Peer Support & LERO Episodes
Community is at the heart of recovery, providing connection, understanding, and strength. This category emphasizes the importance of peer support, showcasing stories from individuals who have found healing through shared experiences. Episodes explore the role of recovery-focused communities, both online and offline, and highlight peer-led initiatives that foster inclusivity and reduce stigma. By celebrating the power of connection, this category inspires listeners to build and maintain supportive networks in their own lives.
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May 27, 2026
Kaitlin Reeve: Motherhood, Cocaine, 12 Steps & How Mums Can Ask For Help Without Losing Their Children
In this episode of Believe in People , Kaitlin Reeve , known online as Sober As A Mother Focused , joins us to discuss motherhood, addiction recovery, trauma, shame, and the unique barriers women face when seeking support. Kaitlin shares her deeply personal journey from childhood trauma and early substance use to cocaine addiction, cannabis dependency, and ultimately long-term recovery. We explore the fear many mothers experience around disclosing addiction, concerns about social services involv...
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March 6, 2026
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, trauma, peer support, mental health, and the lived experiences that shaped Neil’s journey - from homelessness, injecting and suicidal thoughts, to treatment, group work, and building what became the National Recovery Games . This episode offers practical insight for people in rec...
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Feb. 27, 2026
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 motor and vocal tics that shape everyday life and the need for constant safety awareness. The conversation explores intrusive thoughts and urges, why suppressing tics can make them worse, and how anxiety and social context can intensify symptoms. We also examine the emotiona...
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Feb. 12, 2026
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, the rave scene, early drug use, and the beginnings of binge drinking that quickly became unsafe. She explains how alcohol escalated in adulthood, how motherhood and “outward stability” can hide the reality of harmful drinking, and why shame keeps so many people silent. A k...
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July 14, 2025
Henry Beercock: Binge Drinking & Sobriety - Building an Alcohol-Free Movement
In this episode of Believe in People: Addiction, Recovery & Stigma , we meet Henry Beercock , founder of Hull’s rapidly growing sober movement Alcohull Free . After nearly two decades of heavy binge drinking, Henry made a bold decision that changed his life: he stopped drinking, stepped away from his corporate career, and began rebuilding his health, identity and purpose from the inside out. What started as a personal recovery journey quickly evolved into something bigger. Alcohull Free became a...