Featured Listen Now

James Wahlberg

Sign up for our free newsletter or listen to all our shows!

As a person in long-term recovery and the parent of a young person in recovery, James Wahlberg (Mark and Donnie’s brother) brings a personal understanding of the issue to his 30 years of experience working in the field of substance use disorder. He has worked at every level – from operations to management – in a number of treatment centers, has experience with various models of recovery; and has spent his career building relationships with stakeholders in industries and communities directly investing in and working with substance use disorder treatment.

6 Comments

    • ❤️MY TESTIMONY❤️

      ~ I WAS A BORN ADDICT TO VALIUM. I HAD TO BE GIVEN VALIUM FROM BIRTH TIL I WAS 6 MONTHS OLD.. I HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME STORIES OF HOW I WAS AS A BABY. WOW!! HAD TO HAVE GOTTEN ON ALOT OF PEOPLE’S LAST NERVE.. I WAS ADOPTED BY GRANDPARENTS WHEN I WAS A TODDLER.. WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD I BROKE MY LEG FROM A BICYCLE WRECK.. HAD TO HAVE 2 SURGERIES AND HAD A PLATE PUT IN MY LEG.. SO NOW I AM PUT ON VICODIN.. NOT GOOD!! AT THE AGE OF 14 WE HAD TO MOVE FROM OUR FARM AND LIVE HERE AND THERE.. THE CHANGE OF OUR LIVING ENVIRONMENT CAUSED ALOT OF ANGER WITHIN ME.. I GOT INTO 2 BAD DEALS IN SCHOOL WITH ME HURTING 2 PEOPLE VERY BADLY.. I QUIT PUBLIC SCHOOL.. I WENT TO HOME SCHOOL BUT DID NOT FINISH.. I GOT VERY SICK AFTER THIS. I HAD A CYST ON MY OVARY AND WAS IN PROCESS OF HAVING SURGERY. BUT GOD HEALED ME. NO SURGERY NEEDED. I THEN HAD MY APPENDIX RUPTURE. I HAD SURGERY. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I MADE IT THROUGH IT. I LOST MY MOTHER AT THE AGE OF 20.. AFTER LOSING MY MOTHER I WAS VERY SICK FOR 6 MONTHS BEFORE DOCTOR’S FOUND OUT I HAD A GALL STONE IN THE OPENING OF MY GALLBLADDER. I HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO HAVE MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED. AFTER THESE SURGERIES I WAS VERY MUCH ADDICTED TO PILLS. NOW I AM WAY OUT THERE ON PILLS OF ALL KINDS.. I AM SELLING AND RUNNING DRUGS EVEN.. LIFE WAS JUST TO MUCH AT THE TIME.. I GET INTO A HORRIFIC WRECK IN COLORADO.. MY ENTIRE BODY IS BROKEN AND CRUSHED IN PLACES. . I DIED TWICE. . JESUS BROUGHT ME BACK. . I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN.. AND I COULDN’T EVEN TRY TO FOR A YEAR.. 6 MONTHS LATER I CAME OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR. . BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WALKED 5 BLOCKS.. IN 2003 I WAS BLESSED WITH A MIRACLE. HE GAVE ME MY SON.. YEARS LATER I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR AMPUTATION OF MY LEG.. I TOLD THE DOCTOR THAT JESUS WASN’T GOING TO LET HIM HAVE MY LEG. THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO HEAL MY LEG. . BY THE GRACE OF GOD I HAVE MY LEG.. IN 2008 I LOST QUADRUPLETS. . I HAD AN ECTOPIC PREGNACY WITH ONE OF THEM.. I AGAIN DIE.. NOW THIS MAKES 3 TIMES THAT I WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.. I WENT TO HEAVEN THE 3RD TIME.. ALOT OF MY YEARS I WASTED AND HURT OTHERS FOR MY FOOLISHNESS.. I FOUND MY REAL DAD A YEAR AFTER MY MOM PASSED AWAY.. HER LAST WISH WAS I FIND MY REAL DAD.. THERE’S GOOD AND BAD IN LIFE.. IT TOOK ME 6 YEARS TO STOP POPPING PILLS.. I HAVE A SON THAT WAS MY INSPIRATION.. I OWED HIM WHAT MY MOM DIDN’T GIVE ME.. GOD SET ME FREE OF PILLS 13 YEARS AGO.. IN DEC 2017 AND JAN 2018 I GOT MERSA AND HAD TO HAVE 4 SURGERIES.. THEY CUT A BIG CHUNK OUTTA MY ARM.. I HAD TO HAVE A SKIN GRAPH.. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BUT GOD GOT ME THROUGH.. IT WAS JUST THE ENEMY TRYING TO GET ME BACK ON NARCOTICS.. I AM HERE TO THANK GOD FOR HIS LOVE AND AMAZING GRACE.. I PASSED THE TEST.. I AM STILL NARCOTIC FREE.. DON’T LIVE YOUR LIFE LIKE I DID MINE.. IT’S NOT WORTH IT.. GOD IS ALMIGHTY!! THANK YOU JESUS FOR SETTING ME FREE OF ADDICTION.. MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY.. I AM A LIVING MIRACLE!! I DONE IT.. YOU CAN DO IT!! TRUE TALK.. LOVE AND PRAYERS.. GOD BLESS! !

  • This is my son’s story too. Is this story available in text? I would like to send this to him. He has no means to listen to this. He has 4 years remaining on a 14 year sentence. This really hit home. We are from suburban Boston.

Leave a Reply to brenda cheatham X