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Ep120 – Hard-Earned Tears with Kathy

  • January 3, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

“I look at the face that looks back at me from the mirror, and it’s jarring. I look like I’ve aged ten years in just this last one. But it’s more than superficial. The heartbreak…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep119 – Beware of the Inevitable Letdown

  • December 27, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

The week after Christmas offers lots of threats to sobriety and mental health. Family tension, financial strain, an overbooked calendar, and festive expectations all lead to stress and pressure that is not relieved when the…

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  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep118 – Risks of Making All the Decisions

  • December 20, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sometimes, like in Matt’s case, high-functioning alcoholics are also control-freak assholes. Other times, people who abuse alcohol withdraw leaving all the decisions to the spouse or other loved ones. In both cases, there are serious…

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Ep117 – Society’s Tolerance for Bad Behavior

  • December 13, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

“You sure did have a good time at the Christmas party, Matt.” When he was actively drinking, Matt heard statements like that more than a few times. But they carried no shame, because our society…

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  • Addiction
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Ep116 – Healing from the Fatal Scars of Alcoholism with Dusti Shay

  • December 6, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Suicide

Just over a year after her husband took his own life while firmly in the grasp of alcohol addiction, Dusti Shay is ready to tell her story for the benefit of others fighting to survive…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Nutrition
  • Recovery

Ep115 – Saving Alcoholics and Loved Ones with Christina Veselak

  • November 29, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery

Christina Veselak is a mental health nutritionist, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a licensed psychotherapist who founded the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition, and she agrees with Sheri and Matt that…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
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Ep114 – Thanksgiving Dread, Drinks and Drama

  • November 22, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Alcohol plays such a prominent role in the Thanksgiving celebrations in our society that the holiday deserves a conversation all its own. On this episode, Sheri and Matt relive their Thanksgivings during his active alcoholism…

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  • Addiction
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Ep113 – Prodependence with Dr. Robert Weiss

  • November 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sheri and Matt welcome Dr. Robert Weiss, the author of Prodependence: Moving Beyond Codependency, to the Untoxicated Podcast. Dr. Rob has his PhD (he did his dissertation on codependency) and a masters in social work,…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep112 – We Can’t Nurture Success with Negativity

  • November 8, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

How do we expect positive outcomes in recovery when all of the language we use has a negative orientation? Stop drinking. Fix your spiritual deficiency. Don’t be codependent. Focusing on positive outcomes is more than…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
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Ep111 – Haunting Memories of Alcoholic Halloweens

  • November 1, 2021
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Teens

Halloween specifically, and autumn in general, is a season with high rates of relapse and drunken trauma. We are intentionally releasing this episode about haunting memories of Halloweens in early November because we know so…

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