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Ep282 – Reconnecting after Detachment

  • February 10, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Connection, Detachment, Health, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery

Attachment and connection are not the same thing. Detachment in a healthy relationship in recovery from alcoholism is a permanent state. If done with respect, consistency, and emotional safety, choosing times and topics for connection…

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Ep281 – Live Roundtable from the Bahamas

  • February 3, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Marriage, Marriagevolution, Recovery, Sobriety, Trust

You can almost hear the turquoise Caribbean waves lapping in the background of this conversation recorded live from the annual Marriagevolution retreat, this year in the Bahamas. Hear how things change over time, both in…

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Ep278 – Sex Talk with Nikki

  • January 13, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Sex, Sobriety

Nikki speaks boldly and vulnerably about a wide variety of taboos sex subject. From sex-drive discrepancy after childbirth to feelings of sexual brokenness to the sloppy disconnected sex of active addiction to arguments that always…

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Ep277 – “Freeze” as a Defense Mechanism

  • January 6, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Marriage, Recovery

Nervous system activation is often described as one of these four reactions: fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Sheri used all four tools to protect herself in her marriage to Matt during and after his active…

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Ep276 – Despair and Hopelessness of the Week Between

  • December 30, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Expectations, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery

The week between the holidays carries with it a cascade of emotions for people in a relationship experiencing active addiction or recovery. Sheri and Matt talk about the baggage this one-of-a-kind week used to carry…

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  • Family
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Ep275 – Self-Control and Detachment from Family at the Holidays

  • December 23, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Holidays, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety

Is self-control detachment? Sheri and Matt might debate the definitions, but they agree on the value of controlling the controllables around family at the holiday season. If you love or loved an alcoholic, and your…

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Ep274 – Spiritual Curiosity with David Bird

  • December 16, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Authentic, Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Pain, Recovery, Sobriety

David Bird is a spiritual explorer with stories to tell about the hopelessness and lack of control of addiction, and the peace and freedom of knowing everything is going to be OK. Through major health…

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Ep272 – No Longer Normalizing with Tess

  • December 2, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Guilt, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Resentment

Tess has experienced a lot of intolerable alcoholic behavior. But like so many of us, Tess was conditioned to accept the unacceptable, and now she is fighting her way back. Tess is an outstanding mother…

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Ep271 – The Emotional Safety Journal

  • November 25, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Safety

Physical abuse and sexual abuse are more widely understood with societally agreed upon red lines that are not to be crossed. Emotional abuse, on the other hand, is less obvious and less universally understood. But…

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Ep269 – When Behavior Deteriorates Faster than We can Lower Our Standards

  • November 11, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gray Area Drinking, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Sobriety

Self-esteem building is critical to both the drinker and the loved ones in recovery from addiction. On this episode, Sheri and Matt explore the role deteriorating self-esteem plays in the spiral into addiction. They also…

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