Podcasts by Since Right Now
The Podcast Your Sponsor Warned You About™
The addiction recovery podcast that's been called entertaining, thoughtful, insightful, welcoming, authentic, disappointing, dismissive, ignorant, and a bunch of wasted time.
Hosted by The Indie Darlings of Recovery Podcasting™
Jeff & Matt & Chris
Rx-Strength Recovery™
We may not be the recovery podcast for you.
Further podcasts by Since Right Now
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218: Different Day from 2020-11-21T00:00
The Boys return after another brief hiatus and nothing has changed and everything has changed.
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217: Ceci n'est pas un recovery podcast. from 2020-09-13T00:00
Not the recovery podcast you need, but the recovery podcast you deserve.
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216: High Definition Recovery from 2020-08-22T00:00
Is this the one where we jumped the shark?
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215: Believe Half of What You See from 2020-08-01T00:00
In memory of Aaron Lee Perry, the Wasted Poet, and Sobr Soldier.
His Spoken Joint videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSis1Kp2YaMFhOYsiUbLXYjPMjzYSM8ZA
His Spoken J...
214: Good, Clean Fun from 2020-07-26T00:00
Don't make us pull this podcast over and come back there!
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213: This Is Water from 2020-07-20T00:00
Your favorite hour of non-stop banal recovery platitudes!
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212: The Devil's Nectar from 2020-07-12T00:00
Keep your stupid recovery opinions to yourself, share your sobriety tips freely, and don't go to Chris's barbershop.
We talk *a lot* about NA beer on this one, and anger, and resentment, a...
211: Recovery in the Face of Adversity from 2020-07-07T00:09:25
The Official Podcast of Recovery™ is humans. Just like you. So, give us a f*dging break.
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210: Alcohol-Free Molotov Cocktails from 2020-06-21T00:00
What's to be said about addiction recovery that hasn't been said 209-times before?
Find out here!
209: Still a Recovery Podcast from 2020-06-15T00:00
Despite going on at length about the global pandemic, the PINO in the White House and the state of race relations and policing in the US, we're still a fvcking recovery podcast.
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206: A Way to Achieve Immortality from 2020-05-23T00:00
Share your knowledge.
Mentioned:
We Need More Recovery Custodians and Fewer Recovery Rock Stars
https://recoveryreview.blog/2020/05/21/we-need-more-recovery-custodians-and-fewer-re...
205: In These Uncertain Times from 2020-05-09T00:00
Wired expressions of recovery: tattoos and memoirs
Tired recovery grifts: gurus, coaches, alt methodologies
Inspired depictions of those suffering from SUDs:
Kendall Roy in Su...
204: A Very Special Episode with Kathy, Matt's Mom from 2020-05-03T00:00
Remember that one episode of Since Right Now when Matt's mom was the special guest star?
Well, now you will.
203: Pod Is Dead from 2020-04-25T00:00
In which Camus and Nietzsche make appearances.
"Good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."
201: Hope Springs Eternal from 2020-04-11T00:00
Jeff & Matt & Chris find some measure of contentment in this, our fourth, week of socially distanced podcasting.
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200: Recovery as It Is (Not as It Should Be) from 2020-04-05T21:55:04
"And then, poof, you were gone."
Well, we're back now.
The third episode of our fifth season (after a year-and-a-week-long hiatus.)
199: These Things Take Time from 2020-03-29T20:58:18
The second episode of our 2020 Quarantine Comeback Tour.
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198: Alone Together Again from 2020-03-21T00:00
After a year-long hiatus, the boys return to socially isolate with you.
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197: Life Is What Happens from 2019-03-14T00:00
"Whatever it was, 'The Answer to Everything' wasn't memorable."
We talk ayahuasca, altered states, anger, our upcoming 200th episode, and the "Best Virtual Wednesday Night Meeting"—our cha...
196: Wednesday Night Recovery Club from 2019-03-06T00:00
"We should have named this podcast 'Trigger Warning.'"
Get turnt fam with this lit episode where the Recovery Squad talks NA beer, therapy, rehab, and MORE!
195: Fake Recovery from 2019-02-26T00:00
"If you buy a car, make sure you can sleep in it."
The Indie Darlings of Addiction Recovery Podcasting™ are back after a two-week hiatus.
Jeff & Matt 12 Step a dude right in the f...
194: Fortune Favors the Sober from 2019-02-07T00:00
"There's a little leg hair on that acid."
Robbed at gunpoint, an unexpected diagnosis, being fired from a long-time job….life is what happens while you're busy being sober.
193: Coked Up from 2019-01-31T00:00
"The way you make them alcoholic is…you add alcohol."
In which Chris rants about Coca-Cola's new non-alcoholic adult beverage product line, Bar None, and it's lack of strength in it's conv...
192: Recovery Podcast from 2019-01-16T00:00
"It is a fire hose of insanity."
Anger! Anxiety! Social Media! Therapy! Resentment! Politics! Matt's back and we're all over the fucking place. You can't stop us, you can only hope to cont...
191: Dry January from 2019-01-10T00:00
"Grandma's drinking."
Jeff & Chris take off the gloves and come out swinging in the one-nine.
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Themes: @djfmdotcom
190: Bikini Bakesale from 2018-12-20T00:00
"Let's eat at the Chinese place. No, I didn't relapse."
The boys end the year with whatever the opposite of a bang is.
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Themes: @djfmdotcom
189: Blinded by Recovery Science from 2018-12-13T20:03:47
"I think butt chugging was invented after I quit drinking…which I'm thankful for."
Some say "substance use disorder," some say "addiction." Let's call the whole thing off?
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188: Listen to Our Podcast Ye Sober, and Recover! from 2018-12-05T00:00
"I'm pissed off that you guys aren't looking for alcoholics!"
Our name is Since Right Now, Pod of Pods.
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Also Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify,...
187: We Three Kings of Recovery Are from 2018-11-29T00:00
“So we could still feel like we were living on the edge we had a designated driver who was drinking all night long.”
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Pop's Blue Moon (STL) NA Saturdays /https://www.face...
186: Boom, Goes the Recovery! from 2018-11-15T00:00
"Give me something big and ostentatious because I want to make a scene!"
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Patrick Holbert / Punch Line Drunk: A Sober Comedian Discusses Addiction / https://...
185: You Can Lead a Horse to Sobriety, but You Can't Make It Recover from 2018-11-07T00:00
"You know what would have been great? If you had turned into a werewolf."
