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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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Sober and Unashamed: Yummy Summer of Turd

  • September 25, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Emotional Safety, Mental Health

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Yummy Summer of Turd” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem to…

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  • Teens

Ep314 – Pressure that’s Crushing Our Kids

  • September 22, 2025
  • Tagged as: Community, Emotional Safety, Family, Health, Kids, Mental Health, Safety, Teens

From high school through young adulthood, the pressure felt by people in their teens and 20s is unlike anything experienced by preceding generations. Sheri and Matt offer evidence of the enormous stress of entering adulthood,…

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Sober and Unashamed: Rubber Stamping a Toxic Culture

  • September 18, 2025
  • Tagged as: Emotional Safety, Family, Health, Mental Health, Teens, Underlying Issues

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Rubber Stamping a Toxic Culture” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep313 – Blame Assigned or Blame Prevented

  • September 15, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Safety, Family, Marriage, Recovery

There is comfort in assigning the blame for relationship dysfunction and emotional abuse on the alcohol or the addiction. But what if we could make a cultural shift to prevent the need for blame and …

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Sober and Unashamed: Senseless Urgency

  • September 11, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Mental Health, Recovery, Underlying Issues

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Senseless Urgency” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem to find the…

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  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep312 – Complain Constructively with Lara Hammock

  • September 8, 2025
  • Tagged as: Communication, Emotional Safety, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Safety

Lara Hammock is a licenced clinical social worker and mental health therapist working with both individuals and couples. She is creative and inventive, and Lara joins Sheri and Matt to share her COME-TO method to…

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Sober and Unashamed: A.B.D.

  • September 4, 2025
  • Tagged as: Marriage, Recovery

New from Sober and Unashamed: “A.B.D.” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem to find the time….

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep311 – Restriction Leads to Rebellion

  • September 1, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Even when done with loving intent, restriction and control does not lead to the desired results of obedience and conformity: restriction leads to rebellion. Just ask anyone ever who has tried to control someone else’s…

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  • Relationship

Sober and Unashamed: Good Morning, Gorgeous

  • August 28, 2025
  • Tagged as: Marriage

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Good Morning, Gorgeous” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem to find…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep310 – Questions for Sheri, Part 2

  • August 25, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Kids, Marriage, No Judgement, Recovery, Resentment, Sobriety

Sheri answers listener questions about everything from her rock-bottom moments that resulted from Matt’s alcoholism, to what she would do differently if she had the chance to do it all over again. Many answers are…

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