The Mindful Men Podcast 71. Addiction and Social Work with Joey Pagano
Welcome to Episode 71 - Addiction and Social Work with Joey Pagano
As a therapist with lived experience of mental illness, I place a lot of value in combining lived experience with professional drive. And whilst it’s not crucial that therapists have lived experience, it certainly helps to understand what our clients are telling us.
This week I’m talking to social worker Joey Pagano who shares his lived experience of heroin addiction, and how he uses this experience to help addicts in his community to step on their recovery path.
Joey gets vulnerable about his addiction, and how it impacted his military career, relationships and ultimately resulted in jail time. But he also shares his phoenix moment, rising from the ashes of addiction to be a recovery cowboy and now 3x author with his latest book No Addict Left Behind out now (link in the show notes).
If you're keen to check out the links mentioned in this episode, here they are:
Website: https://noaddictleftbehind.life/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratefulandclean/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/authorofnoaddictleftbehind/
No Addict Left Behind: https://amzn.to/3oSeuao
The Prescription to Heal Your Career: https://amzn.to/40I2vJK
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***If anything triggers you from today's episode, please reach out to your support networks or seek professional help***
Cheers, Simon