The boys are back. Again.
But don't call it a comeback, we've been doing it for years.
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184: Snortin' Sobriety, Drinkin' Recovery from 2018-10-18T00:00
"A garbage bag of booze draggin' around behind me."
Your favorite recover band playing all the hits.
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Cannabis is legal in Cannada / https://www.nytimes.com...
183: An Alcohol-Free Champagne Supernova Is Born from 2018-10-10T00:00
How many special people change? How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were casting pod?
Jeff tries to convince Matt and Chris to go see A Star Is Born.
182: Recovery Is a Drink Best Served Cold. (And Alcohol-Free.) from 2018-10-04T00:00
"Then we got to the funny part where he took all the bottles of wine and locked them up in a cabinet in the basement."
Listener Lynne calls in and we all soldier through another installmen...
181: Recover Like Nobody's Watching from 2018-09-25T00:00
"I don't think I can order a Shirley Temple for you."
Jeff, Matt, & Chris perform a vulgar display of recovery for your amusement.
In this ep.:
Ridiculous excuses for mocktail...
180: Crash Test Recovery from 2018-09-19T00:00
"I dunno shrink. You tell me."
Chris & Matt talk about fighting with —and having make-up therapy with— their therapists.
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• People Around the World Experienced Recor...
179: Recovery by Any Other Name from 2018-09-04T00:00
"I had a pirate's booty treasure chest full of chips."
Matt, Jeff, & Chris doing what they do.
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Mentioned:
The Recovery Science Research Collaborative's ...
178: A Podcast Greater Than Ourselves from 2018-08-29T00:00
"It's just 'cause I'm a dick, man."
— Long time listener, first time caller Moti keeps it real. / https://twitter.com/rebmoti
Mentioned:
Against the Stream Confirms Sexual Miscondu...
177: Sobriety, the Thinking Person's Drunk As Fudge from 2018-08-23T00:00
“I’m just gonna do this to show all these bastards.”
The boys talk about the days right around their sobriety dates.
176: Rage Against the Rehab Machine from 2018-08-15T00:00
"That really chokes my cord."
The boys are angry!
Mentioned:
DJ FM http://djfm.com/
Legit Script https://www.legitscript.com/
Mary Killian's High Wire Girl Pod https:...
175: If This Is an Emergency Hang up and Find a Different Recovery Podcast from 2018-08-01T00:00
"There is no drummer."
Jeff's back!
Q's raised—or inferred—and likely not A'ed:
Are we ignorant of that which we speak?
Are we dismissive of others' recovery experiences?<...
174: Right Back On from 2018-07-25T00:00
"We've got our horses in a row."
While Jeff's wagon train is still headin' back from out West, Matt and Chris sit around the campfire telling stilted, disjointed tales that only by chance ...
173: Trigger Warning from 2018-07-18T00:00
"Right now they're talking about sarsaparilla."
Matt & Chris fly a "missing man" formation and revel in the fact that—despite the current state of geopolitical affairs—neither are depresse...
172: An Eternity in Recovery from 2018-07-11T00:00
"Where you goin'? I'll buy your drinks."
The Boys are back with the first episode of Season 5 and it wouldn't be an SRN ep without technical difficulties. In this case, you miss a bit of c...
171: What We Talk About When We Talk About Recovery from 2018-06-26T00:00
"See you later! We're going to get jobs."
Jeff, Matt, and Chris talk about sobriety and recovery.
Discussed:
Rejected by AA / The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/...
170 : Three Men in a Recovery Podcast from 2018-06-14T00:00
"Caramel urine is much closer."
Listener Ronnie R. calls in and we talk DXM (look it up).
Liv Pennelle wrote a piece on different recovery pathways for the Fix: https://www.thefix...
169: Easier to Listen to than Most Podcasts from 2018-06-07T00:00
"Gee, Wally, I think this drinking's got me licked."
Jeff and Chris talk religion, AA literature, therapy, listener feedback, David Cassidy, dry counties, finally figuring out how we're go...
168: Tune In, Turn On, Pod Out from 2018-05-29T00:00
"Stop talking to me Duran Duran!"
The boys chat about the coming revolution in psychedelic psycho-pharmacology to treat mental health issues including depression and addiction. Also discus...
167: More Podcast About Sobriety and Recovery from 2018-05-17T00:00
"I'll just drink at birthdays, funerals, and weddings." — Carl
Meetings, anxiety, non-alcoholic beer, life. And a listener, Carl, calls in!
166: Growing Fonder Hearts from 2018-05-09T00:00
"How did you know my name was Bro?"
Absence makes the heart grow fonder'' yet, 'out of sight, out of mind'? Stop fucking with us aphorisms!
Also, does anybody read the notes?
165: Can You Hear Us Now? from 2018-04-17T00:00
NOTE: This episode is almost unlistenable due to echo.*
If you can get past the fkciung annoying! echo you'll find Jeff and Chris pondering the very nature of existence.
NOT! It's...
164: Technical Difficulties from 2018-04-11T00:00
“This is starting to sound like a ‘woe is me’ situation.”
In which Chris rambles on for half an hour about the woes of having to produce and engineer a podcast.
Also, with some s...
4.29 Call Waiting from 2018-03-22T00:00
"Okay, if Nikki Sixx calls in I won't hang up on him."
The boys wait by a phone that never rings.
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Does Sobriety Kill Great Writing? https://www.nytimes.com/201...
4.28 Q & AA from 2018-03-15T00:00
"We got a Jew, a Muslim and a Christian here."
"Next episode we walk into a bar."
The 3 Wise Guys, attempt to A some Qs from listener Trish in NYC. Qs like (and I paraphrase): What's u...
4.27 Clown Tears from 2018-03-06T00:00
"At 50, I feel the most numb I've ever felt."
Join Jeff, Matt, and Chris for another rollicking good time discussing, sobriety, recovery, and…feelings.
U2, 'Bad,' a song about (he...
4.26 A Grain of Salt from 2018-02-22T00:00
"Check out my obsidian collection."
Jeff, Matt, and Chris go through more listener mail and dole out nuggets of folksy wisdom.
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Support by WellBeingBrewing.com<...
4.25 Mailbag from 2018-02-07T00:00
"Of course (I'm drinking) mom! I'm drunk right now."
The guys open up the mailbag, taste Wellbeing Brewing's new N.A. Dark Amber brew, and get all hot about the Trump administration and it...
4.24 There Will Be Blood from 2018-01-31T00:00
"We're here for fun, not for facts."
