The Unbroken With Sam Davis

Melissa Brown works in behavioral health leadership and has firsthand experience with a major issue most families don’t even know exists:
In Virginia, “barrier crimes” can prevent someone with a criminal record from working in direct care roles inside behavioral health and addiction treatment — even when that person is stable in recovery and qualified to serve.
And here’s the reality: Some of the most effective people helping addicted individuals today are people who’ve lived it. Recovery often comes with a checkered past — but these laws can permanently block people from the very work that helps others heal.
In this episode we talk about:
• What Virginia “barrier crimes” are
• Why these restrictions limit the treatment workforce
• How this system can unintentionally hurt recovery outcomes
• Second chances vs. public safety
• What families, providers, and policymakers should be thinking about
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Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN                                                      
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

JASON CHANE is the owner of Augustine Recovery located in St. Augustine, Florida. https://www.augustinerecovery.com/
Augustine Recovery- (904)217-0480
 
Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly    
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN    
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

In this episode, I’m reintroducing myself — especially to those of you who’ve started following me recently.
For years, addiction controlled my life. I went to treatment multiple times. I burned bridges. I put my family through hell. And like a lot of families, mine didn’t know what to do… when to step in… or how to stop enabling without abandoning me.
But eventually something changed.
In this video I share:
• Where my addiction started (and what I didn’t understand at the time)
• How many times I went to treatment — and why it didn’t work
• What my family finally did differently that helped shift everything
• How I entered behavioral health and became an interventionist
• What I’ve learned from years of interventions and working with families
• Why I created Intervention On Call
• What we offer today — and how we help families take action faster
If you’re trying to help someone you love, I hope this brings you clarity, hope, and a real path forward.
Family Support + Resources (Intervention On Call): https://interventiononcall.com

Brook McKenzie, LCDC & CEO of Burning Tree Programs.  Burning Tree is the nation's only long-term treatment program dedicated exclusively for chronic relapse. Brook is the author of "You're Waiting On You", a go to resource for families struggling with addiction. You can order your copy here:
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For more information about Burning Tree, please visit their website using this link:
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Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN                                                      
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

In this recorded roundtable discussion, a group of professional interventionists come together to discuss recent, widely reported events involving the Reiner family.
We do not claim to know the facts of the case, make allegations, or offer conclusions about individuals involved. Our discussion is based solely on what has been publicly reported and on patterns we routinely see in our professional work.
Topics include repeated treatment attempts, family exhaustion, mental health versus addiction diagnoses, housing decisions, public misunderstanding of recovery, and the limitations of involuntary commitment laws — including how current statutes may leave families with few viable options.
This conversation is educational and systems-focused, not speculative or accusatory.
Sponsored by Intervention On Call Family support, intervention, and professional guidance 👉 https://interventiononcall.com

Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN                                                      
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

JASON CHANE is the owner of Augustine Recovery located in St. Augustine, Florida. https://www.augustinerecovery.com/
Augustine Recovery- (904)217-0480
 
Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly    
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN    
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).

Intervention On Call is an online collective of interventionists offering affordable hourly sessions for families suffering from addiction. All IOC providers are in independent practice and offer full "in person" intervention services.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT MEETINGS are offered nightly
MONDAY-THURSDAY 8 PM EASTERN                                                      
SUNDAY 8 PM PACIFIC
Recorded live during one of our FREE Family Support Meetings on Zoom, where families receive guidance, encouragement, and practical tools for navigating a loved one’s addiction.
Join us live by registering at InterventionOnCall.com (https://interventiononcall.com).