a new poll this season and ask Joe for his take on a classic Boston debate: are the iconic homes called "three-deckers" or "triple-deckers"? Be sure to email your answer to Turningpointpod@baystatecs.org for a chance to have your voice heard. You also just email us your experience, strength and hope in recovery. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about recovery, and if you'd like to be on the show as one of our guests
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    1 h y 23 m
  • Season 3 Episode 1

    Season 3 Episode 1
    Jun 19 2025
    Welcome to Season 3 of "Navigating Your Turning Point," the podcast where we explore the many pathways to recovery. Join our hosts, Jason and Jeff, as they kick off this season with a focus on "Rebuilding" and share their own powerful stories. This season, we are excited to feature guests from all walks of life who will share their unique recovery journeys, offering experience, strength, and hope. While often geared towards those in early recovery, we believe this season's content will resonate with even the most seasoned "newcomers". Our mission is to support everyone in their recovery, sharing our collective experiences to help you navigate your own turning point.
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    1 h y 7 m
  • Why Join a Sober Softball League?

    Why Join a Sober Softball League?
    Feb 13 2024
    From parents to retirees to college students, team sports has been proven to help people in addiction recovery stay sober, get healthier, and connect with their community in a meaningful way.

    So, at the peer-led Turning Point Recovery Center in Walpole, MA, we set up a summer softball team!

    Every Sunday, dozens of members of TPRC in Walpole get together to play other amateur teams from local recovery centers. Some come to watch and cheer on their friends, and some families bring their kids along, allowing for deeper conversations at home about addiction and recovery.

    This episode, host Brit Smith goes out on the field to chat with members who take part in the recovery center's softball co-ed league each year.

    Hear from the athletes, their families, and their cheerleaders in the stands about how participating in team sports helps them to stay sober.

    Learn more at turningpointrecoverycenter.org

    Find your local free Massachusetts recovery center at www.mass.gov/info-details/peer-recovery-support-centers

    Subscribe to this show and send it to a friend! You never know who it might help!
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    23 m
  • Building Community and Parenting in Recovery

    Building Community and Parenting in Recovery
    Jan 23 2024
    This episode, joing the Turning Point Podcast Team -- Jeff, John, Brit, Janette and Jules -- for a kick-back chat about:

    - Being parents and parents-to-be in addiction recovery (Jeff has twins, Jules is expecting, and Brit is doing IVF!)
    - Handling career and relationship changes when starting a recovery journey (John and Jeanette have some real stories to share!)
    - And building community in alternative spaces to bars and pubs (mocktails and darts anyone?!)


    Turning Point Recovery Center in Walpole, MA is one of dozens of state-funded peer-lead addiction recovery centers across the state of Massachusetts. At Turning Point, we believe there is no wrong way to recover. This show is run by a few volunteer peers, all of whom are in recovery, and are members of TPRC, where we attend weekly meetings and events. We hope this podcast inspires you to connect with your own local recovery center to find support on your journey.

    We’ll be back every couple of weeks to chat about life in addiction recovery, and what it’s like to be a peer member at Turning Point recovery center in Walpole, Mass.


    Find out more at turningpointrecoverycenter.org


    Find your local free recovery center at www.mass.gov/info-details/peer-recovery-support-centers


    Subscribe to this show and send it to a friend! You never know who it might help!
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    43 m
  • Recovery is an Evolution

    Recovery is an Evolution
    May 26 2023
    To close out season one, hosts John and Jeff welcome Cory O'Brien, Program Director at Turning Point Recovery Center in Walpole, MA to talk about what it takes to stay on your path to recovery.

    The hosts ask Cory about his own recovery journey, and the development of his faith in recovery.

    They also cover why Cory chose his career path to help others in recovery, the sorts of issues he faces working at Turning Point, and the kind of help that is on offer at the non-profit.

    Thanks to all our guests for our first season of the podcast! We'll be back in the fall with season 2, and keep an ear out for our Juneteenth special episode in the summer too.

    Find out more at TurningPointRecoveryCenter.org and join in our live and virtual recovery events and meeting throughout the year.
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    55 m
  • Reaching Out

    Reaching Out
    May 3 2023
    Hosts Jeff and John talks to Elizabeth Reardon and Dallas Clark of the Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline by Health Resources in Action (HRiA) about how the organization's addiction helpline assists people in recovery who need support across Massachusetts.

    Elizabeth is the Manager of Substance Use Services at HRiA, and she has over 15 years of experience working in community-based public health programs focused on youth development, domestic and sexual violence prevention, and substance abuse prevention. Elizabeth tells her own story of recovery and discusses what kind of help callers can get from the helpline.

    Dallas is a Screening & Information Specialist at HRiA and a certified recovery coach, he has completed a Black Addiction Counselor Education program and is actively involved in his community of Springfield, MA. Dallas opens up about his own recovery story, and covers what callers can expect to talk about and be asked when they call the HRiA number (1-800-327-5050) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    Find out more at www.helplineMA.org
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    42 m
  • Breaking Generational Family Addiction

    Breaking Generational Family Addiction
    Apr 11 2023
    Hosts Jeff and John talk to Turning Point Recovery peer member and volunteer Robin about her addiction recovery story and how she connects with her family over sobriety.

    Robin tells us how she talks to her teenager and other family members about being in recovery. She also covers how she finds harm reduction techniques to be a useful recovery tool, and what she does in her mentoring and coaching sessions with others in recovery.

    Find out more at TurningPointRecoveryCenter.org
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    32 m
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