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Behind the DoorBenjamin Lerner and ColicchieSend us a textBrandon goes solo to interview two music artists who have endured the hardships of addiction and recovery. 2025-03-1954 min
Delaware “All Saints” Gospel PodcastRecovery & God - Joe Nester x Colicchie2024-09-2203 min
The Way Out | A Sobriety and Recovery PodcastMusic Saved My Life with Chas Smith, aka Colicchie | The Way Out Podcast Episode 391Chas Smith is not only a person in long term #recovery, he is also a rapper that goes by the name Colicchie! His raw and sometimes gut wrenching, but always inspiring lyrics have touched the lives of so many people who suffer from substance use disorder. Chas talks about his life, fatherhood, his music and his purpose. You do NOT want to miss this kids so #ListenUp.
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Recovery literature (quit-lit) recommendation:
It Works How and Why: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous - https://www.hazelden.org/store/item/4001?NA-It-Works-How-and-Why-Hardcover
Best pieces of Recovery Advice...2024-04-011h 20
Faith In Your Recovery PodcastEp127 How Music Heals (Colicchie)In this episode, Randy Davis interviews Chas Smith, also known as Colicchie, a Christian hip-hop artist. Colicchie shares his personal journey of addiction and recovery, highlighting the role of his grandparents in his early life and the struggles he faced growing up. He discusses the progression of his addiction and the impact it had on his relationships and overall well-being. Colicchie emphasizes the importance of finding hope, accepting help, and staying committed to the recovery process. He also reflects on the power of music, particularly hip-hop, in expressing his experiences and connecting with others.TakeawaysAddiction...2024-03-2945 min
Remember Your WhyAt the end of the day I must take care of myself first above everything else. I have to maintain my spiritual condition. I have to stay on point.Chas 'Colicchie' is a recovering addict, hip hop artist and loving father. He is also incredibly motivational and inspiring for fellow addict and alcoholics. His sobriety date is June 7, 2015. Not the first date he has had but the one he is keeping. When he was younger, he never felt whole. Just felt like an outcast. Once he found drugs and alcohol at a young age, it seemed to be the solution to every problem he had. He gravitated towards that euphoric feeling throughout the years that followed. It didn't matter which treatment center he was at...2024-03-0726 min
We Do Recover With Jared MillerEP 122 - A Conversation with Colicchie and Joe NesterIn episode 122, host Jared Miller CASUDC interviews music artists Colicchie and Joe Nester regarding their upcoming concerts in Utah. The trio listens to teasers of a few of the songs that will be performed at “Talent in the Park” (in Ogden, UT June 3rd) as well as “A Recovery Concert” (in Saint George, UT June 4th). They discuss the details behind the music, and Colicchie & Joe Nester share thoughts about what they respect in each other’s art/songs. Give this episode a listen to get to know Colicchie and Joe Nester more personally. We hope you enjoy this episode!2023-05-2752 minWe Do Recover With Jared MillerEP 109 - COLICCHIE aka Chas SmithMusic artist Chas Smith aka COLICCHIE joins Dr. Terry Sellers & counselor Jared Miller to share his story of recovery. Chas starts off by sharing what his life looks like today. A little over a year ago, he started the Pittsburgh Recovery Center. In September, he got engaged to his fiancé Hannah & explains how the bond he feels with his daughter fills the void he previously felt. Chas answered a question from Anthony (a listener) about his why for staying clean & how he deals with the monotony of life. Chas briefly touched on what led up to his time in a...2023-01-2852 min
High While Clean presented by Recovery EcosystemEpisode 099: Chas Smith (Colicchie): Rapper, Who's song "Drug Addiction," Is a Powerful Message of Hope.2022-09-2351 min
Recovery Revolution LiveRecovery Revolution Live with Randy BeardMy Name is Randy Beard I am 51 years old I'm from Portland Maine I battled SUD/Mental health illness/and homelessness for 35 years I am now as of 7/24 three years sober. I have seen it all and can speak on every and all aspects "I am here to be the voice for every friend I ever lost" Colicchie2022-07-221h 41
Hockey 2 Hell and Back#91 Hockey 2 Hell And Back Ft. Colicchie - Rap Artist/Recovering AddictBrady welcomes one of his favourite artists in Colicchie. This is a real dream come true. Colicchie's music helped Brady through some of his darkest days of addiction and maybe even more so now in recovery. Pittsburgh rapper Colicchie rose up from years of struggling with addiction to find success and hope in his music. A rapid decline into drug addiction in his teenage years led to troubles with the law and multiple stints in rehab in his early twenties. After getting clean at age 23, Colicchie began writing raps, turning stories from his tumultuous life into confessional, unflinchingly honest...2022-02-171h 03
From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of SuccessEpisode 125 Colicchie He Is Not Anonymous!"It would, when you're caught up, when you're actually caught up in the grips of addiction and all that, it's not like I could just stop, I needed to go to treatment. I needed to go to jail. I needed like something to happen in order for me to really hit that bottom."