Chris goes to the doctor. Then goes again.
Article mentioned:
It Looked Like a Familiar Case of Depression, but Could It Be Somethin...
4.23 Whatevs from 2018-01-25T00:00
"Ok, so, are you feeling better?"
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Themes: @djfmdotcom
4.22 The Future from 2018-01-11T00:00
"Welcome to fucking parenthood."
Kids. Amirite?
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Themes, as always, graciously provided by @djfmdotcom
4.21 Black Dog from 2018-01-04T00:00
"How's the mouthfeel on that?"
Dudes talking about depression.
And… http://wellbeingbrewing.com
4.20 Outside Issues from 2017-12-14T00:00
"They'd have parties and people would come over and act weird."
Jeff, Matt, and Chris may or may not have just wrapped Since Right Now for 2017.
4.19 12th Steppin' and the Blood of Christ from 2017-12-07T00:00
”We'll give him a 12th Step he'll never forget!"
Jeff, Matt, and Chris discuss the process of 12th Stepping someone (and possibly forming their own rogue, extreme 12th Step group,) we disc...
4.18 N.A. Beer from 2017-11-16T00:00
"You should have just hired a bartender to hang around with you."
In which we sample—live, on air—the first non-alcoholic brew produced by our own Jeff's new N.A. Wellbeing Brewery microbr...
4.17 Practical Recovery from 2017-11-02T00:00
"I got in a ton of fights. I never struck someone…but I got beat up a number of times."
The boys consider every day practical benefits of sobriety and recovery.
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The...
4.16 (Re)Introducing Jeff & Matt & Chris from 2017-10-26T00:00
"Alright! I'll believe in you God! Just fix the plumbing!"
Whether you're new to the pod or a longtime listener, we thought it might be a good idea to reintroduce ourselves to give you, th...
4.15 Freddy Negrete / Tattoo Artist from 2017-10-19T00:00
"I said, 'God, I'm not going to make any promises because every promise I've made, I've broken.'"
Legendary tattoo artist Freddy Negrete is best known for his pioneering black-and-gray tat...
4.14 / Nikki DuBose from 2017-10-12T00:00
"I had to get it out…because I had been so silenced."
Nikki DuBose a former model turned author, speaker, and mental health advocate, recently released her memoir, Washed Away: From Darkne...
4.13: Jeff & Matt & Chris / Hot Takes! from 2017-10-05T00:00
“I really like not drinking now."
In and effort to have a "better than the worst" episode, the boys disucss medically assisted treatment, how to help a friend or family member we suspect o...
4.12 / Kasey Anderson / Musician from 2017-09-28T00:00
“If you were good at getting away with shit you wouldn't be (in prison.)"
Over seven days in 2012, Kasey lost his band, his home, and most of the friends he had. He was diagnosed as bipola...
4.11 In Which Neither Matt nor Chris Is Depressed. from 2017-09-21T00:00
"On a scale of 7 to 10, how depressed are you?"
Matt and Chris talk a lot about the podcast itself, gratitude, and the somewhat surprising lack of collective depression in the room.
4.10 Amy Dresner / My Fair Junkie from 2017-09-14T00:00
"How sorry are you that you didn't get on this ride?!"
Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Since 20...
4.09 Erin Shaw Street / Writer from 2017-09-07T00:00
NOTE: The first 5 minutes of Erin on mic are VERY hard to hear her. Then it gets better. My fault. —Chris
“This is my life and it's a fight for it.”
Erin Shaw Street is a writer,...
4.08 Chemical Solutions (& Weaponized Gratitude) from 2017-08-31T00:00
"We'd be fighting right now in a gutter."
We finally turn the mics on about 2 minutes in and we talk OTC solutions for addiction and little bit of gratitude.
4.07 Jeff & Matt & Chris / Anger Management from 2017-08-24T00:00
"If you're looking for context to solve all your problems, you'll never solve all your problems. You are the problem."
The guys talk about anger and its permutations.
4.06 Michael King / Facing Addiction from 2017-08-09T00:00
“Could I kill myself without it hurting? Or go to Europe and change my identity?”
Michael King is the National Director of Outreach & Engagement for Facing Addiction, a national non-profit...
4.05 / Jeff & Chris (& Sabine) / Fun for the Whole Family from 2017-08-03T00:00
Jeff's back, Matt's out, plant medicine is discussed and stick around to the end for a very special surprise guest.
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Themes: @djfmdotcom
4.04 Scott Pilara / Rehab Reform Advocate from 2017-07-27T00:00
"Plant-based medicine is the new paradigm in treating addiction and depression."
Scott began his career in the healing field, utilizing his inherent intuitive gifts as a life coach and sob...
4.03 Rea Bochner / Writer from 2017-07-20T00:00
"I was so horribly offended—like she had accused me of pedophilia. Me?! I don't need one of those meetings!"
Rea Bochner is a writer, musician, and mother. She wrote her first haiku in thi...
4.02 Jeff & Matt & Chris from 2017-07-13T00:00
Nelsan Ellis, the shaming obituary for a great-grandmother, the immediate intimacy of Friends (and acquaintances) of Bill, and much, much MORE!
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4.01 Noah Levine / Refuge Recovery from 2017-07-05T00:00
Hey, look! It's the first episode of Season 4! With Refuge Recovery founder, Noah Levine! Exclamation point!
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3.38 Jeff & Matt & Chris from 2017-06-22T00:00
About an hour after the show ended I got an email from Alice apologizing for getting her days mixed up. D'oh! With HP as my witness, she will be on the show. Someday.
In her absence we tal...
3.37 Refuge Recovery from 2017-06-15T15:10:56
The boys went to a Refuge Recovery meeting and found it refreshingly light on the dogma and heavy on the karma.
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3.36 Content. from 2017-06-08T19:15:47
Contentment. A great feeling? Or, the best feeling? Also, alcohol causes cancer.
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3.35 Ad. Diction. Addiction. from 2017-06-01T14:20:14
Matt & Chris cover a wide range of topics. Did Matt ever score on Silk Road? Can shrooms cure alcoholism? Are we cynical assholes? Find out the answers and more in this episode.
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3.34 Scott Stevens / The Alcohologist from 2017-05-25T16:20:46
Scott Steven of TheAlcohologist.com joins us to discuss the health risks of alcohol and it's impact on healthcare and society.
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3.33 Non-Alconolic from 2017-05-16T00:00
Are non-alcoholic beverages only for non-alcoholics? Burning question? Or burning desire?
