People often say they drink alcohol to calm their anxiety. As we start to understand that alcohol actually contributes to our anxiety, we have to start learning healthy ways to cope with it. It’s not easy. In this episode, we talk with Travis, Antje, and Zoe about how we deal with anxiety in recovery, and […]
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Getting honest with ourselves and taking ownership and responsibility for our actions is one of the hardest and most important parts of the recovery journey. In this episode, we are joined by Jason, Robbie, and Dave as we take a vulnerable dive into taking responsibility and taking action, to make the changes necessary to live a
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We’re joined by recovery coach and superstar Daph, the host of Creating Ripples podcast, Alex, and our good friend John to talk about how perfectionism shows up in our recovery. It seems like some people struggled with perfectionism, and it was one of the causes of their drinking. And others fight perfectionism now that they’re
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You hear over and over in the recovery community that resentment leads to relapse. And while that might be a bit harsh, it’s also not far from the truth. Carrying around resentment can build up all kinds of negative feelings inside of us that can lead us to want to escape. In this episode, we
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Today, we’re going to dig into self worth, and all of the ways that a lack of self worth can affect our recovery and affect our lives. This one’s for you, you’ve ever struggled with people pleasing, with setting boundaries, with fear of failure, or if you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “Who am I?” We have
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How much have you let self doubt hold you back in life? How often do you dream about the life you want, but you let fear stop you from making it happen? In this episode, we’ve invited sober motivational speakers Jacob Brown and Martin Lockett, along with the always amazing Through the Glass regular Molly,
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When you quit drinking, it suddenly feels like days are 143 hours long. How do you fill all that time? In this episode, we talk with Rai, Jessie, and Jamie about dealing with boredom in sobriety. We talk about what it feels like in early recovery to start filling all that new found free time,
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In this episode, we talk with Dan, Liz, and Alex about comparing ourselves to others, and how that affects our recovery. A lot of self worth issues – the ones we used to drink away – stem from comparing ourselves to other people. We get honest and share some of our stories where comparing ourselves
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“With big love comes big feelings” In this episode, we explore what love means to us, now that we are in recovery. Many of us stopped maturing emotionally in our teens due to substance abuse, and so our understanding and grasp of love stopped developing, too. We explore everything from romantic love, to love between
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“Dating sober isn’t any easier.” If you’ve ever dated sober, or intend to start dating sober, this is the episode for you! We turn the show over to five of our friends who are all active in the sober dating world, and give them a chance to tell all. They talk about everything from dealing
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