"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 and editor. She is the author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety, which is based on her popular essays for The New York Times‘s “Proof: Alcohol and American Life.” Currently, Sacha is an MFA candidate at NYU’s low-residency program in Paris, where she is writing a novel. She spends her days at the Watergate as the prou...
Aug 06, 2015•57 min
"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 joined us for a super fantastic addiction recovery podcast mashup episode. It was kind of like having Robert Plant sit in with your Led Zeppelin tribute band. Select References: The Mental Illness Happy Hour Podcast / http://mentalpod.com Chris' Q&A w/ Danielle Stewart on AfterPartyMagazine / http://rehabreviews....
Jul 29, 2015•41 min
"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 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2015 / https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/953 Ivana on the Web: Transforming Youth Recovery / http://www.transformingyouthrecovery.org Twitter / https://twitter.com/IvanaGrahovac1
Jul 22, 2015•58 min
"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://therealedition.com @mrjazone on Twitter
Jul 16, 2015•55 min
"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 you're going to want to listen. Sarah's candor and good-humor made for a terrifically insightful and enjoyable episode. If you haven't read it…WTF? Get it. Read it. Then come back and listen. Sarah on the Web: Site / http://sarahhepola.com Twitter / https://twitter.com/sarahhepola Clip: Amy Winehouse / 2006 / Rec...
Jul 07, 2015•1 hr 20 min
"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 Series / http://bit.ly/1RUdTba Why AA Works for Me / Laura @ Hip Sobriety / http://bit.ly/1CdNDH4 #ichooseclean / Instagram / http://bit.ly/1UdgQaG E.L. Doctorow on writing / @ Brainy Quote / http://bit.ly/1Nzz6G2 Clip: Airplane / 1980 / Paramount Pictures
Jul 02, 2015•1 hr
Men & Gentleladies! The man with the most-read piece to date on KLĒN + SŌBR! Shane Watson! Shane's Recovery Story: http://www.sincerightnow.com/stories/2015/5/22/shane-since-november-2014 Let's All Go to the Lobby [Trad.] David After Dentist [SRN Edit] Image: From the "Oilette" Series [crop/color by K+S] / Raphael Tuck & Sons / 1907 / CC via Roomnoir / Flickr
Jun 24, 2015•54 min
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 formidable talents to a deeply personal cause as the Communications Director for UNITE to Face Addiction. This will be one of two appearances by Donald before October 4, 2015. This first appearance will be a more personal visit with Donald—the person in long-term recovery, the second we'll delve more ...
Jun 16, 2015•52 min
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: Henrietta Buckler Sieberling / Akron Women's History / https://blogs.uakron.edu/womenshistory/2013/09/11/henrietta-buckler-seiberling-1888-1979/
Jun 15, 2015•58 min
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 29th, 2015. ____________________________________________ It's been a long time coming but it was well-worth the wait. We chat with the ebullient author of our favorite graphic novel about sobriety, Dan "The Story Man" Maurer. Read an excerpt here: http://www.sincerightnow.com/sobriety-a-graphic-novel Visit...
Jun 10, 2015•1 hr 3 min
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.com/2015/05/21/anonymity-in-aa-and-the-age-of-the-internet/ 5 Reasons You Should Go to That AA Meeting You’ve Been Thinking About / http://www.ihavewill.com/5-reasons-you-should-go-to-that-aa-meeting-youve-been-thinking-about/ 6 Things I Learned During Two Years Without Alcohol / http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-...
Jun 04, 2015•46 min
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 the AA haters. Referenced: @DrunkenNeuron / The Alcoholic's Guide to Alcoholism / http://alcoholicsguidetoalcoholism.com @Rebellion_Dogs / Rebellion Dogs Publishing / http://rebelliondogspublishing.com @mylaststand_org / My Beef With #AA / http://mylaststand.org/post/98318610222/my-beef-with-aa @wearesober / Wha...
May 27, 2015•50 min
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 community and beyond. "It's not because we're so f*cking cool. It's because this epidemic is so f*cking huge." —Wes Hurt CLEAN Cause Water / http://cleancause.com
May 21, 2015•55 min
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 episode. Referenced: The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling & the Search for Meaning / Kurtz & Ketcham / 1992 / http://www.amazon.com/The-Spirituality-Imperfection-Storytelling-Meaning/dp/0553371320 Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous / E. Kurtz / 1991 / http://www.amazon.com...
