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Ep164 – Communication Mistakes with Our Kids and Why We Keep Trying

  • November 7, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Kids, Recovery, Teens

At the heart of all relationship struggles we will find communication challenges. On this episode, Sheri and Matt recall all the communication mistakes they have made with their kids. Some of it was a direct…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep163 – Scaring Up some Holiday Peace and Joy

  • October 31, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Teens

Sheri and Matt have had some awful alcoholic Halloween experiences. Last year, they recapped the trauma on Ep111. This year, the couple is talking about the joy and laughter they are experiencing on their sixth…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep162 – Get Off Your Back

  • October 24, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovery

We humans are hard on ourselves. In fact, it is widely believed that no one will ever be as hard on us as we are on ourselves. Sheri and Matt have experience with that point…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep161 – The Value of Pain

  • October 17, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Pain, Recovery, Sobriety

Pain is thought of as an almost exclusively negative emotion and experience. But does pain serve a purpose? Is pain necessary for forward motion in certain scenarios? And is recovery from alcoholism one such scenario?…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep159 – Forgiveness Roundtable

  • October 3, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Forgiveness, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Can forgiveness be achieved without an apology ever being offered? Likewise, can we find comfort in feeling remorse without ever being forgiven? On this special roundtable episode, Sheri and Matt are joined by four lived-experience…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep158 – It Takes Two to Tango

  • September 26, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

In order for a relationship to survive alcoholism, both partners, the former drinker, and the spouse, need to do an amazing amout of work in recovery. It is not about sobriety, although that is a…

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  • Addiction
  • Nutrition

Ep157 – Food and Mood for Alcoholics and Loved Ones with Kelly Miller

  • September 19, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Brain Chemistry, Drug Abuse, Family, Marriage, Nutrition, Recovery

Sheri and Matt welcome The Addiction Nutritionist, Kelly Miller, back to the podcast to learn more from this amazing nutrition therapist and recovery coach, and to apply her nutrition lessons to the recovery of the…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep156 – Is “Victim” a Dirty Word?

  • September 12, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Victim

Alcoholism has lots of victims – including the drinker. High-functioning alcoholics in sobriety often have a really hard time accepting their victim status for a variety of reasons discussed by Sheri and Matt on this…

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  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship
  • Sex

Ep154 – Intimacy is Vulnerability

  • August 29, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Sheri and Matt dive deep into Sheri’s favorite topic: intimacy. But this discussion might not be what you are expecting. They separate emotional intimacy from sex, and describe emotional intimacy as the ultimate vulnerability (complete…

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  • Addiction
  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship

Ep153 – Making the Turn for Home with Mindy and Tom

  • August 22, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Do you want to know what it takes to save a marriage from alcoholism? One word: genuine humility. OK, that’s two words. And it also takes therapy, group work, hard-earned detachment, faith, resentment processing, group…

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