Libby and Nolan open. Jasmine and Lily celebrate sobriety milestones. https://feelfreeclassaction.com QUITTING KRATOM SUPPORT MEETINGS https://www.kratommeetings.com CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0ms0briety https://www.youtube.com/@KratomSobriety https://www.f…

Nolan and Jacob discuss taking up hobbies post quitting to keep busy and to enrich your life. Mike B. used kratom to get off methadone, but six years later was still on the powder, then eventually switching over to the kava-kratom tonics. Thought service and 12 step work, Mike gives back and now almost two years clean from kratom and other drugs. Q…

NOTE: This is our last regular Wednesday interview with a kratom quitter as we are going back to once-a-week guests talking about their quitting journey on Sundays with occasional Wednesday special episodes. An engineering professional from New Mexico, James started using kratom three years ago as a remedy for his severe IBS. Drawn in by a posh kra…

Libby and Jacob talk about pets and recovery. Sonya was a low-dose, high-functioning kratom user. The reasons for quitting were not as overwhelming and more subtle, but the benefits to getting off kratom were still profound. Her dog Chunk maybe the happiest about it all. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/k…

In the opening segment, Nolan talks about how sobriety is not just the absence of a substance in your life. Kevin took kratom for the first time 7 years ago, but it made him nauseous, and he didn't return to it again until January 2024. After just a year of drinking the kava-kratom tonics, Kevin quit at the first of the year 2025. Did you know that…

Answering some questions posted on Reddit. Matthew is a school teacher who went to rehab for his kratom addiction. New resource: https://www.reddit.com/r/quit_7OH CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0ms0briety https://www.youtube.com/@KratomSobriety https://www.face…

PLEASE NOTE: In the first three minutes of the interview, the guest's audio is choppy. We improved the sound as much as possible, and it gets better later on. In this episode, Marilyn Lynch joins the podcast to share the life and legacy of her late husband, Matthew James Lynch, who passed away on May 25, 2024, at the age of 44. A devoted husband, f…

Family history and talking about addiction openly. Guus hails from Holland, and quit kratom in November 2024. He is our first guest from Europe, where kratom use is not as prevalent as here in the states. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0ms0briety https://www.yo…

Compilation of a selection of recent other podcasts tackling the issue of kratom addiction in the last six months. Thanks to these podcasters for increasing awareness about the topic. Check out their full kratom episodes, sharing only a portion here. Please thank each of them by giving them a like or follow or a 5-star rating on Apple or Spotify. 1…

Advocating for an inclusive kratom recovery community. Natalie is two years off kratom, the first time completely sober and off everything since being a teenager. Natalie tells Libby how she did it, some close calls, how her life is better and gives advice for others. E15 Natalie | Kratom Addiction https://kratomsobriety.podbean.com/e/e15-natalie/ …

Are you more attuned to your senses after kratom cessation? Scott started off on powder ten years ago and began using extracts in more recent years. After many quit attempts, and his drug use escalating to poly-substance binges, Scott hit a bottom at an ER visit after using meth. A foreign trip to an overseas city was how he was able to stop consum…

Defining what sober is for yourself, based on your improved quality of life, not by what you are abstinent from. Kendall is a middle school teacher who was previous addicted to tramadol. He first developed a bad habit with extract capsules, which he quit, then relapsed taking the kava-kratom tonics. Kendall is an example that not every case of diso…

Nolan and Desiree talk about the benefits of having more money to spend after quitting kratom. Author Jonathan N. Stea, PhD discusses his book "Mind the Science" and shares strategies to navigate the complexities of the alternative health sector. He shares his clinical experience treating kratom use disorder, addresses common tropes and fallacies f…

How to cope when life keeps on "life-ing". Jahred hails from Hawaii, where he quit a 7-year addiction to powder (his first five or so years) and then at the end, mixing in extracts. With the help of a significant other, he tapered from June 2024 from about 42 grams per day to about 8 grams per day, when he jumped off cold turkey - aided by several …

Nolan and Desiree talk about their personal timelines feeling better after quitting kratom. Mark is an expat from Europe living in Thailand as a digital nomad. He was surprised by how an unassuming kratom tea product he bought created a physical dependency and he had a hard time quitting during 2024. English is not his native language, but his stor…

Libby and Jacob talk about recognizing you have an addiction without or before bad things start to happen. Ian works for a well-known company that distributes kratom-kava drinks to some 30,000 stores in the U.S. Many people report this product to be starkly more addictive than plain leaf kratom, and Ian himself has developed a dependency he has had…

Nolan and Desiree talk about how nice it is not to have to hide your kratom use after you quit. Eren discusses how his kratom addiction progressed over five years until he was able to stop in early December 2023. He "hugged the cactus", and quit with the help of the podcast, online kratom meetings and quitting support groups. How would you describe…

