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Ep207 – Happily in the Middle

  • September 4, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Marriage, Mental Health, Never Enough, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sheri and Matt discuss the personality type that often underlies high-functioning alcoholism. Removing the alcohol doesn’t change the personality, and for Matt, and millions of others, the work of recovery is understanding their discomfort with…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep206 – Surviving and Thriving with Kim Augustus

  • August 28, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Community, Family, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Relapse, Sobriety

Kim’s nervous system, her mental health and her marriage were all suffering from the trauma of addiction. A happy ending seemed woefully unlikely. But with persistence, fortunate timing and openness to consider different alternatives, Kim’s…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep205 – The Addiction Triangle

  • August 21, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Intimacy, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Sex

Addiction sucks so much of the air from any relationship. Then in early sobriety, recovery work replaces alcohol taking priority over the alcoholic’s family. As recovery continues, that third energy intruding on the relationship morphs…

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Ep203 – Bravery

  • August 7, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Bravery, Family, Gaslighting, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Trauma

Bravery is not just about what you do or say or refuse to tolerate. There is another component. Bravery is also about what you are up against. In this episode, Sheri and Matt discuss his…

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Ep199 – Relapse

  • July 10, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Brain Chemistry, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Relapse

There are short-term relapses that last a day or a weekend or a week, and there are long-term relapses that last weeks or months. Can you guess which type of relapse Sheri and Matt have…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
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  • Relationship

Ep196 – Guilt

  • June 19, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Gaslighting, Guilt, Kids, Marriage, Recovery

Guilt can be a motivator. Guilt can be a moral compass. Guilt is not all bad. But the guilt that builds and festers in a family that is dealing with alcoholism is anything but helpful….

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Ep193 – Recovery Timeline

  • May 29, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Brain Chemistry, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Trauma

Sheri and Matt talk about the individual pieces of recovery all the time: resentment processing, nervous system stabilization, trust building, intimacy, etc. But until now, they have never put the pieces together on a timeline….

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Ep191 – Accountability, Envy, Fear, Anger & Blaming the Alcohol

  • May 15, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Resentment, Sobriety

Many of the people finding success in the alcoholism recovery community embrace some form of assigning the blame to the alcohol. And yet, so many people who are trying to recover, both the alcoholics and…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep190 – Demand what You Deserve

  • May 8, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Trauma

If you are the spouse of an alcoholic, you deserve sobriety. But even once your relationship enters sobriety, you deserve more. You deserve a partner who carries his own weight, and is tough enough to…

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  • Alcohol
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Ep189 – Will I Ever Trust Again?

  • May 1, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Safety, Trust

Sheri and Matt break trust down into three components: safety, intimacy and honesty. Trust is the last thing to come back in a marriage that has suffered through alcoholism, and understanding how to work on…

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