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The Conversation: Why 217 Recovery Is Changing Lives in Northern Michigan | Corey & Marney Winfield

The Conversation: Why 217 Recovery Is Changing Lives in Northern Michigan | Corey & Marney Winfield

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In this episode of The Conversation, Christal Frost sits down with Corey and Marney Winfield, co-founders of 217 Recovery, a Traverse City nonprofit redefining what recovery can look like. With honesty, humor, and lived experience, they share their personal journeys through addiction and the turning points that sparked their mission to build an organization rooted in compassion, dignity, and hope. They also unpack the realities of substance use disorder, the stigma still surrounding it, and why peer-to-peer support remains one of the most powerful tools for change.

Christal, Corey, and Marney dig into the culture of addiction in a tourist town, the growth of Northern Michigan's recovery community, and how 217 has expanded from simple rides to treatment into free recovery coaching, community events, and recovery-friendly workplace training. Whether you're in recovery, love someone who is, or want to better understand addiction, this episode offers insight, encouragement, and a clear message: recovery is possible, and it doesn't have to be lonely.

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