Isabel shares the deeply personal story of growing up feeling unseen, struggling with alcohol and substance abuse, experiencing multiple attempts at sobriety, and eventually finding real recovery through acceptance, spirituality, connection, and service.

From leaving home at 16 and moving across the world to hitting a spiritual bottom, getting sober, and learning to finally let people see the real her, Isabel’s story is about more than quitting alcohol or drugs. It’s about discovering freedom, embracing your “weirdness,” rebuilding trust, and realizing that you are worthy of love without having to prove yourself.

If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, recovery, shame, or feeling alone, this episode of Crosstalk Podcast offers a powerful message of experience, strength, hope, and the possibility of a completely different life.

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Lost in Del Valle, written and performed by Ned Van Zandt, is at the Soho Playhouse through October 14. Tickets: lostindelvalle.com

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Ned Van Zandt had 12 years sober, a Broadway career, money in the bank, apartments in New York and Los Angeles, and a recurring role on Law & Order. Then, in 2000, he decided he could have one drink. Seven years later, he was in a Texas state jail in Del Valle.

In this episode, Ned talks openly about relapse after long-term sobriety, the difference between simply not drinking and actually doing the work of recovery, overdose, surrender, asking for help, and how he rebuilt his life after losing almost everything.

He also shares how he turned those experiences into Lost in Del Valle, his autobiographical one-man show in which he plays 19 characters. By the end, the conversation arrives at the thing Ned says he would tell his ten-year-old self: “You are enough.”

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What happens when childhood trauma, grief, sexual abuse, and addiction collide? Matt Bocchi shares his journey from losing his father on 9/11 to addiction, opioid abuse, and eventually sobriety.

He opens up about the abuse he survived, the stigma that kept him silent, and how telling his story became part of his healing and purpose.

A powerful conversation about 9/11, addiction recovery, trauma, sexual abuse, sobriety, spirituality, and healing.

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What happens when someone with decades of sobriety relapses?

Corey Rabin shares his raw journey through addiction, recovery, 30 years of sobriety, relapse, and finding his way back.

From addiction and treatment to spirituality, relationships, and helping others, this episode is an honest conversation about recovery, resilience, and starting again.

Watch the full episode, then share your recovery story in the comments and subscribe to Crosstalk for more conversations on addiction and recovery.

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What happens when you think you’ve beaten addiction, only to find yourself back in the same cycle years later? Hannah Marie Muse shares her raw journey from growing up around addiction, escaping into drugs and alcohol, finding sobriety, relapsing, and eventually rebuilding her life through recovery, community, and purpose.

In this powerful Cross Talk Podcast episode, Hannah opens up about addiction and recovery, relapse, alcoholism, AA, family addiction, shame, sobriety, setting boundaries, and finding a meaningful life beyond substance use.

She also shares how helping others, creative expression, service, and connection became essential parts of her recovery. If you or someone you love is navigating addiction, relapse, or recovery, this conversation offers an honest reminder that a life beyond addiction is possible.

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What happens when getting high becomes the only way you know how to feel okay? Eric shares his raw journey from early drug use to opioid addiction, heroin use, repeated treatment, and ultimately long-term recovery.

In this powerful Crosstalk Podcast episode, Eric opens up about hitting rock bottom, rebuilding relationships, working the 12 Steps, and discovering purpose through helping others in recovery. He also shares why recovery isn’t a straight line and how taking action helped him rebuild his life.

If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, this is a story of hope, resilience, sobriety, and the possibility of a meaningful life after addiction.

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What happens when childhood trauma, generational alcoholism, addiction, and years of self-destruction collide? Christina Simos shares an incredibly raw story of growing up in a chaotic home, surviving trauma, struggling with alcohol and drugs, and eventually finding a path to sobriety and purpose.

Now 21 years sober and CEO of Friendly House, Christina has dedicated her life to helping women recover from addiction.

In this episode of Crosstalk Podcast, she opens up about suicide attempts, substance abuse, motherhood, breaking generational cycles, recovery, forgiveness, and why lasting sobriety requires community, consistency, and time.

If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, alcoholism, trauma, or recovery, this conversation offers a powerful reminder that your past does not have to determine your future. Subscribe to Crosstalk Podcast for more real stories about addiction, recovery, sobriety, and transformation.

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What happens when addiction, trauma, and the search for belonging take you to your breaking point?

On this episode of Crosstalk Podcast, actor and recovery advocate David Bianchi shares his raw journey through addiction, jail, and finding sobriety.

He opens up about 9+ years of sobriety, learning to face himself without substances or distractions, and how recovery transformed his life, relationships, and purpose.

This is an honest conversation about addiction, recovery, resilience, spirituality, and the gifts of sobriety. If you're navigating recovery or supporting someone who is, this story may give you hope and a reason to keep going.

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