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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: Masculinity that’s NOT Toxic

  • December 4, 2025
  • Tagged as: Emotional Masculinity, Emotional Safety, Family, Health, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Masculinity that’s NOT Toxic” 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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Ep324 – Study Results: Kindness and Emotional Safety Top the List

  • December 1, 2025
  • Tagged as: Communication, Emotional Safety, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Resentment

The results are in! More than physical features, more than financial resources, people are looking for Kindness and Emotional Safety in potential partners and within committed relationships. Matt shares the results of our recent survey…

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Sober and Unashamed: 3 Things I Love about Friendsgiving

  • November 27, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Community, Family, Friendship, Holidays, Recovering Out Loud, Sobriety

New from Sober and Unashamed: “3 Things I Love about Friendsgiving” 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…

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Ep323 – The Cost of Marriage

  • November 24, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Divorce, Emotional Safety, Family, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Separation, Sex, Sobriety

It is easy to calculate the costs associated with dissolving a relationship, but when people fight to stay together, they often fail to analyze the costs of maintaining the partnership. Sheri and Matt discuss the…

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Sober and Unashamed: Emotional Safety is a Dying Fad

  • November 20, 2025
  • Tagged as: Emotional Safety, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Emotional Safety is a Dying Fad” 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…

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Ep322 – Ask Lara

  • November 17, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Resentment, Trauma, Underlying Issues

Introducing our new quarterly series with listener questions answered by Lara Hammock, licenced clinical social worker and mental health therapist working with both individuals and couples. Topics covered on this episode range from attachment styles…

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Sober and Unashamed: I Wish She Would Die

  • November 13, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Death, Emotional Safety, Family, Mental Health, Trauma

New from Sober and Unashamed: “I Wish She Would Die” 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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Ep321 – The Complexity of Grieving

  • November 10, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Communication, Death, Emotional Safety, Family, Mental Health, Trauma

Humans are complicated, and when we lose someone, or separate from someone, we have to reconcile the good memories and the bad. Yes, there is relief that the trauma and toxicity are over. But getting…

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Ep320 – Finding My Voice in Recovery

  • November 3, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Safety, Marriage, Recovery

“I made myself small to cope.” This is a sentiment expressed by the loved ones of alcoholics who get used to walking on egg shells, and also the alcoholics themselves who shrink to avoid detection…

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Sober and Unashamed: Atrophied Intelligence

  • October 30, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Health, Human Condition, Mental Health, Underlying Issues

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Atrophied Intelligence” 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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Recent Posts

  • Ep345 – ADHD and Alcoholism with Annette and Jason
  • Rose, part two
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