Just the boys again, talking the Trump administration's dismantling of all the addiction and recov...
3.32 It Could Have Been Worse from 2017-05-11T00:00
"I need to remember how bad it was and how bad it could have been.”—Chris as his 20th year of sobriety nears.
Jeff & Chris discuss long-term sobriety, meeting others of our kind in the wil...
3.31 The Boys Are Back from 2017-05-03T00:00
"Fuck, I'm Ben Affleck."—Chris on our sobro casting in our Since Right Now biopic.
Chris is back from Europe and the gang's back together! Topics: N.A. beer, Brad Pitt, anonymity, and more!
3.30 Swole with Sobriety from 2017-04-05T00:00
“Please listen responsibly."
Some old favorites are back again: depression, anxiety, resentments, to go to meetings or not, what we drank—or didn't, getting out of our own heads and more!<...
3.29 We're Not as Think as You Recovered We Are from 2017-03-29T00:00
“You have to put a wall around Purdue Pharma."—Jeff on preventative wall placement.
The boys discuss Buddhism and psyche themselves up to go to a Refuge Recovery meeting, they express skep...
3.28 Wilson Horrell / Lift Heavy, Run Strong from 2017-03-23T15:34:47
"My dad asked me if you could go anywhere and do anything, what would you do? And I said, I'd go back to bed."—Wilson on depression in early recovery.
Lift Heavy, Run Long: https://www.lif...
3.27 Jennifer O from 2017-03-09T00:00
"I couldn't just run two miles, I had to run a marathon." —Jennifer on her 'all or nothing' nature
Jennifer O of The First 500 on The Recovery Revolution joins us in studio.
3.26 The Personal Is Political from 2017-03-02T00:00
"The personal is political."
Jeff, Matt, & Chris break one of the taboo topics on the show and discuss recovery in context of the current political atmosphere.
3.25 Ryan & Garrett / AddictionXAmerica from 2017-02-16T00:00
Ryan Hampton & Garrett Hade of http://AddictionXAmerica.com
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Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.24 Liv Pennelle from 2017-02-09T00:00
"I just want to be well in recovery."
Liv Pennelle of http://LivsRecoveryKitchen.com
Themes by @djfmdotcom
3.23 Don't Panic. from 2017-02-02T00:00
Depression! Anxiety! Panic Attacks! It's all here folks.
Themes by @djfmdotcom!
3.21 Andy Haynes / Comedian from 2017-01-09T00:00
"(I was) having these moments where things were going really well and then things weren't going well and I didn't know why they were not going well.…'cause I thought I was trying." — Andy on the my...
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3.20 Chris & Jeff & Matt / Triot from 2017-01-03T00:00
Do I really have to spell it out for you?
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3.19 No Evil On Live from 2016-12-14T00:00
“You can’t fight your way out.”
Chris on the fight-or-flight response to situations that trigger his social anxiety
Get a pen and paper and make your own liner notes. Fun for...
3.18: We've Got Spirit from 2016-12-08T16:36:46
“It keeps a lot of people out.”—Jeff on the dogmatic requirement of a higher power in AA
Jeff, Matt & Chris try to figure out what the difference is between religion and spirituality;...
3.17 Tammi & Sondra / Recover. Create. Repeat. from 2016-12-01T00:00
“I literally woke up on morning and just wanted to stop everything and make them all.”—Sondra on the insistence of creative inspiration.
Tammi Salas of http://TammiSalas.com and Sondra Pri...
3.16 Claire & Kristi II: Manning the Ramparts from 2016-11-20T00:00
”I'm a woman, I'm good with that.”—Claire
”Not everything has to be a perfect experience.”—Kristi
Claire Rudy Foster & Kristi Coulter back again.
Claire: http://honestopinionr...
3.15: Jennifer Matesa / Sex in Recovery from 2016-11-03T00:00
Jennifer is author of four nonfiction books about body, mind, and human well-being, including the just-published Sex in Recovery: A Meeting between the Covers, as well as The Recovering Body: Physi...
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3.14 Tess Sweet / Writer & Director from 2016-10-26T00:00
”I have not been relieved of the desire…I've been relieved of the obsession.”
Find out more about Tess and her upcoming Web series, Cleaner Daze @ http://CleanerDaze.com and on the show's ...
3.13: Annie McCullough / Advocate from 2016-10-13T00:00
“I grew up in an alcoholic home so I knew what alcoholism was but I didn't ever talk about it. So I lived in denial for 23 years."
Advocate Annie McCullough is a maven of reinvention with ...
3.12: DJFM / Jon. G. / DJFM from 2016-10-06T00:00
REEEEEEEEEEEE-MIIIIIIIX!!!!
“When you're not partying anymore, all the problems that the drugs were masking, that the alcohol was masking, they just fly to the surface.“
It's been...
3.11: Jeff+Chris+Matt / The 3 Amigos from 2016-09-28T00:00
“I don't even know what’s wrong. Career? Love? Money? Who the fuck knows?…I want to do something dangerous.”
—Real talk from Jeff
3.10: The Claire + Kristi Takeover from 2016-09-22T00:00
Claire “Amy” Foster + Kristi ”Tina” Coulter Guest-Co-Host This Very Special Episode of Since Right Now LIVE!
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Claire: http://theRecoveryRevolution.online/claire-rudy-fost...
3.09: A Tale of Three Cities from 2016-09-15T00:00
It was the best of episodes; it was the worst of episodes.
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We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the ...
3.08: Chris & Matt / State of the Revolution from 2016-09-08T00:00
“It was the loneliest, saddest little episode."
—Matt on the last time we recorded without Jeff
Chris and Matt concur that neither is depressed or particularly anxious. That we know of!
3.07: Kera Yonker / Writer from 2016-09-01T00:00
“I could just drive over (to the liquor store) and nobody would know.”
—Kera on alcohols long reach
Kera Yonker is a Californian and quasi-New Yorker who lives in North Carolina where ...
3.06: Jeff + Matt + Chris / Meditations from 2016-08-24T00:00
After two false starts Jeff, Matt and Chris spit hot fire over a sick beat. Well, we ramble semi-coherently for about an hour on a variety of topics—not the least of which being Chris’ meds.
3.05a: Chris / See You Next Wednesday from 2016-08-17T00:00
Yo! Chris is taking his show and going on vacation. For a week. Back next Wed with an all new show LIVE on Mixlr.com/sincerightnow @ 8p Central.
