Take It From Us with Kent Johns
If you're navigating mental health struggles, addiction or recovery — your own or someone else's — you'll hear what actually worked, what didn't and what people wish they'd known sooner.
Take It From Us features real people sharing their own journeys, unscripted and unfiltered. No theory, no talking points — just the honest, specific version of what recovery actually looks like.
Host Kent Johns is a broadcaster and health coach who believes everyone has a story worth hearing if someone takes the time to really listen. Each episode is that time.
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Take It From Us with Kent Johns
Recovery isn't a straight line — Suzy Morrison on 35+ years sober
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She took her first drink at 14 — and for a moment, everything made sense.
Suzy Morrison chased that feeling for years, through other substances and eventually heroin, before it nearly cost her everything. She's been in recovery since 1987 — not as an endpoint, but as an ongoing practice she's still learning.
Now a counsellor and clinical supervisor, Suzy sits down with Kent to talk honestly about what actually pulls people toward addiction, what pulled her back out and why recovery isn't the straight, narrow road most people imagine.
If you've ever wondered what real recovery looks like — this one's for you. Hit play.
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