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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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Ep279 – Why Men are Failing

  • January 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Community, Death, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Public Policy, Suicide

The industrialized world is experiencing an epidemic of men who are unemployed or underemployed, not married or dating, living with their parents, and suffering deaths of despair. And the gender gap in higher education is…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
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Ep278 – Sex Talk with Nikki

  • January 13, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Nikki speaks boldly and vulnerably about a wide variety of taboos sex subject. From sex-drive discrepancy after childbirth to feelings of sexual brokenness to the sloppy disconnected sex of active addiction to arguments that always…

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Ep277 – “Freeze” as a Defense Mechanism

  • January 6, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Marriage, Recovery

Nervous system activation is often described as one of these four reactions: fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Sheri used all four tools to protect herself in her marriage to Matt during and after his active…

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Ep276 – Despair and Hopelessness of the Week Between

  • December 30, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Expectations, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery

The week between the holidays carries with it a cascade of emotions for people in a relationship experiencing active addiction or recovery. Sheri and Matt talk about the baggage this one-of-a-kind week used to carry…

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Ep275 – Self-Control and Detachment from Family at the Holidays

  • December 23, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Is self-control detachment? Sheri and Matt might debate the definitions, but they agree on the value of controlling the controllables around family at the holiday season. If you love or loved an alcoholic, and your…

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Ep274 – Spiritual Curiosity with David Bird

  • December 16, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Pain, Recovery, Sobriety

David Bird is a spiritual explorer with stories to tell about the hopelessness and lack of control of addiction, and the peace and freedom of knowing everything is going to be OK. Through major health…

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Ep273 – Is Sex All You Think About?

  • December 9, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Intimacy, Marriage, Mental Health, Sex, Trust

Do you say or hear this question in your relationship? Sheri and Matt break down how sex drive fluctuates in both a short-term and long-term way, and discuss the impacts of addiction and recovery on…

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Ep272 – No Longer Normalizing with Tess

  • December 2, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Guilt, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Resentment

Tess has experienced a lot of intolerable alcoholic behavior. But like so many of us, Tess was conditioned to accept the unacceptable, and now she is fighting her way back. Tess is an outstanding mother…

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  • Alcohol
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Ep271 – The Emotional Safety Journal

  • November 25, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Safety

Physical abuse and sexual abuse are more widely understood with societally agreed upon red lines that are not to be crossed. Emotional abuse, on the other hand, is less obvious and less universally understood. But…

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Ep270 – The TWFO Couple Paige and Matt Robinson

  • November 18, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud

Paige and Matt Robinson have survived Matt’s addiction to opiates and alcohol, and now they are doing a ton to help others, especially spouses, find their way out. Listen to how they managed the lies…

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