This week on Rise we are delighted to chat with Steve from Recovery Runners, a new weekly running group in Liverpool where all are welcome, whatever you are recovering from. He shares so openly with us about his own addiction and mental health journey and how running has been such a big part of his recovery, helping him get to a place of true healing and wellness in sobriety. Whether you're an experienced runner already, a complete novice, or anywhere in between, we're pretty sure this episode will inspire you to get your trainers on and give it a go!

Trigger warning for suicide, mental illness and drug use.

Find out more about Recovery Runners here: https://www.instagram.com/recoveryrunners/

Oher resources mentioned:

Sober Positive by Julia Carson: https://soberpositive.com/order-the-book/

Untamed by Glennon Doyle: https://untamedbook.com/

Soberistas sobriety support website: https://soberistas.com/

She Recovers: https://sherecovers.org/

Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/

The One You Feed podcast: https://www.oneyoufeed.net/all-episodes/

Couch to 5k app: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-couch-to-5k/id1082307672

Parkrun: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/

Feel Better Live More podcast: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/

Everything You Know About Addiction Is Wrong (TED talk by Johann Hari): https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong

The Artist's Way Creative Clusters: https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/creative-clusters/

Intro/Outro music: Motivational Day by Audio Coffee via Pixabay. Thanks for listening!