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Ep149 – Mantras: Gross and Glorified

  • July 25, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

Why do we give so much power to the mantras that surround us (at least some of us do (Sheri’s looking at you, Matt))? There are gross and glorified mantras that are pillars of the…

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Ep148 – Phases of Relationship Recovery

  • July 18, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety, Teens

There is a flow to the process of recovering a marriage from alcoholism. In this episode, Sheri and Matt talk about the universalisms found in the eight phases of relationship recovery. This is time consuming…

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Ep147 – Chaos between the Traumas

  • July 11, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Anyone who has experienced an alcoholic relationship is familiar with the traumatic events when the drinking and the aftermath spins wildly out of control. But for most high-functioning alcoholics, there are plenty of times when…

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Ep146 – Consistently Different

  • July 4, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

As a drinker, Matt’s goal for the marriage was for Sheri to agree with him on morals, politics, religion, finances, parenting, etc. Only now in sobriety, Matt is realizing that with the exception of morals,…

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Ep145 – From Denial to Reality with Leah

  • June 27, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

Leah suffered from denial for years while living with someone whose drinking became a progressively more significant problem. She describes it like living in the middle of a tornado and refusing to acknowledge the storm….

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Ep144 – Pride Over Shame

  • June 20, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Pride, self-esteem, ego and confidence often get a bad rap in the traditional recovery community as leading to relapse. We believe the opposite is true, and that self-esteem is the single most important component to…

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Ep142 – Consequences with Allison

  • June 6, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Health, Kids, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovering Out Loud, Sobriety, Suicide, Teens

Everyone understands the consequences associated cigarette smoking (lung cancer) or a poor diet heavy on added sugar and fat (diabetes and obesity). Those consequences are directly correlated and societally accepted. When it comes to alcohol,…

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Ep141 – Trauma of Summer Holidays and Vacations

  • May 30, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Marriage, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Nothing is more important to healthful, sustained recovery than staying in tune with the traumas of active alcoholism. It isn’t a good idea to wallow in misery, but as the seasons change and summer drinking…

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Ep139 – Staying Well with Lori

  • May 16, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

The decision to stay or to go when in an alcoholic relationship seems to rely on the ability of the drinker to find sobriety. Because humans can’t change other people, it feels like the spouse…

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Ep138 – Looking Back but Moving Forward with Bridget

  • May 9, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Health, Marriage

Bridget stayed with her husband as his drinking destroyed his health and their marriage. The lies, the hiding and the gaslighting is something with which so many loved ones of alcoholics are familiar. She made…

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