Recovery Isn't One-Size-Fits-All. Neither Is the Truth.

Monica Richardson is an advocate, speaker, and storyteller challenging the systems, narratives, and institutions that silence the people they claim to help.

Monica and Lance Dodes, MD, author of The Sober Truth and Breaking Addiction

Monica Richardson has spent decades doing what most people are told not to: questioning the story. From her own journey out of alcohol dependency to exposing documented harms within mainstream recovery culture, Monica has built a body of work rooted in science, lived experience, and the radical idea that people deserve real choices.

Her work spans podcast hosting, documentary filmmaking, music, and the speaking stage, all in service of one mission: No one should die from addiction because they were only given one option.

Safe Recovery Podcast

Real conversations about addiction, healing, and what the research actually says. No dogma. No scripts. Just truth.

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The 13th Step

The documentary that started a national conversation about predatory behavior inside AA: and the institutions that looked away.

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If you've ever felt like the mainstream recovery conversation wasn't made for you, you're not alone. Safe Recovery is where survivors, researchers, and independent thinkers come to talk about addiction and healing on their own terms. New episodes and a rebuilt archive are live now.

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