The Hopeaholics

Chad Carlsen, Natalie Eva Marie

Booking Overview

An interview-focused addiction and recovery podcast featuring long-form, unfiltered conversations with people in recovery, families affected by addiction, and professionals working in treatment and mental health. PR agencies could credibly pitch recovery advocates with compelling lived experience, treatment professionals, peer mentors, and experts who can discuss substance use, sobriety, trauma, or related mental-health challenges; booking difficulty is low because the show regularly features accessible professionals and recovery storytellers rather than only highly prominent figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 361

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 15.5k subscribers

Instagram: 374.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thehopeaholicspodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Chad Carlsen - Creator and co-host of the podcast, which he launched in response to the death of his soon-to-be son-in-law from fentanyl poisoning. He brings personal experience with addiction and recovery to con...

Natalie Eva Marie - WWE superstar and co-host who helps lead long-form conversations with people affected by addiction, mental illness, and recovery.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Compelling lived experience of addiction or mental-health recovery; family experience with substance use or loss; or professional expertise in addiction treatment, mental health, sober living, peer support, or recovery services.

Required Achievements:

Sustained sobriety or a significant recovery milestone, Recovery advocacy or peer-mentoring work, Experience founding or leading treatment, sober-living, or wellness initiatives, Professional work in addiction treatment, mental health, education, or related services, A distinctive recovery story involving trauma, incarceration, military service, family loss, or other major adversity

Recent Guest Discussions

Noel Arevalo - Alcohol Addiction, Family Recovery, Sobriety Without A 12-step Program, And Supporting Loved Ones Who Are Still Struggling.

Kate Avnaim - Eating-disorder Recovery, Grief, Loss Of Control, Hospitalization, Body Image, And Helping Others Recognize Their Potential.

Jess Seiwert - Military Trauma, Prescription-opioid Addiction, Incarceration, Criminal Justice, Relapse, Faith, And Long-term Recovery.

Gregg Champion - Alcohol Addiction, Long-term Sobriety, Sober Living, Entrepreneurship, Trauma, Grief, Suicide Loss, And Rebuilding After Major Setbacks.

Recent Topics

Addiction, Recovery, Sobriety, Mental Health, Treatment

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Hopeaholics

My AA Friend Got Me Drunk In My First 90 Days w/ Rachel Sereni | The Hopeaholics Podcast #362

September 14, 2026

Rachel Sereni is co-host of the 2 Girls in a Chair podcast and sober for over 2 years. She grew up mostly alone with her little sister while their dad worked two jobs, because their mother was addicted to opiates and spent most of Rachel's early childhood nodding out on the couch. Rachel got a DUI after she left work early to drink and forgot to pick up her son from school, woke up in jail with her car impounded and her son at his grandma's house. By the end of her drinking she was ...

I Hid My Heroin Addiction from My Wife for 3 Years w/ Jesse Sanchez | The Hopeaholics Podcast #361

September 10, 2026

Jesse Sanchez was 11 the first time he smoked weed, 14 when he tried cocaine and opiates, and 17 when he looked up from a carpet covered in crack and thought "holy s***, what are we doing." He eventually landed on heroin as his drug of choice and spent three years hiding it from his wife, driving 4.5 hours round trip to his dealer while she thought he was at work, once using a co-worker's real funeral as cover to go pick up. When she finally found out, he ended up on his sister...

My Dad Was My First Dealer w/ Jessica Nolin | The Hopeaholics Podcast #360

September 07, 2026

Jessica Nolin is a content creator, recovery advocate, and co-host of 2 Girls in a Chair podcast. Jessica's dad dealt drugs her entire childhood and helped manage her anxiety by giving her a vodka orange at 12 along with random pills she didn't even know the names of. By 15 she was drinking daily. A few years ago she detoxed at home alone over nine days without telling anyone, sleeping an hour at a time, still showing up to work and helping customers on the sales floor between round...

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