Call 507-556-7271 to leave us a VM and your...
3.04: Tammi Salas / Artist + Writer from 2016-08-11T00:00
"I'm not 21, so I can't (drink.)"
—Tammi on following the rules
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Tammi hasn’t had a drink since February 3, 2015. She is a former wine bar owner, lifelong seeker an...
3.03: Claire Rudy Foster / Author from 2016-08-01T00:00
“To walk around in an altered state and have that other eye…it made me feel safe and it made me feel very powerful. And I dove right-the-fuck in.”
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We’re absolutely thri...
3.02: Charlotte Rose Coyle / Artist from 2016-07-20T00:00
“I woke up in the hospital…my stomach was…bleeding. My heart had shut off. But a few days later I drank again.” —Charlotte on the tenacity of denial in addiction.
On day one of her sobriet...
3.01: Lisa Smith / Girl Walks Out of a Bar from 2016-07-07T00:00
“There were mornings waking up (with) no clue what happened last night but it was never something at that point where I would think I should stop…or slow down.”
Lisa Smith is a writer and ...
16.25: Jeff, Matt & Chris / Long Time, First Time from 2016-06-30T00:00
"I was high when we talked if I recall correctly."
—A live caller to the BIGGER, BADDER, BOLDER, LIVER Since Right Now.
Tune in to find out who…
16.24: Jeff, Matt & Chris / Recovery LIVE! from 2016-06-22T00:00
"It as always more about the destination than the route."—Matt on "getting lost."
Part 1 of our two-part 2 Year Anniversary LIVEstravaganza.
Beginning with this episode the show w...
16.23: Carly Benson / Miracles Are Brewing from 2016-06-16T00:00
"I need help. I need a miracle."
—Carly on coming to believe that a power greater than herself could restore her to sanity.
As an avid traveler, yogi & confessed self-help junkie, Carl...
16.22: Erin Bahadur / Erin’s Inside Job from 2016-06-09T00:00
“I decided to start taking random pills from the pharmacy where I worked.”—Erin on adapting to her circumstances.
Erin is a recovering addict, personal trainer, freelance writer, and blogg...
16.21: Helaina Hovitz / After 9/11 from 2016-06-01T00:00
“I remember waking up the next morning, there was blue paint all over my nurse’s costume, there were chicken nuggets on the terrace…”
—Helaina on the makings of a memorable rock bottom.
16.20: Jeff & Chris / Keep Coming Back (To The Podcast) from 2016-05-26T00:00
"…and then I realize I sound like a tremendous dick.“—Chris, in the rooms.
In which Chris goes to listen to Jeff speak, doesn't know what the fuck is going on and ends up speaking himself....
16.19: Mishka Shubaly / I Swear I'll Make It Up to You from 2016-05-18T00:00
"Everyone knew what they were going to be; I had no idea. Then as soon as I drank I was like THIS is what I'm going to be."—Mishka on career choices.
A misfit kid at the best of times, Mis...
16.18: Garrett Braukman / Alta Centers from 2016-05-12T00:00
“I just had a doctor's appointment and he asked (about my family history.) I said as long as mental health isn’t involved we’re pretty healthy.”
Garrett, himself in recovery and an ACOA, i...
16.17: Kristi Coulter / Off-Dry from 2016-05-04T00:00
“I was hungover for many years and I just thought I was tired.”—Kristi on the self-delusions of the active alcoholic.
Kristi is an essayist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in Th...
16.16: Nancy Carr / Last Call from 2016-04-27T00:00
“I didn't come crawling into an AA meeting thinking, ‘Oh, I've got to quit drinking.’”—Nancy on denials last gasp.
Inspired by writers she admired for their honesty and grit—Joyce Maynard,...
16.15: Kelly Aguirre Berkey / Chris’ Sister from 2016-04-21T00:00
“I didn't start dealing until my dealer went to jail.“—Kelly on rising to the occasion.
From Kelly:
Now, after a relapse and fresh out of out-patient, this time feels different. I feel...
16.14: Veronica Valli / Recovery Rocks! from 2016-04-13T00:00
“I hit another rock bottom about two and a half years into sobriety that was probably worse than before I got sober.”
As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, she has personal experience ...
16.13: John Lipscomb & Adrianne Lugo / The Painting and The Piano from 2016-04-06T00:00
“We both lost our mothers to their disease at 47.”
—John on how this disease infects the family tree.
John and Adrianne are the co-authors of The Painting and The Piano, their improbab...
16.12: Rosemary O'Conner / ROC Recovery from 2016-03-31T00:00
“I was really treating all the guilt, shame, regret, and fear with alcohol.”—Rosemary on self-medicating
Rosemary, sober since 1999, understands the challenges of staying sober as a single...
16.11: Matt & Chris / Depression from 2016-03-21T00:00
"This shouldn't be this fuck*ng hard." — Matt
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Themes: @djfmdotcom
Cover: Frank Harbert and Fred Zwickel at Mill Creek Watershed / 1949 / Helmut Buechn...
16.10: Dustin John / A Walk In His Shoes from 2016-03-15T00:00
"Seeing the chaos get worse and worse I knew that I had to change." —Dustin
Dustin is an advocate against the "War on Drugs" and is helping the addiction community fight against the horrib...
16.09: Recovery Renegades from 2016-03-10T00:00
"Don't you go changing on me alcoholism."
—Matt on the affirmation of hearing other's recovery stories
The boys strap on their waders and step into a wide-ranging conversation.
16.08: Matt Mendoza / Addiction Unscripted from 2016-02-24T00:00
"I remember the pharmacist—or the guy in the white coat—he goes, 'Is there anything you need?'…and I said, 'No.' Then he goes, 'Is there anything you don't need?" —Matt in Mexico
Matt is t...
16.07: Kendra & Simon / Rocket Designs from 2016-02-18T00:00
"When we were drinking, each day (looked) a lot like yesterday."—Simon on his and Kendra‘s drinking years together.
After years of drinking together, Simon & Kendra got sober in October 20...
16.06: Kyczy Hawk / S.O.A.R. Yoga from 2016-02-11T00:00
"I was on (an) emotional relapse and decided to take a yoga class. And that yoga class kind of unwound me and I was able to tap into some storm that was brewing inside me."—Kyczy on the power of yo...
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16.05: Natasha Silver Bell / Recovery Coach from 2016-02-03T00:00
"I decided to pick up, and I decided to do it by announcing it to a group of people, and they all toasted me out of the program with a very expensive bottle of wine."
