In 2014, Darryl and Kim's oldest son, Chase, died in a drug-related wreck after struggling with addiction for a year and a half. Darryl began speaking on drug prevention in 2016. Since 2018, he has volunteered to facilitate a peer support group for people who have an addicted child, spouse, or sibling.

In 2020 Darryl became a nationally certified family recovery coach and in September 2023 certified as an Interventionist.

Chase, attended college on a football scholarship. He dropped out in the second semester of his freshman year after developing a drug addiction. When Darryl and Kim first learned of Chase's drug habit, they didn't know anything about substance use disorders, and they panicked. They made a lot of parenting mistakes.

Through an intervention, they were able to get Chase into treatment, but didn't realize the proper role of the family in the recovery process. In some ways they were enabling Chase and doing things that may have contributed to his eventual relapse.

Darryl worried about Chase constantly, but it seemed as though his efforts to help him only made matters worse.

Chase returned home from treatment and was doing well with his recovery at first, but months later, he relapsed and in 2014 at the age of 20, Chase died in a drug-impaired wreck. Chase was a passenger in the front seat of his own car. The 18-year-old driver took her own life 7 months later.

After Chase died, Darryl immersed myself in learning everything I could about substance use disorders. (drug & alcohol addiction).

Darryl wrote a book about Chase's life and began doing drug prevention speaking.

To learn more and to download your free copy of A Life Half Lived - A True Story Of Love, Addiction, Tragedy, And Hope visit www.darrylrodgers.com

Beyond the lights and the camera, Melissa Huray spent her nights in darkness. Between seedy bars, lost time, and a painful quest for love, marriage, and a long-term relationship, she was spiraling—and no one ever knew. What started as an escape from her oppressive childhood had become an addiction that plagued and defined her. For fifteen years, she had hidden her dark, shameful secret, and when the cameras started rolling, she was always there, ready to deliver the news.

But all along, she knew something was missing, a truth she once knew was calling her back. She had first felt it as a teenager, when she felt invisible and forgotten in the cycle of addiction and superficiality that ruled her household. Melissa was lost in the shuffle of a distracted mother, alcoholic father, and spotless brother. Soon, panic attacks became all-consuming. The only way to feel better was to feel nothing at all, and remember even less.

But after fifteen years, the relief was fleeting, and she couldn’t stop. After one staggering night, she was faced with the horrifying reality that her time was ticking. She knew something had to change, and fast. But how? Melissa then realized it wasn’t “what” could save her, but “Who.”

You will be captivated by her remarkable testimony.

To purchase a copy of Blackout To Blessing visit www.melissahuray.com

Dr. Don Middleton is a board-certified Family Physician who worked for over twenty years in private practice. He started and directed the Family practice clinic at Midwestern University where he also served as Co-division director and was appointed assistant professor.

Dr. Middleton currently works in addiction medicine at the internationally renowned Meadows Behavioral Health in Wickenburg, Arizona, and is also the medical director at a series of men’s health clinics called Vital 4 Men.

Don shares his amazing victory overing Alcohol Use Disorder which was the catalyst for his writing “The Dunamis Effect: When Jesus is your higher power,” a Christian 12-step addiction recovery book and workbook and is director of its supporting non-profit organization. He serves on the Arizona Osteopathic Board of Trustees, on the board of directors for Crossroads Rehabilitation of Arizona, and as Medical Director of medical missions at Christ Church of the Valley.

Don has lived most of his life in the Valley, has been married to Dr. Tracy Middleton for over 30 years, has 4 children and 2 amazing grandchildren.

www.thedunamisinitiative.com