Today's guest Anthony is a high school student. In the open, Jacob and Libby discuss how they felt at key milestone day marks during the first year. Initially consuming kratom around age 15, Anthony first bottomed out on powder and then on kava-kratom tonics, eventually going to rehab. Relapse is part of his story, but he experienced a lot in his j…

International travel and kratom. Tony has battled kratom extract dependence over the years with multiple relapses and is determined to make this his final quit. With no prior history of addiction, a pivotal moment came during a trip abroad, where unplanned withdrawals caused a strain on his relationship with his wife and the moment became an import…

So listeners, tell us your experience, did you find kratom stimulating at low doses and sedating at higher doses? We will read audience responses on a future episode. And as an incentive, the podcast will donate $20 to the non-political charity of your choice, so think children, pets, nature, wildlife, addiction, etc. those types of nonprofits. Thi…

A powder user, Misty quit kratom twice. First five years ago cold turkey, with horrible acute withdrawals for a month and then hard protracted withdrawals for half a year. Formerly addicted to heroin, she felt the withdrawals were just as bad if not worse. This second quit in May 2023, she got the SUBLOCADE® shot (buprenorphine injection). This res…

Make a plan to quit. Cassidy was 16 when she first tried kratom, buying from a gas station near her home. Her use escalated to street drugs and a stint in rehab, and her recovery includes addressing mental health issues and getting ready to go to college. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety ht…

A study co-authored by Dr. Christopher McCurdy concludes "...the public needs to be warned about this public health problem and heed the Food and Drug Administration’s warning on kratom being a drug of concern." Link study: https://tinyurl.com/bdrewda6 The academic article provides evidence that kratom alone can cause death, though such cases are r…

Imagining kratom Superbowl commercials. Focusing on the impact on his family and remembering an earlier time in his life when he abused opioids, in Nolan's first pod interview, Brandon found that a little tonic he bought at the gas station (and endorsed by some collegiate sports teams) tuned into a heavy addiction he found hard to quit. Nolan's qui…

Casey Grover, MD FACEP FASAM https://www.addictionmedicinemadeeasy.com/about-5 Post-acute Withdrawal Syndrome DOI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36731102/ The Science on Kratom: Kratom Journal Club (podcast episode) https://tinyurl.com/59bmbetc CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www…

Tips for tapering. Alec had to go to residential treatment to overcome his kratom addiction. Bouncing back after a recent relapse, he is now off kratom and buckling in for long term journey. 1) Kratom Tapering Tool For Quitting - Google Sheets https://tinyurl.com/mr29nrfz 2) How to Quit Kratom [Tapering, Supplements, & Cold Turkey] - Tripsitter htt…

Despite working as a substance abuse counselor, Desiree shares about her experience from initial kratom use to severe dependency and the physical and mental toll it took on her, eventually leading to a determined effort to seek help and achieve freedom from the kava-kratom tonics with support from her sister. NOTE: At the podcast, we are experiment…

Libby and Jacob discuss quitting mindset hacks. Eric is a 50-something dad who used kratom capsules for eight years before he realized it was not the life enhancer he had convinced himself it was. With no previous history of addiction, Eric discusses tapering tips and other advice from his nine months off kratom. Love Yourself Like Your Life Depend…

Dear Listeners, By far, the most painful thing about hosting this podcast and in the quitting kratom community writ large, is the conflict about the use of Suboxone or buprenorphine to treat kratom addiction. Please try to see both sides, now. On one hand, often victims of the opioid pill crisis of the 2000s and many moving on to heroin or street d…

Jacob and Libby talk about not trying to overdue your early days of quitting with too many goals and setting yourself up for failure. A nurse with no previous addiction history, Mitch became dependent on the kava-kratom tonics. He discusses how he quit and explores a range of kratom related medical topics as well as bouncing back after a relapse wh…

Decima talks with Libby and Jacob to catchup on last six months and to discuss additional resources and tools for quitting. Support for Kratom Addiction Recovery Meetings and Resources | Quitting Kratom Support https://kratomquitters.com/ CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.…

Libby and Jacob talk about 7ohm and mitragynine. Melanie was opioid-naive when she walked into a vape shop and sold 7ohm pills. She was blindsided and wrecked by FULL BLOWN opioid withdrawals that many, many more people are seeking professional treatment for because of their ridiculous intensity. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobr…

HEADS UP: This week the interview is someone who stopped an extreme kratom-kava drink habit but is continuing to use kratom as a harm reduction strategy. While the podcast, based on our expertise, believes 100% abstinence from kratom is necessary for most past problematic kratom users, we feel sharing Joey L.'s story turning his life around after g…

Happy New Year! Just a quitting interview this week. David M. escalated into an expensive kava-kratom product habit. His family surprised him with an "intervention". After a short-term medical detox, he is now almost a month kratom free! CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.c…