—Natasha on "graduating ou...
16.04: Jane X / Desert Yuja from 2016-01-28T00:00
"I had to take a water bottle filled with vodka with me just to get through the day."—Jane on getting through the day.
Jane is @yujachingu on Twitter
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16.03: Nothing's Shocking from 2016-01-21T00:00
"(The relationship) helped me realize just how edgy, dark and hard I wasn't."—Chris on being in over his head.
Jeff listened to @thishomepod Ep.22: The Shockers and thought we should try i...
16.02: Mary Killian / High Wire Girl from 2016-01-14T00:00
"I'm not always 'happy, joyous and free.' I'd be bullshitting you if I said that was the case."—Mary on living in recovery.
Please, visit Mary
here: http://marykillian.com
here: ht...
16.01: Sondra Primeaux / The Unruffled from 2016-01-07T00:00
"I don't know how I'm gonna do it…but I can't do *this* anymore."—Sondra
The Unruffled / http://www.TheUnruffled.com
Sondra on Twitter / @NaughtApropos
Sondra on The Recovery Revol...
Episode 1550: Recovery. Live That Shit. from 2015-12-31T00:00
Please, visit us at TheRecoveryRevolution.Online
See you next year!
/fist-bump-sparkle-explosion
Shaggy, Professor & Ol' Dirty Blue Eyes
Episode 1549: Jeff & Chris Talking About Relapse from 2015-12-17T00:00
"I remember thinking in my drunken stupor—and quickly suppressing (the thought)—that I had an issue."—Chris on Since Right Now
Show notes:
Take notes. Use Google.
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Episode 1547: Aaron Lee Perry / SobrSoldier.com from 2015-12-01T00:00
"Some people miss the bottom." — Aaron on SRN
The enormously talented Aaron Lee Perry of SobrSoldier.com (and recent cover feature on TheRecoveryRevolution.Online) stops by Since Right Now...
Episode 1545: Nicola O'Hanlon / I Love Recovery Café from 2015-11-18T00:00
"My recovery evolves all the time. It's important for me to give back what I have received."—Nicola on SRN
@nicola-o-hanlon has been in recovery since January 23rd 2010. She is the Editor ...
Episode 1544: Tim F. Drops Perspective on Chris from 2015-11-13T00:00
"You were a master of self-sabotage."—Tim
Tim, a normie, has know Chris for over two decades. He has seen Chris at his worst in active addiction and he was the first person to see Chris on...
Episode 1543: Resentments, Self-Help & The AntiGuru™ from 2015-11-04T00:00
"Fu*k Ram Dass."—Chris on SRN
Nothing you know about anything is right and everything you know about everything is right.
This is an episode where it is highly recommended that yo...
Episode 1542: Jean McCarthy / Unpickled & The Bubble Hour from 2015-10-28T00:00
"It doesn't matter if you're not sleeping on a park (bench)…or not driving your kids to school with vodka in your coffee mug…or whatever is your 'I haven't done this, yet.' None of that matters." —...
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Episode 1541: The Gang Talks About Social Anxiety. And Depression from 2015-10-21T00:00
"You start to realize just how many (social activities) are really just about getting super hamskied."—MATT
The Sober Squad™ does not boldly go where many have gone before. And it certainl...
Episode 1540: Jo Sullivan / Counselor & Fund Raiser from 2015-10-14T00:00
"I was one of those drinkers that blacked out the first time I drank. I thought I wouldn't drink again. Three days later I did."—Jo on SRN
Jo is just beginning her story in recovery and mo...
Episode 1539: Recover, Recover…RECOVER OUT LOUD! from 2015-10-12T00:00
The Recovery Renegades™ return to tell tales from the frontlines of the Recovery Revolution™ .
TL; DL
Jeff loves everybody.
Matt makes lemonade after delivering his own lemons.
Episode 1538: Scott Magnuson & Shaaren Pine / Torn Together from 2015-09-29T00:00
"I had to figure out a way to be (sober) around (alcohol) constantly."—Scott (restauranteur) on SRN
Torn Together is a memoir, written by recovering alcoholic and addict husband, Scott Mag...
Episode 1537: SRN [Almost] LIVE! from 2015-09-22T00:00
"It's become really important to me.…I can count on the best cup of coffee I've had all week and I'll probably get the best laugh I'll have all week…" —Matt on SRN
We intended to do a live...
Episode 1536: Brian Cuban / Author, Speaker, Activist from 2015-09-15T00:00
Brian's recovery journey took him through clinical depression, twenty-seven years of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, alcohol and drug addiction. He went from an 18-year-old anorexia/bul...
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Episode 1535: Sean Paul Mahoney / Playwright & Humorist from 2015-09-09T00:00
"As it progresses it's like an animal that you have to take care of all the time…and you really can't do anything else."
—SPM on SRN
Sean has been a writer, humorist and storyteller si...
Episode 1534: Donald McFarland / UNITE to Face Addiction from 2015-09-03T00:00
"On the fourth we're going to stand next to each other and be like, 'Do you believe this?'"—Donald on SRN
Donald (Ep.1523) joins us this time in his official role as a representative of Fa...
Episode 1533: Jill Bauer / The Rooms Project from 2015-08-24T00:00
"I think I was drinking suicidally from day one where I need to drink myself into oblivion and not feel or remember anything."
—Jill on SRN
Jillian Bauer is a Philadelphia-based multim...
Episode 1532: Robert McClellan / Real Sobriety from 2015-08-20T00:00
"I spent all the kids’ Christmas money. I got drunk. I took all the money that my wife and I had saved. I was supposed to be picking up some big gifts a couple days before Christmas but instead I w...
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Episode 1531: Laura Silverman / The Sobriety Collective from 2015-08-13T00:00
"(The counselor) had me go through the "Are You and Alcoholic?" checklist…and I said 'yes' to just about everything and I think I said, 'But I don't know if I have a problem.' And she was like, why...
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Episode 1530: Sacha Z. Scoblic / Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety from 2015-08-06T00:00
"There's no reason to wait until you're in a public park with your pants around your ankles to be like, Wait! I should quit drinking!"
—Sacha on SRN
Sacha Zimmerman Scoblic is a writer...
Episode 1529: Anna David / AfterPartyMagazine + AfterPartyPod from 2015-07-29T00:00
"I would quit for a few weeks or a month and congratulate myself on not being a cocaine addict and then I'd go back to doing it."
—Anna on SRN
Anna, founder of the AfterParty Empire jo...
