Little Miss Addict

A daily pandemic diary update by host of the Little Miss Addict podcast, a recovering addict, adopted adult child of addicts, and mother of two humans and two dogs. Talks of Covid, staying clean and sober, and tips on how to stay sane in an insane time. 

Adoption - foster mom - covid - death

Neuroplasticity - human animals - a new definition of addiction etc.. 

House witchery - ancestors voting - nudes - oreos. 

Secrets in recovery. Non-denominational 12-step meetings. Macrodosing. 

quick forgetters - whips - dopamine inducing infant flatulence

How to get brainwashed. 

Welcome to Apocalypse light. WTF is this life! A quick catch up on the last TWO YEARS. Spoiler alert: surgery - death - death - meditation - GLOBAL PANDEMIC - birth - death - joy. 

Episode 22 is with a dear friend who was born and raised in the Bay Area, got into recovery at 22, moved to Israel to deepen his relationship with the G-d of his understanding, got married, had a son, did some geographics, had a relapse, went to rehab in Jerusalem, and is now clean and sober once again. He has a well of wisdom built in part by his wonderfully unique experiences. Check him out! 

Episode 21 is with Annette Richmond, founder of Fat Girls Traveling and all around creative badass who comes from a family of addicts and was raised in 12-step rooms. She is a legend, a force of creative genius, and a teacher of abundant self love.  Here is a link to Fat Camp and Fat Girls Traveling Instagram.    

Interview with an awesome adopted recovering alcoholic/addict/underearner and survivor of incest about his recovery from trauma and learning to live his dream. We discuss some seriously impressive tools he has developed that would be useful to even people who were not touched by creepy family members. He is a true example of living in the light and doing the work. 

Bucky Sinister talks poetry, cults, comedy, and ego in this wonderfully funny and candid interview. 

Juan Carlos is a recovering addict and poet who grew up gang banging in South Central LA. We talk about trauma, education, parenting, relapse, how to do the first step, sponsorship, and meditation. He is truly a shining example of what recovery does in people's lives. 

Episode 017 is with an addict whose first drug of choice was food. She got cleanat 18 years old in Narcotics Anonymous and found abstinence around her food addiction through Greysheeters Anonymous, a 12-step program that centers around the original food plan created by Overeaters Anonymous. We talk secret eating, grazing, using drugs to aide in body image and food abuse. We talk about staying abstinent when there are cookies and cakes in meetings, food centered relationships, and the joys of canned corned beef hash. You can literally hear my own denial cracking during this interview. 

Episode 016 is with Tara, a pansexual Wiccan EMT/massage therapist/personal trainer and all around healing badass. We talk leveling up in recovery, processing anger, transphobia, abusive relationships in active addiction, the opiate epidemic, and more. I do a fair bit more talking than normal. I just kept hijacking the conversation! Oops, but enjoy. 

A funny and eye-opening conversation with Nicholaus who, as a teenage heroin addict, accidentally signed up to cook on Alaskan cruise ships. A comedic mistake that turned out to be his saving grace. In recovery he has graduated from NYU with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, gotten married to a recovery badass, moved multiple times, and currently works to dismantle subconscious systemic racism in Silicone Valley. We talk about being raised by hippies, growing up in bro culture, segregation in meetings, the sociological problems with judging others, and the massive global transformation we are currently experiencing. It gets deep, grab your scuba gear.

Episode 014 is with David a brilliant recovering addict/gambling addict who had a temporary stint as a Nazi skinhead after being institutionalized on and off from 13-27 years old. We talk about his 18 years of recovery, gambling, gangs, politics, hitting bottom while clean, and racism. 

In this episode we go rogue and read from the self-diagnosis pamphlets from all of the 12-step programs - everything from Clutterers Anonymous to Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Marijuana Anonymous and Codependents Anonymous. Drugs, Sugar, Shopping, Sex. It's heavy, informative, and gets weird. But it's also hopeful and entertaining, and lovely. If you get through to the end you will hear "The Promises" from various programs. They are like the icing on the cat or the carrot at the end of the tunnel, the rainbow underneath the bridge or the gooses golden leg. All of that nonsense. 

A fun interview with a director who is a gay father, retired recording artist, ex-Mormon, all around incredible human being with 20 years sober. 

