CINCINNATI — From far away, it may just look like a regular RV, but as you get closer, you'll find a team of recovery advocates along the way.

The teal-colored van is the studio for the podcast "On the Road of Recovery," founded by Erin Helms, director of Cleveland-area recovery house The Briermost Foundation .

Helms is in active recovery herself and uses her podcast as a vessel to share how other people in the state of Ohio have overcome addiction.

"Genuinely, as long as you have a breath, you have a chance of recovery," Helms said.

Podcast about addiction recovery travels throughout Ohio

I first came across the podcast while researching how the community is finding solutions to substance abuse, following WCPO 9's community conversation in April .

The podcast began in 2021 and

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