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Recovery Demystified - Non-Religious Addiction Recovery and Harm Reduction for Queers, Neurodivergent People, and Their Allies

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Recovery Demystified is a non-religious, queer, and neurodivergent-friendly recovery podcast exploring addiction, sobriety, and harm reduction. Our guests tell their addiction recovery stories to upend stigma surrounding recovery, provide practical tools, and tell stories about navigating life in the process of healing from addiction and trauma. We leave shame, dogma, and purity politics at the door. Each episode is created for folks seeking addiction recovery support from a radical lens, whether you're early in sobriety, exploring alternatives to 12-step programs, or looking for harm-reduction strategies that work in your life. We feature inclusive perspectives from queer and neurodivergent communities, tackling topics like relapse prevention, coping with cravings, mental health, trauma, and identity in recovery. You can expect: -Empowerment, encouragement, and a healing environment -Personal recovery stories from queer, ND, and non-religious voices -Practical harm reduction tools and strategies -Honest discussions about sobriety challenges, relapse, and mental health -Guidance for secular and alternative recovery paths -A punk, stigma-free, and inclusive approach to healing Whether you're looking for a queer recovery podcast, neurodivergent sobriety support, or just want real talk about addiction and harm reduction, Recovery Demystified is here to provide clarity, compassion, and community. If you have ever felt left behind or pushed to the fringes of society, you are in the right place! Recovery for the rest of us! Connect with us: Instagram - @recoverydemystified Substack - @recoverydemystified Email - info@recoverydemystified.com Donate to our cause! Patreon - Link in episode descriptions! Venmo & Paypal - @recoverydemystified https://www.recoverydemystified.com/donations/
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Episodes

Story #8: JT - From Broken Bones and Drug Math to Freedom Through Books & Podcasts

In today's episode we hear JT's addiction recovery story. JT's story began with a traumatic childhood and being medicated for ADHD (which may have just been symptoms of trauma.) Later, her self-medication of unresolved trauma blossomed into binge drinking and multiple drug concoctions. After some broken bones, benders, and embarassment, she realized something needed to change. It took a few attempts, but she ultimately found freedom through immersion in self-education via books, podcasts, exerci...

Mar 18, 20251 hr 2 minSeason 2Ep. 1

RR #6: Decolonizing Addiction Recovery: Resources for Indigenous Community, Trauma in the Body, and The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! It is time yet again to bathe our brain in a soup of new information. The learning never ends, and as we keep trying new things, our recovery grows and becomes more secure. Looking for addiction recovery community support? You're in the right place! March Reading and Podcast List: The Red Road to Wellbriety in the Native American Way ...

Mar 11, 202514 minSeason 1Ep. 14

Story #7: Natalie - Growing Up With a Severely Addicted Parent

In today's episode we hear Natalie's addiction recovery story. Natalie tells the story of her childhood growing up with a severely addicted parent, and how it affected her as a kid and into adulthood. She demonstrates the need to communicate effectively with children at an age appropriate level- because if we don't communicate to them, they create their own answers, and they often know much more than we realize. Natalie goes on to dabble with substances as she enters her teen years, and quickly ...

Mar 04, 20251 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 13

RR #5: The Secret Addiction: Can We Talk About Inhalant Addiction?

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! Many people have struggled or dabbled with inhalants, yet we very rarely hear it discussed. In today's episode Early discusses their own personal use of inhalants as well as their experience as an EMT treating patients who use inhalants. Inhalant addiction is more common than we think, primarily because of the shame and stigma that ke...

Feb 25, 202514 minSeason 1Ep. 12

Story #6: Jakob - Weed Addiction, Cannabinoid Hyperemesis in the ER, & Raw Dogging the Shit Out of Life

In today's episode Jakob tells his addiction recovery story. Jakob's story begins with supressing deep traumatic grief with the use of substances- something he saw demonstrated by adults in his life. His story moves through dabbling and being addicted to a variety of hard drugs, alcohol, and weed. Kratom and cocaine ultimately landed him in a not very classy rehab, which he left after three days, and then returned to. He spent a while being Cali-Sober (only using weed products) until that landed...

Feb 18, 202555 minSeason 1Ep. 11

Story #5: EK - From Self-Medicating Trauma to Sobriety is an Act of Radical Self-Love

In today's episode we hear EK's addiction recovery story. They describe seeing their family use alcohol and cigarettes while they were a kid. EK's drinking and use stopped being fun at a very young age, as they navigated survival through abusive relationships. They describe self medicating after reaching out for help with the pain of experiencing sexual assault and depression. After a close encounter with the law, they had an epiphany, and received some really good advice from friends, and start...

