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Ep49 – Getting from Here to the Relationship You Want

  • August 10, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Sobriety doesn’t fix anything, but it is a prerequisite for recovery from an alcoholic marriage. Once we realize we have removed alcohol, and our relationship is getting worse, we’ve got a lot of work to…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Relationship

Ep48 – Fairytale: When Relationship Recovery Feels Out of Reach

  • August 3, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sobriety

We asked a group of loved ones of alcoholics to read a chapter of our book, soberevolution, that will be released on September 23rd. The chapter is titled “Healing Wounds,” and it is about working through…

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  • Addiction
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep47 – The Emotional Volatility of Living with Alcoholism

  • July 27, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

We talk a lot of the trauma and pain of living with an alcoholic, but we rarely share the details. In this episode, Sheri and Matt talk about the emotional struggles of confronting alcoholism head…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep46 – Impact: Here’s Why You’re Not a Failure

  • July 20, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Friendship, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Recovery is not a binary choice. You are not a success if you are sober, and a failure if you relapse. The same is true for the loved ones of alcoholics. Perfection should not be…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep45 – The Revealing Truth of Sobriety

  • July 13, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Human Condition, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

I thought I was so funny, cute, smart and charming when I was drinking. Little did I know, I was just a loud and boorish bloviator of intoxicated rambling. Now I’m sober. Now I see…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery

Ep44 – You Drank Yourself Silly: The Brain Chemistry of Alcoholism

  • July 6, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

If you are the loved one of an alcoholic, it is easy to blame poor lifestyle choices and lack of willpower for the jam your abusive drinker has gotten the both of you into. But…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Relationship

Ep43 – Relationship Recovery Dry Relapse

  • June 29, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery

A dry drunk is a label associated with someone who white-knuckles his way through sobriety. A dry drunk might not be drinking alcohol, but he is not learning, growing or seeking the enlightenment of recovery….

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Teens

Ep41 – Parenting Sober: Journey into the Unknown

  • June 8, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Family, Recovery, Sobriety, Teens

Sheri and Matt had drastically different exposures to alcohol when we were growing up, and we carried that experience into our parenting roles. Our kids were all exposed to Matt’s alcoholism, to varying degrees because…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Relationship

Ep40 – Friendships Lost in Recovery

  • May 26, 2020
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Friendship, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery

Sheri and Matt are big believers in the power of vulnerability, and the huge gains in enlightenment and healing we have made as a result of recovering out loud. But in this episode, we talk…

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  • Addiction
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

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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