Pittsburgh rapper Colicchie rose up from years of struggling with addiction to find success and hope in his music. A rapid decline into drug addiction in his teenage years led to troubles with the law and multiple stints in rehab in...2021-12-2327 min
The Tim and Jenn ShowEp. 17: Special Guest ColicchieColicchie is a Hip Hop artist, loving father and recovery advocate from Pittsburgh, PA. After enduring years of drug addiction and being fortunate to get clean, he now spreads a message of hope through his music.2020-12-231h 02
Alberta Advantage PodcastCRACKDOWN: Losing HopeToday, August 31, 2020, is International Overdose Awareness Day. Team Advantage is rebroadcasting this episode of CRACKDOWN, featuring an interview between host Garth Mullins and Tim Slaney, a harm reduction worker at the Lethbridge supervised consumption site (that shut down today). Listen to more and subscribe at crackdownpod.com. /// Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, but so what? Who needs to be made aware? Who among us can’t see the corpses piling up from this endless war? And just when you think things can’t get much bleaker, they do. On today’s show Garth...2020-09-0134 min
The Other Side of Hell PodcastCriticismWe've all experienced moments where we've reacted negatively to criticism. Maybe it was because we didn't like or respect the individual giving the criticism, the criticism wasn't asked for, or the message felt hypocritical. The truth is, it's easy to take criticism the wrong way.
So how can we take criticism in an open way that will allow us to grow? Can we get over being offended long enough to find value in what we're hearing? And what about giving criticism? That's a whole other ball of wax.
On this episode Neight, Willy and Cameron discuss what...2020-08-041h 30
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 250: Colicchie and Drug Addiction, Heroin, Coke, Relapse, Recovery, Redemption, Trauma, DetoxThis week on the 250th episode of Dopey! The Wicked Fiah Summah continues with Colicchie, the YouTube king of addiction hip hop. He lays down his unbelievable story of debauchery, recovery, relapse and repeat in a full on Dopey tutorial! We hear about his highs and lows and how he discovered his gift for rhyming at his very bottom. PLUS old friends, psychedelic dentistry, a cracked out email from a listener celebrating 22 years and much much more on a rarified, dopified, crackified, bonafide hell of a ride episode of Dopey!
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Dopey Podcast i...2020-08-012h 14
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 250: Colicchie and Drug Addiction, Heroin, Coke, Relapse, Recovery, Redemption, Trauma, DetoxThis week on the 250th episode of Dopey! The Wicked Fiah Summah continues with Colicchie, the YouTube king of addiction hip hop. He lays down his unbelievable story of debauchery, recovery, relapse and repeat in a full on Dopey tutorial! We hear about his highs and lows and how he discovered his gift for rhyming at his very bottom. PLUS old friends, psychedelic dentistry, a cracked out email from a listener celebrating 22 years and much much more on a rarified, dopified, crackified, bonafide hell of a ride episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest pod...2020-08-012h 14
Sober Nation FMDrug Addiction with ColicchieDrug Addiction with Colicchie
Chas Smith, better known as Colicchie, started smoking weed at 15 and by the time he was a senior in high school he was addicted to heroin.
After barely graduating, he began making regular visits to jails, treatment centers, and psychiatric wards.
He said, "It was a torturous existence where every day I wanted to die."
After trying many forms of moderation he finally came to the realization that complete abstinence was the only thing that worked.
Colicchie found relief in...2020-03-2335 min
Milkcrates & MicrophonesMilkcrates&Microphones S3 Ep9.( Feat.BRETT KELEHER tells his incredible story+is Jeff Epstein alive, again?)On this very special edition of Milkcrates & Microphones we are blessed to be joined by our friend and a man with a very inspirational story to tell and day one supporter of MCMP, Brett Keleher. Brett tells us the story of his journey from a normal childhood through a devastating drug addiction that nearly cost him his life. Hear how he turned it around and the struggles he dealt with as he battled to overcome his addiction. We talk about that plus little league championships, fitness, Si6nine and the positive effects snitching will have on his rap career...2019-10-182h 07
Devour! an Addictive PodcastS1E5: Rapper Colicchie: "Livin' his best life!"This is a very special episode with Rapper Colicchie. He's livin' his best life and sat down with Steve to tell us all about it. His music is powerful and delivers a strong message about his battle with addiction as well as his path to recovery. Find the strength within yourself to make the change and stick to it. It's not easy but what in life is? Join us to hear all about his recovery process while celebrating being a new father, his success in the music industry and the message of hope that every addict needs t...2019-07-2542 min