What if your first clean promise wasn’t about recovery at all—but about honoring a dream you made as a kid? Host Jo Summers sits down with rapper and recovery advocate, artist Skyler Ray Davis to trace a life that started with abandonment at nine, spiraled into homelessness, meth, and dealing on the same eight Portland blocks, and then pivoted in a prison bunk with a simple commitment: get clean for music, then build a life worth staying clean for.
Skyler opens up about the root wound that drove him—people‑pleasing born from abandonment—and how fake love from the streets felt good enough when you’re starving for belonging. He breaks down the cycle of arrests, the moment he chose no shortcuts and no “weekend” exceptions, and the mindset shift that turned sobriety into a non‑negotiable. We go deep on how vulnerability and authenticity grew his audience from a handful of streams to millions, why connection is the opposite of addiction, and how a safe partner and a microphone can each be therapy in their own lane.
We also talk craft: small, consistent goals over magical thinking, building routines that protect mental health, and redefining success beyond cars and clout. Skyler previews "Burnside"—his most personal album yet—charting the arc from addiction to recovery to pure hip‑hop, plus a new video with Colicchie and a full merch drop. If you’re rebuilding after addiction, if you’re a creative searching for your voice, or if you just need proof that discipline and heart can coexist, this conversation offers both a map and a spark.
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From Rock Bottom to Rock Solid.
We all have them...every single day, we wake up, we have the chance to make new choices.
We have the power to make our own daily, "Breakfast of Choices"
Resources and ways to connect:
Facebook: Jo Summers
Instagram: @Summersjol
Facebook Support: Chance For Change Women’s circle
Website: Breakfastofchoices.com
Urbanedencmty.com (Oklahoma Addiction and Recovery Resources) Treatment, Sober Living, Meetings. Shout out to the founder, of this phenomenal website... Kristy Da Rosa!
National suicide prevention and crisis, hotline number 988
National domestic violence hotline:
800–799–7233
National hotline for substance abuse, and addiction:
844–289–0879
National mental health hotline:
866–903–3787
National child health and child abuse hotline:
800–422-4453 (1.800.4.A.CHILD)
CoDa.org
12. Step recovery program for codependency.
National Gambling Hotline 800-522-4700
