Episode 22 тАУ Building an Online Recovery Community with Paul Churchill
Nuggets from the show:
- The stigma of addiction can be just as dangerous as the drug тАУ one of the benefits of community is it allows us to escape this stigma.
- Coming out of the closet about being an addict can be just as challenging as coming out of the closet about being gay.
- тАЬYou can tell where someone is on their journey when they can focus on the similarities and not the differencesтАЭ.
Hope Mindful Compassion Show тАУ Episode 22 тАУ Building an Online Recovery Community with Paul Churchill
A conversation between Paul Churchill and┬аPaul Garrigan
In this weekтАЩs episode, we are delighted to have Paul Churchill from┬аRecovery Elevator┬аon the Show. Paul has built a successful online recovery community, and his podcast is coming up to 1,000,000 downloads. Today he talks about the importance of community for those trying to break free of addiction, and we discuss how modern technology such as podcasts can provide this.
You can listen to PaulтАЩs podcast on his┬аwebsite┬аor download it on iTunes or an Android app.

- Why is community important for people in recovery?
- Why was podcasting useful for your recovery?
- How did you build a community around your recovery podcast?
- Why has the тАШRecovery ElevatorтАЩ podcast managed to become so popular?
- Why would people want to get involved in an online community?
- How can recovery podcasts help people trying to escape addiction?
- What advice would you give to people interested in blogging or podcasting?
- What is the best advice you can give somebody trying to quit addiction?
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