Feb 11, 202556 minSeason 1Ep. 10

RR #4: Secular Addiction Recovery Support: Laura Cathcart Robbins, DharmapunxNYC, Recovery Happy Hour, and Neuroscience of Addiction

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! Early discusses their book and podcast list for February, 2025! It is time to bathe your brain in a soup of new information! Searching for addiction recovery community support? You're in the right place Stash: My Life in Hiding - book by Laura Cathcart Robbins The Only One in the Room - podcast by Laura Cathcart Robbins DharmapunxNYC ...

Feb 06, 202519 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Story #4: Alison - Sober Curious

In today's episode we hear Alison's addiction recovery story. Alison grew up with addiction on both sides of the family. Her mother was not very present in her childhood and her dad was a single parent most of the time. She describes meeting alcohol and becoming "thick as thieves immediately." At the age of 27, and dabbling in her third Dry January, she wonders if there's more to life than this. She discusses trying the drug Naltrexone to deter cravings, which inspired Early to discuss medicatio...

Feb 04, 20251 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Story #3: TK - From Drunkenly Signing Up for the Army to Finding Real Community in the DIY Punk Scene

In today's episode we hear TK's addiction recovery story. TK spent their high school years as a sober person, then began drinking at the age of 19, and rolled their car by the age of 21. After drunkenly signing up for the army, their partner became pregnant, and their whole world started to change. TK demonstrates that for most of us the path of recovery is not linear. It consists of trials, fuck-its, taking time to let new knowledge sink in, and peeling back the layers of the onion. If we can g...

Jan 28, 202547 minSeason 1Ep. 7

RR #3: Two Free, Easy Tricks To Boost Contentment and Happiness in Sobriety

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! Disclaimer: Recovery Demystified is intentionally and explicitly non-religious. This episode mentions that practices of mindfulness and meditation can be traced historically back to several Eastern spiritual traditions. The episode also uses the word "spiritual." It is important to note that there is also a wealth of modern, scientifi...

Jan 20, 202531 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Story #2: Sara - From Meth in a Lightbulb at Age 15 to Spontaneous Sobriety

In this episode we hear Sara's addiction recovery story. Her life starts with being raised in a party environment, picking up cigarette butts at the age of 7, and using alcohol and every drug under the sun before graduating high school. After a series of awful relationships and worsening addiction to drugs and alcohol, Sara's life imploded and she ended up stuck in the psych ward. After she got out she decided she wanted to "try something different"- and moved on forever. Recovery Demystified is...

Jan 09, 202553 minSeason 1Ep. 5

RR #2: Dry January Ultimate Non-Religious Resource List! Annie Grace, Holly Whitaker, Recovery Elevator, Dr. Nzinga Harrison

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! Dry January is HERE! It is time to unbrainwash yourself, or, rebrainwash yourself? It is time to bathe your brain in a soup of new information! In this episode Early shares their Dry January reading and podcast list for 2025 and a couple tips to find success in your goals this month. Lookiing for addiction recovery community support? ...

Jan 04, 202522 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Story #1: Logan - From Waking Up in Human Shit to Discovering the Cure to Anxiety

In the first ever Recovery Demystified interview, we hear Logan's miraculous addiction recovery story. He is a welder and musician who has been sober for 4 1/2 years. Logan's journey starts as experimentation with alcohol and weed in his teens and evolves to using anything and everything to squelch anxiety and depression. He got sober during covid and has never looked back.

Dec 31, 202451 minSeason 1Ep. 3

RR #1: The Car in the Garage: A Metaphor for Addiction

Recovery Resources that actually help, build your own recovery with secret resources you probably never heard of. Addiction recovery community support... incoming! If you ever want to experience the full complexity of what life has to offer, it is time to let go of the car door handle and walk into the house. You will experience discomfort but you will also experience a greater joy and depth than you could ever imagine! Looking for addiction recovery community support? You're in the right place!...

Dec 22, 202416 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Intro: Looking for Non-Religious Addiction Resources? You Are in the Right Place!!

Welcome to Recovery Demystified! You are in the right place! RD is self help and addiction recovery for the rest of us. If you have ever felt alone, left behind, or pushed to the fringes of society, we love you and you belong here. RD is non-religious and adaptive to you and your own unique inner wisdom and needs. RD is LGBTQ+ friendly, disability friendly, and neurodivergent friendly. We believe in harm reduction. We welcome those who are sober curious or questioning their relationship to subst...

Dec 22, 20249 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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