Episode 1528: Ivana Grahovac / Transforming Youth Recovery from 2015-07-22T00:00
"I became addicted to heroin when I had just wrapped up a White House internship."—Ivana on SRN
Select References:
Stacie Mathewson / http://staciemathewsonfoundation.org
Comprehen...
Episode 1527: Jason Smith / The Bitter Taste of Dying from 2015-07-16T00:00
"I collapsed on the floor and the last thing I remember is the taste…it was a bitter, gritty taste." — Jason on SRN
Jason on the Web:
http://authorjasonsmith.com
http://therealedit...
Episode 1526: Sarah Hepola, Author / Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget from 2015-07-07T00:00
"You get sober and you realize that person you were pretending to be you actually are." —Sarah on SRN
If you've read Sarah's beautifully-crafted memoir of active alcoholism and recovery yo...
Episode 1525: Laura McKowen / I Fly at Night from 2015-07-02T00:00
"No one was watching me anymore. Which was what I wanted…but it was terrifying also." — Laura of IFlyatNight.com
Select References:
Earl Hightower "tapes" / Recovery Audio Speaker Seri...
Episode 1524: Shane Watson / notMYkid.org from 2015-06-24T00:00
Men & Gentleladies! The man with the most-read piece to date on KL?N + S?BR! Shane Watson!
Shane's Recovery Story: http://www.sincerightnow.com/stories/2015/5/22/shane-since-november-2014<...
Episode 1523: Donald McFarland / Unite to Face Addiction from 2015-06-16T00:00
Donald has over three decades of experience in politics. His work has combined communications, field, electoral, and advocacy experience. He's also in long-term recovery. Donald is now applying his...
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Episode 1522: AA Founders' Day Roadtrip 2015 from 2015-06-15T00:00
SPECIAL EPISODE
Three dudes in a car on the way back to STL from Akron talking about their experience at Founders' Day on the 80th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Cover:
Henri...
Episode 1521: Daniel Maurer / Sobriety: A Graphic Novel from 2015-06-10T00:00
WIN A COPY OF SOBRIETY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Leave a comment or review on SoundCloud or iTunes between June 11 and June 29, 2015 for a chance to win 1 of 2 copies we're giving away. Drawing on June ...
Episode 1520: Kelly Fitzgerald / The Sober Señorita from 2015-06-04T00:00
Los Caballeros de Recovery tuvieron una conversación encantadora con la Sober Señorita. ¡Escucha ahora!
Referenced:
Anonymity in AA and the Age of the Internet / http://sobersenorita.c...
Episode 1519: AA / You Can't Always Get What You Want. But… from 2015-05-27T00:00
Whence the AA hate? Recovery is a spectrum with highly-personal stories along it's length. Why must one person's experience necessarily be another's.
Even as a #nonAnon Chris doesn't get t...
Episode 1518: Wes Hurt / Clean Cause Water from 2015-05-21T00:00
Shot Out of A (Water) Cannon.
Wes is quite literally a man on a mission. Just 10 months sober, he's working with a fervor to carry the message while he carries (his) water to the recovery ...
Episode 1517: Joe C. / Rebellion Dogs from 2015-05-13T00:00
Sobriety does not inoculate us against the trials and tribulations of life. We use the idea of "Maintaining long-term sobriety through life-altering challenges & changes" as our guide through this ...
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Episode 1516: Paul Henry / The Alcoholic's Guide to Alcoholism from 2015-05-11T00:00
"Paul" is a recovering alcoholic, currently following a PhD into the neuromechanisms of addictive behaviours. His own experience of recovery, coupled with his research over several years, led him t...
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Episode 1515 / A Very Special Episode: Selling Spirits Sober from 2015-05-03T00:00
Jeff, Matt and Chris have all spent rather lengthy segments of their respective careers creating advertising and promotions for alcohol. We've worked on beers and spirits major and minor. We've don...
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Episode 1511: Fool Me Once from 2015-05-02T00:00
Flatulence, Opioids & Abraham Lincoln. One of these things is not like the other.
100Pedals.com / Dave Cooke
Opioid Misuse In Chronic Pain Patients Is Around 25% / Forbes / http:/...
Episode 1514: Magz Shores / Sober Courage from 2015-04-29T00:00
We had an absolutely terrific chat with Magz, Chris shares the bit of familial closure he got this past week and we tease Episode 1515. A Very Special Episode.
Be sure to visit Magz @ Sobe...
Episode 1513.2: Dave Cooke / 100 Pedals / pt 2 & SRN LIVE! from 2015-04-23T00:00
Dave's back! With the A to last episodes Q.
AND!
Audio from first SRN LIVE! on Periscope / http://periscope.tv
We're going to start live-streaming video of the podcast recordi...
Episode 1513.1: Dave Cooke / 100 Pedals from 2015-04-16T00:00
Thanks to technical difficulties we have the first part of our first two-parter. And our first cliffhanger!
Dave knows first-hand the "confusion, heartache, and despair" of a parent to a c...
Episode 1512: Look Who's Sober from 2015-04-08T00:00
Matt turns 1!
REFERENCED
Marijuana Maintenance / via Choose Help / http://www.choosehelp.com/topics/harm-reduction/considering-marijuana-maintenance-cannabis-as-a-substitution-the...
Episode 1504: The Lost Episode from 2015-04-06T00:00
Originally recorded January 28, 2015.
Jeff, Chris and Matt discuss therapy. You just can't hear Matt.
Clip: The Lost Weekend f. Ray Miland / 1945 / http://www.imdb.com/title/tt003...
Episode 1510: Spring! from 2015-03-25T00:00
Jeff, Matt & Chris return refreshed and renewed with a wide-ranging, edge-of-your-seat recovery chat. At times aimless and unfocused and at times meandering across barely-related tangents, you won'...
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Episode 1509: Recovery, one podcast at at time. from 2015-03-11T00:00
Three friends in recovery from alcohol and other drugs talking about it.
Clip: It's A Wonderful Life / 1946 / Liberty Films
Episode 1508: SMART Recovery: Doing Recovery Differently from 2015-02-26T00:00
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."—Not Albert Einstein*
In the interest of demonstrating our sanity, Jeff, Matt a...
Episode 1507: You can lead a horse to sobriety, but you can't make it not drink. from 2015-02-26T00:00
In which Jeff, Matt and Chris discuss getting sober, staying sober, triggers, N.A., rehab and more!