May 13, 2015•55 min
"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 to question why the way addicts and alcoholics talk about their condition as an “emotional disease” is rarely addressed in theories of addiction. Chris jacked into the Trans-Atlantic Interweb to chat with this fascinating Irishman about recovery, AA, emotional disregulation, the acceptance of prescribed...
May 11, 2015•1 hr 16 min
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 done it together, separately and in pairs at a variety of agencies. We finally sit down together and talk about how, as three sober dudes, we feel about it. Then and since right now.
May 03, 2015•52 min
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://www.forbes.com/sites/cjarlotta/2015/04/01/opioid-misuse-in-chronic-pain-patients-is-around-25-new-study-shows/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=social Kids allowed sips of alcohol are more likely to drink in high school / CNN / http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/living/feat-sipping-alcohol-kids-...
May 02, 2015•41 min
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 @ SoberCourage.com
Apr 29, 2015•53 min
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 recording beginning with next episode. Referenced: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Our Children and Drugs / Bob Meehan / http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Yellow-Brick-Road-Children/dp/0970232705 #addictionchat / Twitter / Wednesdays @ 8:00p C http://tweetchat.com is a great tool to follow or participate.
Apr 23, 2015•32 min
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 child addicted to heroin. In the midst of his feelings of helplessness and hopelessness he worked his way into a plan that would turn his son's life and his own around. http://www.100pedals.com
Apr 16, 2015•41 min
Matt turns 1! REFERENCED Marijuana Maintenance / via Choose Help / http://www.choosehelp.com/topics/harm-reduction/considering-marijuana-maintenance-cannabis-as-a-substitution-therapy-for-alcoholism Palcohol (powdered alcohol) / via NYT / http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/business/powdered-alcohol-meets-resistance-in-us-before-it-even-comes-to-market.html?_r=0 Coffee / via TIME / http://time.com/3739326/coffee-healthy-caffeine/ Upcoming! The SRN Schedule / http://www.sincerightnow.com/upcoming/ ...
Apr 08, 2015•47 min
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/tt0037884/
Apr 06, 2015•51 min
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't want to miss this very special episode. Referenced: Moderation Management / http://moderation.org Rethinking Alcohol: Can Heavy Drinkers Learn To Cut Back? / NPR / http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/23/393651417/rethinking-alcohol-can-heavy-drinkers-learn-to-cut-back Krokodil (Desomorphine) ...
Mar 25, 2015•46 min
Three friends in recovery from alcohol and other drugs talking about it. Clip: It's A Wonderful Life / 1946 / Liberty Films
Mar 11, 2015•59 min
"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 and I went to a SMART Recovery meeting (http://smartrecovery.org). Then we talked about it. *The earliest verifiable instances of the quote are: Alcoholics Anonymous / Step 2: A Promise of Hope (pamphlet) / 1980 Narcotics Anonymous / The Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous / 1981
Feb 26, 2015•57 min
In which Jeff, Matt and Chris discuss getting sober, staying sober, triggers, N.A., rehab and more!
Feb 26, 2015•54 min
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 From Addiction / HuffPo, Healthy Living / http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sack-md/addicts-support_b_1609085.html Clips: Are You That Somebody? (Timbaland Intro) / 1998 / Aaliyah We Are Your Friends (Reprise) [Live] / 2008 / Justice
Feb 08, 2015•59 min
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/0894864025 Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans / Malachi Martin / http://amzn.com/006065337X Do You Have FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out? / Forbes / http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2014/03/27/do-you-have-fomo-fear-of-missing-out/ Big Book, Chapter 5: How It Works / http...
Feb 01, 2015•44 min
Pondered with our usual lack of reverence and/or qualification: Substance Use Disorder, Semantics and Stigma Harm Reduction / http://harmreduction.org Moderation Management / http://moderation.org SMART Recovery / http://www.smartrecovery.org Is the use of hallucinogens—specifically psilocybin—a good idea in the interest of pursuing one’s spirituality as it relates to one’s recovery? Clip: The Breakfast Club, 1985, Universal Pictures
Jan 20, 2015•44 min
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 the 12th Step, the 11th tradition and anonymity in recovery. Referenced: Atuk. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atuk) The screenwriter, Tod Carroll’s unfilmed, and supposedly cursed, script. It’s taken the lives of at least three well-known substance-abusing actors. Jerry Stahl. Writer of both screwball, illegal alien si...
Jan 14, 2015•1 hr 1 min
