Interstate ink‘s broken crayons show

Vinny is a perfect example of what Interstate Ink does! A talented tattoo artist that had been struggling with addiction on the east coast, Interstate Ink brought him out west to help him get back on track. 

Vincent came by to share his experience, and how he went from years or drug abuse and prison, to becoming a doctor! 

Heidi is a good friend of Church's, and came by the studio to share her experience strength and hope! 

Ian tells his story, and shares what it was like going through the pain of losing his mother while deep in his addiction. He has finally found his purpose of helping people that struggle with addiction issues and how he met our producer vinny and ended up working with him.

Bill is from Pennsylvania, and made is way west to get sober but it was easy! He was apart of the hit show Intervention witch helped him in more ways than he knew at the time!

If you enjoyed the last episode with ken, you're going to love this one with Bruno! Bruno and kens paths have crossed in ways you would never imagine back in the day, and for both of them to be sober and great friends in a miracle and proof that, it works if you work it! Enjoy!

This weeks episode gets heavy. A friend of Chris comes is and tells his incredible story and explains how he made it through all the pain and sorrow!

Our host, Church, might end up bein' the one knocked back on his heels this time week on a very special episode of the Broken Crayons Podcast. We're joined by Kris, Church's wife, and are given a chance to hear what a solid marriage based on recovery from substance use looks and sounds like. Listening to their connection and happiness, even after all the crazy shit, stands as a true testament to the power and beauty of recovery.

Our guy, big Church, lays the gun on his buddy Mike on this week's heavy-duty episode of The Broken Crayons Podcast. Mike's story is a wild one, inadvertently finding his way into "the life" at a very young age, he explains how the darkness can just envelop us whether we like it or not. You'll hear how Mike leaned into all of it, rubbing more than elbows with Ron Jeremy, doing time in the SHU, running a fight club, and so much more. What we ultimately hear is a tragic, beautiful, and hilarious story of how creativity, love, and recovery can pierce the cruel influence of something as mean as addiction. Hit that subscribe button and show some support for these honest and real stories of redemption through Recovery - we'll see you next week! #WeDoRecover #Continue

Hunter Michael Shepard gets inked and tells his story on this week's episode of The Broken Crayons Podcast. Church draws a hell of a story out of Hunter that shows the progressive nature of the disease of addiction. Meth, spice, roxys, getting a hot shot, prison, knocking on death's door...all that. But the meat of this conversation comes in the honesty Hunter shares about the winding path he had to walk to find recovery. We all may take a different trail to the top of the mountain but all that matters is that we make it to see the summit.

Three weeks out from the date of his seventh year of recovery, our guest Kip goes under the gun with Church on this week's episode of the Broken Crayons Podcast. Kip hits us with a hard-hittin' and artful portrayal of life in captivity to substance, as well as getting super real about the difficult things that can happen to us in this life that drive us to using. He gives us a view into the mindset that can justify more than thirty years spent in prison on the "installment plan". Most importantly, Kip shares how the road to recovery can redeem us and lift us out of the darkness and away from all that gnarly shit. #WeDoRecover #BrokenCrayons

Guess who's gettin' real about life and recovery while under Church's tattoo gun this? The newest member of the Jackass crew...Zack "Zackass" Holmes! Zack is a really funny dude and equally as wild but instead of getting kicked in the nuts or jumping on a cactus, here he is opening up about how his struggle with drugs began, how he built a career being a professional idiot, and, most importantly, how he found recovery. A hilarious and touching episode of the Broken Crayons Podcast that truly shows the wisdom behind advice such as "wait for the miracle to happen" and the truth of the promise that when we find recovery we'll have "a life beyond our wildest dreams."

Church has his hands full on this weeks episode of The Broken Crayons Podcast as he tattoos and chats with his wife's sponsor, Peggy. Peggy brings the laughs and busts Church's stones a bit...but her story does a great job of portraying the descent into substance use, what living life "dry" looks like, and, finally, what real recovery looks like.    

This episode is a real banger. Broken Crayons Podcast producer, social media influencer, stunt man, cinematographer, and all-around source of entertainment and inspiration... Skinny Vinny hits Interstate to get inked and talk recovery! Vinny tells all about the chaos that was his life and explains how the chaos brought him from the lowest of the low to a life in Hollywood living his dreams. From living in a porta potty to production work and free tattoos...recovery is rad. #WeDoRecover

On this first episode of Broken Crayons, our host, Chris "Church" Oppenheim kicks off the show with a bang. He interviews and lays a gnarly tattoo on Warren...a dude with one hell of a story. From life in addiction to work in the music industry with bands like Linkin Park and Slipknot and finally into recovery, Warren lays it all out, including an account from the night of Chester Bennington's suicide. Show some love and hit that subscribe button and check out the Broken Crayons on Youtube, HERE.