The Hopeaholics
Welcome to the Hopeaholics Podcast, where we tackle addiction and mental illness through sharing real life experiences, honesty and hope! Hosted by Chad Carlsen, who knows firsthand the destruction that these issues can cause, we're here to offer listeners a much-needed source of inspiration and understanding that will carry them through tough times. Through powerful, honest, and unfiltered interviews, The Hopeaholics provides a beacon of hope for listeners facing similar issues, banishing stigma in the process. If you're looking for an authentic podcast that'll motivate you to overcome hard times and live well, look no further. To get help for yourself or someone you love, call 949-989-6550
The Hopeaholics
The 12th Arrest That Changed Everything with Samantha Jurado | The Hopeaholics Podcast
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The 12th Arrest That Changed Everything with Samantha Jurado | The Hopeaholics Podcast
In this deeply emotional episode of The Hopeaholics Podcast, Samantha Jurado shares her unfiltered story of trauma, addiction, loss, and long-term recovery—from surviving childhood abuse, early suicide attempts, and meth addiction, to becoming a young mother, experiencing homelessness, incarceration, and the devastating loss of her daughter in a car accident that changed the course of her life forever. Samantha opens up about the years of self-destruction that followed, the spiritual awakening that finally broke through after her 12th arrest, and how sobriety became possible when she chose to fully show up as a mother to her son. She also speaks candidly about navigating grief in recovery after losing her son years later, enduring divorce and isolation during COVID, and rediscovering her identity beyond trauma, labels, and addiction. This episode is a raw testament to resilience, accountability, faith, and what it truly means to survive the unimaginable and still choose to live, heal, and recover out loud.
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Timestamps:
00:02:32 - Growing Up Moving State to State
00:04:15 - First Blackout and Suicide Attempt at 14
00:06:08 - Childhood Sexual Abuse Revealed
00:07:49 - Abuser Sent to Prison
00:09:34 - Abuse in Father’s Home
00:11:44 - Safety and Stability With Grandmother
00:13:10 - First Time Using Meth
00:13:54 - Leaving Home and Addiction Escalates
00:14:33 - Becoming a Mother at 20
00:18:23 - CPS Knocking and Losing Stability
00:19:26 - Homelessness and Active Addiction
00:21:50 - Last Meth Use and 12th Arrest
00:23:14 - Mistaking AA for a Club
00:24:46 - Choosing Sobriety to Be a Mom
00:26:45 - Daughter’s Fatal Car Accident
00:28:31 - Charged in Daughter’s Death
00:30:03 - Years of Destruction and Incarceration
00:35:41 - Spiritual Awakening in Jail
00:38:19 - Deciding to Stop Drinking Completely
00:39:03 - Getting Sober for Her Son
00:45:48 - Long-Term Recovery and Family Healing
00:50:05 - Son’s Death During Recovery
00:51:19 - Grief, Divorce, and COVID
00:52:44 - Rediscovering Identity in Recovery
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