Kieran McCartney: Cocaine Culture, ADHD and Recovery - Grief, Addiction and The Apprentice
In this episode of Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma, Kieran McCartney joins us to discuss cocaine use, ADHD, grief, and recovery. Best known for his "win or walk" deal with Lord Sugar on the BBC show, The Appre...
Nadine Balmer: Three Years Later, Methadone Free and Rebuilding Life After Heroin Addiction
Three years on, Nadine Balmer returns to the Believe in People podcast, and her life looks very different. In this episode of Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma , Nadine Balmer joins us to discuss long-term heroi...
Believe in People EXTRA: The Ketamine Reality Check
This short episode of Believe in People EXTRA features a short focused clip from our conversation with Dr Caroline Copeland Dr Copeland is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology & Toxicology at King’s College London, and the Direc...
Cara Cox: The Detox Factor, Heroin Addiction and Recovery After Repeated Relapses
She had the “perfect” life on paper and still didn’t want to wake up. In this episode of Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma , Cara Cox joins us to discuss trauma, addiction, repeated relapse, and long-term recove...
Believe in People EXTRA: Listening Without Judgement
In this special episode of Believe in People: EXTRA, we present a unique collaboration with Apple Music and the Radio Academy Award-winning podcast Classical Connections, hosted by world-renowned pianist and composer Alexis F...
Neil Firbank: Heroin Recovery and The National Recovery Games
In this episode of Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma, Neil Firbank joins us to discuss heroin addiction recovery and how connection and purpose can transform lives. We explore themes of addiction recovery, traum...
Believe in People EXTRA: Tourette’s - What Tics Really Feel Like
In this episode of Believe in People Extra , Bea Wood joins us to challenge one of the most common myths about Tourette’s - that it is simply about swearing. Bea explains the difference between coprolalia and the more common ...
Finley Worthington: Ketamine, Bladder Damage & Blood Jelly - Addiction and Education Reform
Finley joins Believe in People to share his lived experience of ketamine addiction and recovery, and how a substance that first felt functional and harmless became physically and psychologically destructive. We explore how ea...
Believe in People EXTRA: Recovery vs Recovered - Why Identity Still Matters
This episode of Believe in People Extra explores one of the most debated ideas in addiction: being recovered rather than simply in recovery . Young Lee unpacks the difference between cured and recovered, explaining the “twist...
Lucy Rocca: Grey Area Drinking, Wine Culture & Alcohol Dependence
Lucy Rocca joins Believe in People to share her candid story of alcohol misuse, trauma, and recovery, and the creation of Soberistas , one of the earliest online sobriety communities for women. Lucy takes us back to the 1990s...
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