Please email or DM us on social media about any ideas you have for opening topics? An attorney, Rachel used kratom at first as it helped her productivity. While an active leader in a 12 step recovery program, she found herself addicted to kratom and realized she was not longer really "sober". CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety…

Libby and Jacob talk about the positives of quitting. Christina follows a week after her wife was on the pod. She talks with Libby about their joint journey in quitting, including a plunge in great despair with a turnaround to where life is now worth living. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety…

Kelly worked in the kava industry for years and cold turkey quit this summer alongside her partner Christina and three cats! They now give back and host the Tuesday night meetings at 8pm Eastern. Check out those recovery support meetings now available every day at 8pm (as well as three days a week at Noon!) Support for Kratom Addiction Recovery Mee…

Jacob discusses gratitude and holiday coping tips. After five years of nonproblematic kratom use, Jake B. talks about quitting kratom multiple times in the last year and as his only addiction with no prior history of abusing other substances. SHOW NOTE: "Kratom in the Headlines" and "Resource of the Week" segments are on a semi-permanent hiatus. CO…

How much to keep the subject of kratom in your life after you quit? In week 2 of a two-part series interviewing a couple struggling with kratom addiction together, Libby talks with Aminah, Mic's partner from last week's guest. SHOW NOTE: "Kratom in the Headlines" and "Resource of the Week" segments are on a semi-permanent hiatus. CONNECT WITH US ht…

Relationships and kratom. In week one of a two-part series interviewing a couple struggling with kratom addiction together, Libby talks with Mic about his successful quit from a powder habit that lasted about seven years. To find Mic: https://bio.site/micro https://instagram.com/theproducermicro https://kratomquitters.com RESOURCE OF WEEK Try Quit …

Special episode on "relapse". After four years of kratom use, Alison hit a bottom with a $100 per day kava-kratom tonic habit. She went to 30-day rehab after her child saw her throwing up outside her car one day. Alison is now 53 days kratom free, doing 90 meetings in 90 days, both AA and online kratom recovery meetings. Relapse Quote: "I am not de…

Special episode on PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome). Nick B. discusses his three ibogaine treatments to address his kratom addiction. Nick on confronting the root of addiction: “Odds are your drug addiction comes from some sort of trauma… really try to focus on your traumas. It took me a long time to realize that.” On not doing it alone: “Ask …

Libby and Jacob discuss some podcast comments from pro-kratom people who obviously never listened to an episode. Travis talks to Charlie about getting caught up with drinking kratom tea at Florida bars, experimenting with tapering to get off and taking to TiKTok to reach out to others struggling. RESOURCE OF WEEK TiKTok follows: Travis @kr8tomwarri…

Matt talks with Libby about getting addicted to a "kava" drink before he realized there was kratom in it. They discuss using supplements to help detox from kratom at home, and Matt offers a free "Quit Kit" to the audience (link below). RESOURCE OF WEEK Get Your Quit Kit https://quitkit.carrd.co/ KRATOM IN THE HEADLINES An update on the clinical pha…

Final Wednesday special episode from the July to October 2024 series of mid-week shows with experts and others with lived experiences from kratom. Charlie talks with Aaron about the death of his beloved brother Matt from a kratom-caused death. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.ti…

Chris and Jacob respond to a listener's voice mail. Jay hit a rock bottom with kratom that led him to a treatment center and now he is 30 months clean. RESOURCE OF WEEK The Mystery of the Vape Shop Kratom (substack.com) https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/the-mystery-of-the-vape-shop-kratom KRATOM IN THE HEADLINES Vince Sanders of CBD American Shaman def…

Christine and Sean turn what could be a family mess into a message of recovery. CONNECT WITH US https://www.instagram.com/kratomsobriety https://twitter.com/kratomsobriety https://www.tiktok.com/@krat0ms0briety https://www.youtube.com/@KratomSobriety https://www.facebook.com/kratomsobriety QUITTING KRATOM SUPPORT MEETINGS https://www.kratommeetings…

Christine and Libby talk self-care. Jasmine interviews Lily, who became addicted to one kratom-kava tonic a day. With mounting health effects, a growing short fuse, and making mistakes (and still feeling confident) at work, Lily tapered off kratom with the help of Kambo, secretions from the giant green monkey tree frog, as a form of natural healing…

Interview with Laura Solomon of Advanced Rapid Detox about a medically supervised kratom withdrawals program in Michigan. Rapid Opiate Detox & Rapid Alcohol Detox Programs (advancedrapiddetox.com) https://advancedrapiddetox.com/ Lucemyra (lofexidine): Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Pictures, Warnings & Dosing - WebMD https://www.webmd.com/drugs/…

Socializing without kratom. Michal struggled first with powder and then extracts during multiple quits, also finding kratom didn't keep her away from booze. Eventually she tried medicated assisted treatment to quit everything for good. Contact Michal at: [email protected] EP 344: Early Days-Introduction — Sobertown Podcast | Sobriety Podcast & …