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Sober and Unashamed: Evolution Series – Christmas Card

  • December 24, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Holidays, Marriage, Separation, Teens

New from Kelly from the Evolution Series on Sober and Unashamed: “Christmas Card” We have published hundreds of essays on alcoholism, recovery, sex and intimacy, underlying issues, growth and progress. Maybe you love to read,…

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Ep323 – The Cost of Marriage

  • November 24, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Divorce, Emotional Safety, Family, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery, Separation, Sex, Sobriety

It is easy to calculate the costs associated with dissolving a relationship, but when people fight to stay together, they often fail to analyze the costs of maintaining the partnership. Sheri and Matt discuss the…

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Ep319 – Love is Not Enough: 11 Dysfunctional Reasons Couples Stay Together

  • October 27, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Divorce, Marriage, Recovery, Separation

When relationships deteriorate, as frequently happens in an alcoholic marriage, partners often stay together clinging to the romantic fairytale or because of binding dysfunction that makes leaving feel impossible. In this episode, Sheri and Matt…

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Ep304 – Putting Confidence into Action Roundtable

  • July 14, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Recovery, Separation

Live from the 2025 Echoes of Recovery retreat along Bear Creek in the Rocky Mountains our roundtable discusses the challenges of putting their confidence that their partners’ drinking is problematic into the right action steps….

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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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Ep283 – Kelly on Thriving when the Marriage Does Not Survive

  • February 17, 2025
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Divorce, Family, Gaslighting, Marriage, Separation

It was not her choice. Kelly shared with her husband what she needed from the marriage, and he asked for a divorce. Sometimes boundaries and detachment are not enough for the drinker to seek recovery….

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Ep257 – Victoria from Deep In It

  • August 19, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family, Gaslighting, Guilt, Marriage, Pain, Relapse, Separation, Trauma

Trigger warning: domestic violence This is a unique and risky episode because Victoria is currently “in it.” This is not a story with an ending, it is trauma and chaos experienced in real time. Listen…

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Ep231 – Marriagevolution Retreat Roundtable

  • February 19, 2024
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Intimacy, Marriage, Marriagevolution, Recovering Out Loud, Recovery, Separation, Sex, Sobriety

Five couples retreat under a foot of fresh powder to the Rockie Mountains to bask in the glow of the fireplace and revive sore hiking (and shovelling) muscles in the bubbles of the hot tub…

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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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Ep217 – Separation Roundtable: The Critical Mindset Shift

  • November 13, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Divorce, Family, Marriage, Pain, Recovery, Separation, Sobriety

We did not set out to record three episodes on the topic of relationship separation, but the response to parts one and two has been overwhelming, so we are proud to bring you this third…

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