SCARRED BUT SMARTER Addiction Recovery

About SCARRED BUT SMARTER Addiction Recovery

We are CADAS, a nonprofit alcohol & drug abuse treatment facility in Chattanooga, TN, offering a compassionate & supportive full continuum of care, regardless of one’s ability to pay. This podcast will share the mission of CADAS through insightful interviews, engaging conversations and relatable stories of recovery. We wish to empower listeners, promote self-acceptance and share our hearts, our voices & an abundant amount of love with all those affected by the disease of addiction. Your Host, Jeff Styles, will keep you inspired, engaged and full of surprises

Publisher

marygentryt

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Apr 2024

Latest episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Sept 2026

   “Sarah Bailey’s Story of Hope, Courage and Purpose.”

   Sarah Bailey’s story is one of extraordinary resilience, transformation, and purpose. Raised in a childhood marked by trauma and instability, Sarah’s life eventually took a devastating turn that led to many years of incarceration. But her story did not end there. Today, Sarah is an author, mother, counselor, and life coach who has devoted her life to helping others find their way forward. Drawing from her own experiences, she now works with individuals struggling with substance use and addiction, offering understanding, guidance, and a powerful example of what is possible on the other side of adversity. In this episode, Sarah shares her remarkable journey from trauma and incarceration to healing, service, and purpose. Her past may be part of her story, but it does not define her. What defines Sarah today is the life she has built, the people she helps, and the difference she continues to make every day.

2. 

   2 Aug 2026

   “Becoming Sophie: Recovery, Reinvention, and the Courage to Become Yourself“

   Sophie Morrison shares how a high achieving young woman found herself caught in substance use, legal trouble, and circumstances that forced her to survive in ways she never imagined. Yet even through adversity, her intelligence, determination, creativity, and unmistakable strength remained. She went on to become a bestselling author, successful entrepreneur, speaker, and business leader, all while privately confronting the deceptive reality of functioning addiction. Sophie’s story is not simply about what she survived. It is about the remarkable woman she chose to become: honest, intentional, compassionate, successful, and at peace with herself even when life is not perfect. This is a conversation about finding meaning in pain, learning to trust yourself again, and discovering that serenity does not require the absence of chaos. Sometimes it means knowing who you are in the middle of it.

3. 

   19 Jun 2026

   “The Light He Kept”

   Every once in a while, someone comes along who reminds people what quiet strength really looks like. Not loud. Not performative. Just steady, genuine, and full of heart. This episode reflects the kind of person who keeps showing up for life with compassion, humor, grace, and an unwavering care for the people around him. There is a depth to certain people that cannot be taught. It comes from loving deeply, enduring difficult seasons, continuing to believe in goodness, and still choosing to leave people better than they found them. This conversation is a reflection of that kind of spirit. Honest, warm, grounded, and unforgettable, it captures someone whose presence alone has a way of making others feel seen, understood, and hopeful. This is a story of survival, of someone who walked through painful and difficult chapters of life and somehow still emerged with light, purpose, and compassion intact. Today, that same light is being used to help others, to tell the truth about what survival looks like, and to remind people that even after the darkest seasons, healing and hope are still possible.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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