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Sober and Unashamed: Do You See What I See?

  • July 10, 2025
  • Tagged as: Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Safety, Trauma

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Do You See What I See?” 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…

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Sober and Unashamed: Insignificance

  • July 3, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Family, Health, Mental Health, Safety

New from Sober and Unashamed: “Insignificance” Maybe you are unaware of our hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Or maybe you love to read, but just don’t seem…

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  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
  • Relationship
  • Sex

Ep296 – Sexual Desire Discrepancy is a Cause and Result of Alcoholism

  • May 19, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Safety, Sex

Sheri and Matt share findings about sexual desire discrepancy in relationships impacted by alcoholism from a year-long study of 13 couples now in recovery. Matt shares an unnecessarily large amount of data which Sheri tempers…

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  • Alcohol
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Ep291 – Nervous System Leads the Way with Rose

  • April 14, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Gaslighting, Marriage, Mental Health, Recovery, Safety, Separation, Trauma

Rose stayed in her alcoholic marriage until she could stay no longer. The impact on her nervous system made her methodical and planned decision to separate her only choice. Listen to Rose reflect on the…

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  • Alcohol
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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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  • Alcohol
  • Family
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Ep265 – Parenting in Recovery

  • October 14, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Recovery, Safety, Sobriety, Teens

Sheri and Matt have talked a lot about the impact of Matt’s drinking on their kids. On this episode, the couple talks about the impact of recovery on how they parent. With emotional safety as…

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  • Alcohol
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Ep264 – Live Resentment Processing

  • October 7, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Marriage, No Judgement, Recovery, Resentment, Safety, Sex, Trust

You have probably heard Sheri and Matt talk about the importance of resentment processing. Now, on this episode, listen to the couple work through real resentments. They discuss both old resentments from Matt’s drinking days,…

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Ep263 – How Does Safety Dissolve?

  • September 30, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Marriage, Recovery, Safety

We talk a lot about a lack of emotional safety in committed partnerships. But how do we get there? What societal, generational and toxic factors dissolve the emotional safety between people who love each other?…

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  • Alcohol
  • Recovery
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Ep255 – Meeting Your Changing Needs Roundtable

  • August 5, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Community, Marriage, Recovery, Safety, Trauma, Trust

The contrast between their few identifiable needs when they met their partners, and their clear needs after suffering through an alcoholic relationship, is striking. Please listen to Nickie, Eve, Melanie, Kristin, Nicole, Lauren, Ali and…

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Ep251 – Alcohol-Free Beverages and Culture with Billy Wynne

  • July 8, 2024
  • Tagged as: Community, Health, Mental Health, No Judgement, Public Policy, Safety

Billy Wynne is the co-founder of Awake, Denver’s first sober bar, alcohol-free bottle shop and coffee house. Billy joins Sheri and Matt to discuss the explosion of alcohol-free beers, wines and spirits. They discuss what…

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