Episode 33 - Rickey Franks Jr.

Rickey Franks lives in Alabama. His sobriety date is 9/21/22 and has been in some stage of addiction his entire adult life. Alcohol is a liar! Rickey found himself waking up to drink at 2 A.M. every morning because he would have started withdrawing. The absence of alcohol would make him sick and shake uncontrollably so he always had to have it in his system, even at work. Rickey checked into a 21 day inpatient program and relapsed 2 weeks after release and things went off the rails quickly. He checked himself back in a few months later and has never looked back.

At 90 days of sobriety Rickey sadly lost his sister to addiction and he’s currently raising his newborn granddaughter because his daughter is a meth and fentanyl addict. Addiction has affected his life in so many ways Rickey is now on a mission to help as many people as possible. He views it like a sinking ship. Having caught his breath and now he’s going back to help save as many others as possible. Rickey had just completed the training and is now a Certified Recovery Support Specialist.

Come and listen to Rickey’s incredible story!

You can find Rickey on Insta at:

https://www.instagram.com/ricksroadtorecovery

The Brandon Novak video here:

https://youtu.be/OG--M8B04DA?si=yYzbid24NA0AmXUD

The film with John Goodman and Denzel Washington "Flight"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907668/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_flight

My Instagram is:

https://www.instagram.com/recovery_jimmy

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