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Episode 1506: Recovering Alone Together from 2015-02-08T00:00
As persons in recovery what is our responsibility to others in recovery?
Paul came back.
https://twitter.com/mssginbottle
Social Networks and Social Media Can Help in Recovery...
Episode 1505: I’m clean enough, I’m sober enough, and doggone it, I’m angry. from 2015-02-01T00:00
Bad attitudes and “banal platitudes” in recovery.
Referenced:
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself / Melody Battle / http://amzn.com/0...
Episode 1503: Recovery By Any Other Name… from 2015-01-20T00:00
Pondered with our usual lack of reverence and/or qualification:
Substance Use Disorder, Semantics and Stigma
Harm Reduction / http://harmreduction.org
Moderation Managem...
Episode 1502: Recover Rewind Review / Clean and Sober from 2015-01-14T00:00
Ep. 1502
Recover, Rewind, Review
Clean and Sober
In which Jeff, Matt and I discuss the 1988 Michael Keaton rehab/12 Step classic then finish with an extended discussion that covers...
1501.0 / Guess Who's Back from 2015-01-06T00:00
Tell A Friend…Seriously, Tell A Friend.
Thanks for sticking with us while we took a couple of weeks off to deck our halls, roast our chestnuts and dash through snow laughing all the way. (...
Episode 22: Isolation & Addiction from 2014-12-17T00:00
"No matter where you go, there you are." — Buckaroo Banzai*
Jeff and Chris are joined by episode 22's Matt and episode 16's Marilyn for a super fun square table discussion about isolation ...
Episode 21: Matt / Since April 2014 from 2014-12-08T00:00
Jeff and Chris welcome (back) their long-time friend from a stint in the wild. In Matt's story relapse is indeed a part of recovery.
REFERENCED
Legal drugs / How powerful synthetic dru...
Episode 20: Sobriety & Recovery: Can you have one without the other? from 2014-12-01T00:00
Just two dudes talking about sobriety and recovery and trying to figure out what it all means.
REFERENCED
You're in recovery if… / Addiction & Recovery News / https://addictionand...
Episode 19: Holidazed & Confused from 2014-11-17T00:00
Jeff & Chris talk about being sober during the Holidays.
Our new segment, 100% Volume by Alcoholics (with Marilyn Spiller of WakingUpTheGhost.com), has been postponed until a later episode.
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Episode 18: Jon G. / My Last Stand & DJ FM from 2014-11-11T00:00
In his riveting visit with us, the deeply-thoughtful and erudite Jon G. takes us to and through his recovery up to this point and gives us a glimpse behind the decks as a DJ in recovery.
R...
Episode 17: Joe C. / Rebellion Dogs from 2014-11-03T00:00
Joe, who got sober in his teens and is about to celebrate his 38th year of sobriety this month, is a man of many hats and talents. Joe’s a recovery trailblazer in the vanguard of those actively wor...
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Episode 16: Marilyn / Waking Up the Ghost from 2014-10-24T00:00
Waking Up the Ghost? I’ll let Marilyn explain:
“… the first time I heard that expression, I was sitting on a deserted island in the Exumas, with a jaundiced Bahamian named Sands. I think i...
Episode 15: Paul / Message In A Bottle from 2014-10-14T00:00
UPDATE / 10.19.15 / You can now hear Paul on his own podcast: https://soundcloud.com/buzzkill-pod
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Paul is many things in this fourth year of his recovery. W...
Episode 14: Meditations, Meetings & Steps from 2014-10-08T00:00
Chris goes to his second, Jeff takes someone else to their first and the 12th Step seems to have been the one that in one way or another got us each to our destinations.
Referenced
Episode 13: Two Alcoholics Walk Into A Room from 2014-09-30T00:00
SOMETIMES YOU DO GET A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION.
In which the S.O.S meeting Jeff and Chris set out to attend is not the S.O.S. meeting they find. Which then leads Jeff to f...
Episode 12: Resentments, Denial, Enabling from 2014-09-23T00:00
One of Those Three Is Not A River In Egypt.
We talk about all three.
Also, the question is raised as to whether Chris may be a narcissist.
REFERRENCED
• Denial In Add...
Episode 11: Making Up For Lost Time from 2014-09-18T00:00
Sober Dates, Slips, Relapse, Second Stage Recovery & Step 9
The second episode to solicit topics via Twitter is the first to be informed almost entirely by a Twitter Topic. Chris and Jeff ...
Episode 10: They're All Going To Laugh At You (Carrie On, My Wayward Son) from 2014-09-11T00:00
Anonymity. Shame. Stigma. Ain't nobody got time for that. Chris and Jeff talk about it.
Referenced:
How Addiction Really Affects The Family / AddictionBlog.org
http://alcohol.addic...
Episode 9: You Can't Unring A Bell from 2014-09-05T00:00
After a brief "celebration" of Chris' Sober Birthday (9.1.97) Chris and Jeff talk about the challenge of a family get together when there's an alcoholic elephant in the room wearing the addict Empe...
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Episode 8: Defining An Addict: Language, Creativity, Depression, Addiction from 2014-08-30T21:08:23
We briefly consider how we, as addicts, feel about the terms used to describe us. By others? By ourselves? Then we consider—at length!—what's up with addicts so often being plagued by depression an...
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Episode 7: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Truth, Shame and Ego from 2014-08-23T22:17:02
Jeff and Chris chat—and laugh—about getting to the truth in recovery (both in general and in the context of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous,) the shame we accumulate during our active addictio...
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Episode 6: Past, Tense: I Will Recover! I Am Recovering. I Have Recovered? from 2014-08-14T00:00
What a week.
Referenced in this episode:
Robin Williams
Norm Macdonald's Twitter tribute
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/norm-macdonald-robin-williams-twitter-tr...
Episode 2: Uncomfortably Numb from 2014-07-06T00:00
Longtime-friends, Chris and Jeff, have over 30 years in relapse-free recovery between them. In this episode they continute to each learn a bit more about the other's recovery. The emotional and sen...
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Episode 1: Hello, Our Name Is Since Right Now And We Are Alcoholics. from 2014-06-28T00:00
Meet your co-hosts, long-time friends, Chris and Jeff, as they discuss how they got to right now. Jeff, the one who just celebrated 14 years of sobriety, has been goint to AA since before he was in...
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Episode 0000 from 2014-06-14T00:00
It began not with a bang, but with a whimper.
I have exhumed the very first expression of Since Right Now and have recommitted it to the record for posterity and the completists.
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