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Ep338 – Relief

  • March 9, 2026
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Divorce, Emotional Safety, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Safety, Trauma

Sheri and Matt explain the relief that the partners of drinkers experience in different scenarios as relationship status and possibly drinking status change. Recovery isn’t about rekindled romance or a revived fairytale. For the partners,…

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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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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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Ep267 – Both Sides of Addiction with Alan Thompson

  • October 28, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Relapse, Sobriety, Trauma

If you have experienced religious trauma, work stress, marriage distress, alcohol use disorder or the problematic drinking of a family member, this conversation has something for you. Alan Thompson has experienced addiction in a painfully…

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Ep253 – Authenticity while Honoring His Memory with Melanie

  • July 22, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Death, Family, Guilt, Marriage

Melanie fell in love with her best friend – a nature-loving, long-haired bad boy with a good heart. They built a life together including marriage, kids, businesses and lots of pets. And now alcohol has…

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Ep229 – Roundtable: Navigating Custody of the Kids

  • February 5, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Divorce, Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Separation, Teens, Trauma

***Trigger Warning: Death from alcohol abuse is discussed. Julie, Rachel, Becky and Melanie join the conversation and help Sheri and Matt break down the issues surrounding custody agreements and co-parenting arrangements. From the impact these…

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Ep219 – Barbara’s Grief, Guilt and Growth

  • November 27, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Brain Chemistry, Death, Divorce, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Relapse, Safety

*** Warning: suicide and death are discussed Barbara first appeared on the podcast almost three years ago on Ep70 when she shared the story of her husband’s alcoholism that led to her becoming a living…

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Ep216 – Lowered Standards and Disappointing Outcomes

  • November 6, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Separation, Suicide, Trauma

***Trigger Warning – Talk of Self Harm and Suicide It is common knowledge that alcoholism is a progressive disease in relation to the volume and frequency of consumption. What is rarely considered is that the…

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Ep204 – Love, Loss & Forgiveness with Bhavini

  • August 14, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Forgiveness, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Pain

It’s the story of a romantic courtship and the rekindling of a spark felt when they were in their youth. Bhavini loved him and wanted so badly for it to work that she ignored the…

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