Interview with recovering addict of 20+ years who got clean in NYC and lived through 9/11. We talk buddhism and the 12-steps, raising teens who are experimenting with drugs, ACA, all sorts of good stuff. Check it out!

Dr. Sally Broder works with veterans, law enforcement, and professional athletes, as well as addicts young and old. She is a treating clinician for the NFL and the NBA substance abuse programs, and specializes in equine therapy. She is licensed in both KY and CA and is the founder of The Blue Pony, an inspiring political resistance group of blue and purple voters who are in the horse world. Fair warning: this is a *pretty* political episode. 

Tijanna is an incredibly inspiring recovering heroin and crack addict with 24 years clean and sober. We talk about her journey from being a homeless sex worker in San Francisco to buying a three bedroom home with her partner of 8 years. She is a mother, a grandmother, and an icon in the kink community. She explains polyamory for the curious and breaks down the scorching hotness behind consent and communication. Listen and learn!

Interview with an adopted addict named Anthony who got clean at 54 years after realizing that his financial and material successes didn't exclude him from being an addict. We talked spiritual quests, finding birth families, and being in relationship with other recovering addicts. 

Gabby F. has an incredible life story. She is an atheist, comes from an extreme background, and has not only maintained recovery for 21 years, she is a foster mother of 3, and a PhD candidate with extensive knowledge in trauma response, disassociation disorders, and incarceration. Her goal is to go into adolescent development to help prevent incarceration. She is a fucking rockstar.  http://LittleMissAddict.com       http://FrankieNorstad.com 

A fun interview with Erica Garza - author of the newly released memoir Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction. We talk sex, sex addiction, porn, masturbation, slaa, saa, cosa, the hoffman process, and parenthood.   BUY ME COFFEE Little Miss Addict

Interview with a Native American recovering addict, Christian, mother of two, nursing student who is in a relationship with another addict and living her dreams.

Interventionist Patti Pike from CanAm Interventions explains attachment disorders, the problem with terms like codependency and enabling, and gives tips to help Frankie on where she's gone wrong in her own unsuccessful interventions of family members. Patti Pike - CanAm Interventions - Interventions Canada - Twitter - FacebookLittle Miss Addict - Website -  Instagram  -  Twitter  -  Facebook   Music by DUCKY - Twitter  - Instagram  -  Facebook  - Soundcloud 

An intimate interview with incredible eating disorder expert Sofia Benbahmed about recovery, the struggle, solutions, and tools. Sofia discusses her 15+ years of experience with eating disorder addiction/recovery, mental health, and following her dreams. The audio isn't super great so if you want to help buy me microphones and hire a post production audio person to fix that shit, you can do so here: Patreon or through Venmo @FrankieNorstad Little Miss Addict  -  Instagram  -  Twitter  -  Facebook   Music by DUCKY - Twitter  - Instagram  -  Facebook  - Soundcloud 

LMA talks with writer, musician, and photographer Paul Myers about his 20 years of sobriety, being a creative force, god concepts, white supremacy, and smashing the patriarchy. Paul Myers - Kids in the Hall  - Twitter  -  Instagram  -  Soundcloud  -  FacebookDUCKY - Twitter  - Instagram  -  Facebook  - Soundcloud  Little Miss Addict  -  Instagram  -  Twitter  -  Facebook  - Buy Me Coffee

Interview with badass writer queer activist sober mama Michelle Tea. MICHELLE TEA   Twitter - Instagram DUCKY     Twitter - Instagram  -  Facebook - Soundcloud LITTLE MISS ADDICT    Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Buy Me Coffee email: LittleMissAddict@gmail.com

Explores the ins and outs of obsessive minds through comedic interviews with recovering addicts, alcoholics, sex addicts, love addicts, overeaters, underearners, debtors, gamblers, anorexics, compulsive clutterers, codependents and the people that come from them, love them, study them, and intentionally seek to create them.  Learn how to harness your habits, control your crazy, and get a little space between thoughts and actions.  DUCKY     Twitter - Instagram  -  Facebook - Soundcloud LITTLE MISS ADDICT    Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Buy Me Coffee email: LittleMissAddict@gmail.com