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E130: Sober Parenting: The Teen Years

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In a world where drinking alcohol is glorified as a coping tool for difficult parenting moments, staying sober and raising kids is definitely a challenge. Each age group comes with it’s own conflicts and struggles, but many parents find the teen years in particularly to be emotionally exhausting. If you’re in recovery, chances are you […]

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E129: What If AA Doesn’t Work?

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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the most widely known path to recovery from addiction, and often it’s the only option people are aware of when they decide they’re ready to stop drinking. While AA works well for many people, it doesn’t always provide what someone needs to achieve lasting sobriety. Our goal is to bring to

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E128: Managing Anger in Recovery

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“Anger is what stood in front of me to protect me.” In this roundtable discussion, we dig into the topic of anger. We know that anger can be a driving force behind alcohol use, which means we need to not only understand why we get so angry, but also have the tools to deal with

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E127: Love and Relationships in Recovery

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In this Valentine’s Day episode, we’ve asked our guests how love shows up differently now that they’re sober. Not just in romantic relationships, but also in relationships with family and friends, and – perhaps most importantly – how love shows up in their relationships with themselves. “I always equated love with approval.” When we stop

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Recovering Out Loud: When You’re Ready to Share Your Story

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For most people, the idea of recovering out loud fills them with anxiety and incites an instant cringe. All those stories, all that shame… why would you share it with others? But often, at some point in one’s journey, they realize that their story has the potential to lead others to the same freedom they’ve

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E125: Recovery and Sobriety: The Difference Between Them

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We tend to use the words recovery and sobriety interchangeably. Reality is that they are two very different things. Generally sobriety is defined as not using a mind altering substance. Recovery is doing the healing and processing necessary to remain free of the substance and live a happy and fulfilling life without it. In this

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E124: Emotional Sobriety – Dealing With Emotions When You Stop Drinking

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Dealing with difficult emotions is the number one reason that people report turning back to alcohol after they’ve stopped drinking. When you’ve used alcohol for many years to numb all of the feelings that come up in life, facing them sober feels overwhelming. The highs are incredible – joy, excitement and happiness like you haven’t

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E123: Vulnerability – the Link Between Connection and Addiction

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For most people, when they decide to stop drinking alcohol, they do it quietly. It’s not something they want to talk about, it’s not something they want to share with all their friends and loved ones. It’s embarrassing, right? We never thought this is where we’d end up, and it’s hard to accept that it

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E122: How To Curb Alcohol Cravings

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Fighting the urge to drink alcohol is exhausting. And exhaustion leads to drinking. In this episode, we chat with Mary, DeeAnn, and Billie about how to curb alcohol cravings. Whether you’re working your way through Dry January and it’s turning out to be tougher than you thought, or you’re just starting out on a life

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E121: Early Sobriety: What We Wish We’d Known

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When you’re starting out in sobriety, the unknown of it all can feel really overwhelming. Each day that goes by comes with questions like, “Is this normal?” and “Will it always be like this?” Sometimes it feels impossible to imagine what life will look like a month or a year from now, and that can

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