Paul Smith is a person in recovery, a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach, and the Program Director for Massachusetts Young People in Recovery (MyPiR). He began his recovery journey in 2020 and first connected with MyPiR as a peer, later stepping into a volunteer peer leader role before joining the staff in 2023.

Paul is a strong advocate of all pathways to recovery and is deeply embedded in the local recovery community. His leadership style is grounded in servant leadership, aligning naturally with peer support and recovery coaching principles. He believes that sustainable peer support is built on trust, shared power, and true empowerment—values he carries forward in his work with young people across Massachusetts.

Join Jesse and Lisa on this Recovery Month episode of Airing Addiction to hear Paul's story.

What if recovery support truly met people where they are?

This week, we’re joined by Carolyn Castro, founder of Castro Consulting Group, for a powerful conversation about helping providers, organizations, and communities embrace a multiple pathways approach to recovery.

Recovery is not one-size-fits-all. Whether through treatment, peer support, recovery housing, medications for substance use disorder, mutual aid, faith communities, employment support, cultural healing practices, or innovative community programs, people find recovery in different ways.

Carolyn shares insights on building recovery-oriented systems that honor individual choice, expand access, and create opportunities for everyone to find a pathway that works for them.

Tune in as we celebrate National Recovery Month and the belief that every pathway deserves dignity, support, and the opportunity to succeed.

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Recovery is personal. Recovery is possible. Every pathway matters

Danielle's recovery journey began in 2013, when she was a high-performing Sales Director who made the decision to check herself into a 30-day treatment program after years of alcohol use. In 2014, Danielle founded Real You Revolution, offering professional recovery coaching, sober companionship, and intervention services to high-achieving clients and families navigating addiction.

Recovery is not simply the absence of substance use — it is the active, ongoing pursuit of physical health, mental wellbeing, and emotional resilience; embracing the whole self is what makes recovery last.

The fundamentals of physical health are also fundamentals of recovery. Research consistently shows that regular physical activity reduces cravings and improves mood, quality sleep supports emotional regulation and cognitive function, and balanced nutrition helps restore the body's natural systems disrupted by substance use. These are not optional add-ons to a recovery plan, they are evidence-based pillars of sustained wellness.

Danielle is offering openings to a Payer and Meditation retreat in Rhode Island October 26th. See this link for signing up: https://shsystems.org/Prayer-and-Mediation-retreat

Hear how Danielle has ​integrated a holistic healing approach to help those in recovery find success with Lisa and Jesse. Only on Airing Addiction!