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Matt Salis

Matt Salis is a high-functioning alcoholic in recovery who is proud to be untoxicated.

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Ep38 – It Turns Out My Wife’s Not a Bitch

  • May 8, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

I had a huge ego as an active alcoholic. I thought I was great. My wife, Sheri, found me repulsive and stupid, and she felt betrayed by my love of alcohol. When I stopped drinking,…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep37 – It’s Sheri’s Turn: A Sense of Recovery Urgency

  • April 27, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Family, Marriage, Recovery

Active alcoholism is selfish, but everyone knows that. Early sobriety is equally selfish, but this time, for a good reason. For Matt and Sheri, our relationship has long been about prioritizing Matt’s needs while Sheri…

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  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep36 – Sheri’s Lingering Fears from the Trauma of Alcoholism

  • April 14, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery

Three years into recovery from Matt’s alcoholism, fearful anticipation lingers for Sheri. In this episode, we discuss the worry and anxiety that Sheri feels when bringing up even the most innocent and uncontroversial of topics,…

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  • Addiction
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep35 – Echoes of Recovery: Healing for the Loved Ones of Alcoholics

  • April 2, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery

One of the most widely accepted misperceptions about alcohol addiction is that the drinkers are the only people facing enormous challenges in recovery. The fact is that the loved ones of alcoholics have just as…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol

Ep34 – Pandemic Policy Fuels Epic Liquor Store Lines

  • March 26, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Public Policy

On our first remotely recorded episode due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt and Debbie Scheer discuss the public policy decision that threw Denver into chaos. The mayor announced that liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries were…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol

Ep33 – Quarantine and Isolation – Alcohol will Only Make it Worse

  • March 13, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Recovery, Sobriety

While the COVID-19 pandemic is nothing like the terrorist attack on America we suffered during 9/11, it does isolate and confine us in a similar way. Back then, 19 years ago, I sat on the…

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  • Alcohol
  • Sex

Ep32 – Sex Miseducation: The Lasting Impact

  • March 6, 2020
  • Tagged as: Family, Marriage, Sex, Sobriety

Was your middle school sex ed experience as shrouded in shameful secrecy and as incomplete as ours? In this episode, Matt and Debbie talk about the lasting negative impact of our society’s refusal to talk…

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  • Addiction
  • Relationship

EP31 – The Destruction of Intimacy in our Alcoholic Marriage

  • February 28, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery

Sheri and Matt dive deeper than ever before into the intimate details of our alcoholic marriage. Our relationship started in a very typical manner – we mixed booze and romance and lowered all inhibitions. As…

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  • Alcohol
  • Relationship

Ep30 – Humor is the Ultimate Icebreaker with Debbie Scheer

  • February 17, 2020
  • Tagged as: Gray Area Drinking, Human Condition, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud

The damage done by alcohol is no laughing matter, but if we lighten up and loosen up, honest, healing conversation often follows. No one knows more about using humor as the ultimate icebreaker when discussing…

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  • Addiction
  • Nutrition

Ep29 – Doritos Made Me an Alcoholic: The Why, the How and the Stigma of Alcoholism

  • February 3, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family

To blame my alcoholism on Doritos is a bold statement, but the more we learn about neurochemistry and the way our brains process inputs, the more obvious the link between my adolescent snack patterns and…

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