10 Warning Signs of Relapse (Before It's Too Late) | My Relapse Started Months Before I Picked Up
I didn't wake up one day and decide to use after seven and a half years. The relapse started weeks — months — before the first drink or drug. I just called it a rough patch and looked away.This one li...
14 Jul 22min
Sober But Still Miserable? The Dry Drunk | Borrowed Wisdom Pt. 3 Bob D
Another Borrowed Wisdom episode — I read the highlight clips from a Bob talk that shifted something in me, and reflect on them one at a time.This one lands hard on the stuff nobody tells you when you ...
9 Jul 19min
Gratitude in Recovery: How to Actually Practice It Without Lying to Yourself
Everyone in recovery preaches gratitude. Almost nobody tells you it can feel completely fake when you're hurting.In this solo episode I get into what gratitude actually is in recovery — the difference...
7 Jul 28min
Sober But Still Trapped in Self-Will : The Self-Centeredness That Outlasts the Alcohol
Getting sober doesn't automatically make you a good person. Remove the alcohol or the drugs and you're left with the same wiring — the self-centeredness, the main-character syndrome, the 100 forms of ...
2 Jul 26min
Relapsing After 11 Months, Sober Motherhood & 14 Years in Recovery — Co-Founder of Generation Women
She had 11 months sober — then relapsed over an argument she'd only ever had in her own head.Jen returns to the show to walk through what came next: eight months of counting drinks, sneaking drinks, a...
30 Jun 1h 3min
The Masks We Wear in Recovery | Borrowed Wisdom Pt. 2 : Earl H, The Path to Freedom
This is Part 2 of Borrowed Wisdom: Earl, "The Path to Freedom." Earl is one of my all-time favourites in recovery. I pulled the quotes that hit hardest and reflected on each one from my own experience...
25 Jun 34min
Loving an Alcoholic: Both Sides of the Same Story From Addiction to Recovery
Some recovery stories are told from one side. This one isn't.Chloe lived the alcoholism. Andrew loved her through it — and watched both the addiction and the recovery up close. In this episode they si...
23 Jun 50min
Why Sobriety Stopped Feeling Like a Win: The Emotional Sobriety Plateau Nobody Warns You About
Nobody warns you that sobriety can stop feeling like a win.They warn you about the cravings, the first 30 days, the holidays. Nobody tells you about the Tuesday — a couple of years in — when the chips...
18 Jun 19min
