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The Addiction Podcast - Point of No Return

Aug 29, 2019

Eric Burgess excelled at baseball.  Then, due to a bad car accident, his world and his family fell apart.  Starting with marijuana at a young age, he moved on to crack cocaine before he finished high school.  He not only took the drugs, he sold them.  He was addicted to the drugs and addicted to the lifestyle of no...


Aug 22, 2019

About 29 years ago, a public school teacher told Barbie Rivera that her 6 year old son had a mental disorder and she needed to put him on a mind altering drug - Ritalin.  Barbie thought that was nutty as her son was very bright, normal and already bilingual. She started home schooling him now has her own school - called...


Aug 15, 2019

Dan Zsido has had 15 years of narcotics investigative experience with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. He established and supervised the the Strategic Diversion Task Force investigating pharmaceutical crimes, doctor shopping, fraud, trafficking and more.

His current presentations and training target the dangers...


Aug 8, 2019

Erin's story is horrific for any mom to deal with.  Not only did she lose her beloved son to a heroin overdose but when she started a foundation to spread his story in the hopes of helping others, she was arrested.  Here is the tragic story of a young man with a very bright future in hockey who overdosed after...


Aug 1, 2019

Justin's struggle with addiction is not so different from other former addicts' stories and yet, it's different. He started on drugs, alcohol and Adderall when he was young and in school, and ended up on heroin and methamphetamine.  After 10 different rehab programs, he tried a holistic route and now he is clean...