From Dope to Hope with Tim Ryan
Host Eric Gremminger of Motivated by the Mission interviews ‘Man in Recovery’ and nationwide speaker Tim Ryan, author of From Dope to Hope, Founder of A Man in Recovery Foundation, and subject of the A&E documentary, Dope Man.
A tireless advocate for long-term recovery, Tim Ryan is no stranger to addiction – including heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. Despite a successful business career, Tim found himself in the grips of heroin and, ultimately, was sentenced to seven years in prison for a number of drug-related convictions. Tim got clean and sober behind bars and was released in just 14 months.
Six months after his release, tragedy struck. His 20-year-old son, Nick – for whom Tim had paved the way to use deadly drugs – died tragically from an overdose. Attempting to get beyond the devastation and heartbreak, Tim used Nick’s death as the inspiration to spread a message of hope and recovery to others, believing that if even one addict or one family could be spared the horrors of the disease of addiction, he would be making a difference.
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