"There used to be a 1-800 number, you pay someone $50 and they'd give you the number… You could call and in 3 days you would have whatever shipped to your door." Self described as a late bloomer who was really trying to avoid all the bad stuff that she had seen and heard about alcoholism and addiction Missy opens up about how, unfortunately for her, as a person with a substance use disorder - we often become the thing we don't want to be like. In Ep. 017, we visit being raised in AA, knowing the Serenity Prayer by the age of 6; to modifying MRI's in the heyday of pain clinics; to having over a decade clean in the birthplace of the pill mill. Not Your Average IV User is discoverable on Apple Podcast and Spotify. You can help us out by telling all the people you love that this project exists.