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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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Ep62 – You’ve Done Nothing Wrong. Why are you So Ashamed?

  • November 16, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery

The shame of alcoholism is not reserved only for the drinkers. The loved ones of drinkers feel an enormous amount of shame – for letting it get so bad and for being unable to fix…

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Ep61 – Traci on Healing Her Broken Heart

  • November 9, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

The anger and resentment from her husband’s drinking was building inside our friend, Traci. If he kept drinking, she faced a selfless and dreadful decision. “I loved him too much to stay and punish him.”…

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Ep60 – Why are we still so angry?

  • November 2, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Marriage, Sobriety

If you’ve ever looked for the root cause of your anger, you’ve probably read or heard that anger is the outward manifestation of fear. There’s wisdom there, but it goes deeper. In this episode, Sheri…

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Ep58 – Neither of You are to Blame

  • October 19, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Alcoholism is so insidious because of how it creeps into relationships and destroys us from the inside. When did my husband turn from a sweet, loving man into such a repulsive tyrant? When did my…

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Ep57 – Kate Flourishing in the Truth

  • October 12, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sex

Sheri and Matt are joined on this episode by a fellow survivor of an alcoholic marriage, their good friend and Denver neighbor, Kate. Just like Sheri, Kate endured years of gaslighting, denial and progressively deteriorating…

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Ep56 – Our Wedding: Making the Trauma Typical

  • October 5, 2020
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Sheri and Matt tell the story of the trauma of their wedding. Devastating and heartbreaking? Yes. Unusual? Sadly, no. It was such a shameful event that this is only the second time the couple has…

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Ep55 – The 2 Keys to Ending the Alcoholism Epidemic

  • September 28, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gray Area Drinking, Marriage, Public Policy, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sobriety

Being a part of the alcoholism recovery community is all about putting out fires that are already started. That’s important, but that’s not what this conversation is about. In this episode, Sheri and Matt talk…

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Ep54 – Jane’s Pain and Anger from Being In It

  • September 21, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery

If you’ve listened to the Untoxicated Podcast before, you know Sheri’s and Matt’s story is not unique, because you are probably in the middle of a similar trauma. Still, experiencing alcoholism, as the drinker or as…

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Ep53 – Inspiration from Matt’s Mediocrity

  • September 14, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sobriety

Listeners and readers often share that they can’t imagine their alcoholic spouses reaching the level of clarity that Matt and Sheri share on this podcast. Matt is nothing special, and his mediocrity should inspire others…

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Ep52 – A Message for Your Alcoholic Partner

  • September 7, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sobriety

As an active alcoholic, Matt thought all of his attempts to control his drinking, his pontifications about how it would be different this time, and his complaints about how bad he felt after a binge,…

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