Powers Podcast Ep. 7 with Emma Hames

👉 Musician, Artist, Documentary filmmaker, and Benzo survivor Emma Hames joined me to discuss her recovery from chemical injury to making a Benzo documentary in hopes of spreading awareness!
👉 Emma Hames:
www.EmmaHames.com
👉 TOXSICK Documentary:
www.TOXSICK.com
👉 Emma's RUclips Channel:
/ emmahames
👉The Benzo Recovery School has officially launched. You can join via the link below: the-benzo-reco...
💪 Interested in Benzo Recovery Coaching with Coach Powers?
Schedule a session online at:
www.PowersBenz...
🤎 Want to join a POSITIVE benzo recovery support group?
/ lifeafterbenzos
🙌 If you'd like to make a donation to support my work, you can do that here:
paypal.me/powe...

[@PowersBenzoCoaching]

Musician, Artist, Documentary filmmaker, and Benzo survivor Emma Hames joined me to discuss her recovery from chemical injury to making a Benzo documentary in hopes of spreading awareness!
Emma Hames:
www.EmmaHames.com
TOXSICK Documentary:
www.TOXSICK.com
Emma's RUclips Channel:
ruclips.net/user/EmmaHames
The Benzo Recovery School has officially launched. You can join via the link below: the-benzo-recovery-school.mn.co/plans/313471?bundle_token=47a782eb462c84240f1b26cc6a4760c5&
Interested in Benzo Recovery Coaching with Coach Powers?
Schedule a session online at:
www.PowersBenzoCoaching.com
Want to join a POSITIVE benzo recovery support group?
facebook.com/groups/lifeafterbenzos
If you'd like to make a donation to support my work, you can do that here:
paypal.me/powersbenzocoaching

[@EmmaHames]

Thanks David, really appreciate the chance to talk about all of this, and the work you're doing. 🌟

[@ericblair54]

The white coat syndrome. Also, specialization in medicine confers a false sense of certainty. I'm 74 and going through
Benzo HELL atm. I too trusted doctors. My doctor actually referred to clonazepam as a "benign" drug. Down to 1.5 mg/day
(from 4mg) Benzodiazepines are the most pernicious drugs ever invented and most doctors have no idea of how to proper taper.
When I asked my doctor who was the medical centre's "expert" in addiction(dependence) in Toronto if he ever heard of
The Ashton Manual he replied "no.". From that point on I knew I was alone( besides online experts who had been Benzo addicted)
in how to properly taper and for a support structure to help me through this torture.

[@julieadams5389]

This was a great interview. So intelligent and articulate. I love the way you gave each other space to talk and not talk over one another. I dont live too far from Emma.( Ramsgate, Kent, UK ) . My son is a tv director here in the UK ( so he could have some connections) just a thought.,❤😊

[@EmmaHames]

Thank you Julie - what's the best way to get in touch?

[@leslieleslie5849]

I am the only one supporting my husband as he tries to taper off valium. His family doesn’t understand. We are in our 60’s and this is a second marriage and this crazy behavior started 3 months after we married. He has changed so much that most family members think I am the cause. He isolates and lays in a dark room with no noise most days. To make matters worse he will binge every couple weeks by taking up to 40 milligrams of valium and drinking vodka. Then he will feel so much shame and remorse that he will spiral into horrible mood swings and get psychotic then he forgets like a black out. This is a nightmare. In September, I locked up all his pills and have gotten rid of all the alcohol and am administering his taper. He is coming out of it a little but he has very little memory of the hell we have been in since 2017. We have “windows” of calm moments that last a couple hours but for the most part I am on a roller coaster ride of emotional hell alone. If it was not for utube and the blogs that give light to this hell I could not survive. Thank you
From the heartland

[@EmmaHames]

I am so sorry to hear everything that you've been through. I hope in time the truth about these will come out and at the very least that validation will help begin a new chapter of healing. It is an extremely hard thing to know how to manage, and how to support those going through it too. I hope the more everyone talks about it and shares what helps, the more that can be shared amongst all going through this, and then bit by bit things can get better x