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Relapse. The most dreaded word in recovery and the most misunderstood event also. How many times have you talked to people who have relapsed and they can’t really tell you why? They might talk about some general ideas of things that happened leading up to it or maybe...

In this episode, I want to give you tips to help you navigate a world filled with alcohol after you have quit drinking. If you have ever asked any of the following questions this would be a good episode to listen to: How can I be around alcohol after I get sober? How...

Holidays can be challenging times.  When we have drank for so long, so many of the things that we do in life is associated with drinking and that couldn’t be truer for many of us than during the holidays.  Everything about the holidays for me revolved around...

In this episode, I discussed the flawed reasonings behind thinking that we must first hit rock bottom before getting sober. Many people think they must have a great event that qualifies as a rock bottom to get and stay sober.  They think they need something like...

In this episode, I want to continue the discussion on forgiveness.  In episode 3, we really focused on the steps we can take to work towards making right the wrongs we have done in our past and working towards receiving forgiveness from others.  If you haven’t listed...

In this episode, I want to start the discussion on the importance of forgiveness and specifically tackling the difficult challenges of facing our past, acknowledging what we have done wrong, and the steps we can to do begin to start repairing the relationships that we...

In this episode, I discuss the importance of identifying the reason for getting sober, or what I like to call: “discovering your big Why” and the pitfalls in the idea that you must get sober for yourself.

In this episode, I discuss the pitfalls of putting so much focus on the substances that we have battled in our addictions and why I think that the recovery model of avoidance is actually setting us up for failure.

Have you tried everything, but you still can’t make sobriety stick? Or maybe you are sober, but you feel like there should be something more to your new sober life? There are many paths to getting sober, but whatever path you choose, quitting drinking is only the...